Yup. I know. I haven’t been around a lot this last week. Oi! You would not BELIEVE the deadline crash in my head and on my computer! I used to think “Oh, hey, you can juggle anything as long as you can do it at home!” Oh gees–the hubris! Seriously–man, the hubris! For one thing,… Read More

So he’s home, and he’s happy, and here’s a picture of him in our crappy kitchen. I’m so proud. Apparently he was the chaperone’s dream– he was the kid that got stuck with the nightmare roommate (the one whose conditions were all medicated acronyms, and who had to be looked for at three in the… Read More

Is out. Of course, my timing is impeccable–without meaning to, I’ve probably just insulted the entire reviewing community. For those of you who have reviewed work in the past, just from the heart– I wasn’t talking to you! Swear! But I don’t want to talk about yesterday’s post– I had my Les Mis at the… Read More

Okay– once again I have seen something that has ticked me off, not in and of itself, but as the final moment of text on top of the pile that sends the whole thing cascading down like a slippery, irritating mountain of old typewriter ribbon, showering down in a vitriolic rain. I’ll admit it– the… Read More

Okay, it is true. I’ve set myself an impossible deadline, I’ve got a HUGE release (and not the dirty, euphemistic kind either) on July 4th, and I’m stressing big time. Which means that the time I spend at the pool is more important than ever, because it is time when the kids have my immediate… Read More

Okay– I’m sorry I left the book cover post up for so long, but, well, a sort of amazing number of people were hitting on hit from Goodreads. It was sort of frickin’ amazing. I lost my head for a minute–my apologies. Anyway, first, let us do a family update. Zoomboy is climbing the walls,… Read More

Yup. Living Promises will be out on July 4th– and I’m SO relieved to have my cover art! I’m showing the sketch and the finished work, because the mud puddle is pretty amazing, and, well, because Collin’s hair became more Collin-like in the second one. I like it. I’ll post the blurb in a minute,… Read More

OKay– First thing you’ve got to do is click that video above, because it’s got, like, the theme music I hear whenever I look at this finished project. There. Mood set? There you go. This is chunky alpaca, which means that, yes, I’m ready to wear a cloak to the ice age. Or, well, at… Read More

Okay– not to be harsh, but I’d just written a lovely post about my kids’ recital and all sorts of funny things–it was hard to do, because I’m exhausted and the kids are exhausted, but I think I managed to pull off lots of things to make you all laugh at… I pushed post, and… Read More

Okay, yesterday was my 22nd wedding anniversary– but that’s not what I remember about this time of year. Nope. For the last 14 years, it’s been recital time. I don’t know why I’m so tired–in fact, I feel guilty about being this trashed. My kids were in the performances, or, Chicken’s case, working backstage too,… Read More