So, we have a new dentist and he’s pretty awesome and we love him a lot. But, well, a trip to the dentist is a trip to the dentist. This one was to get a crown replaced, which is almost worse than getting the original put in because they have to take the first one… Read More

Yes, yes, I know I passed the big 50 last year, but it hadn’t really set in, you know? I mean, I’m still young, right? Chicken says I seem younger than I am–I always thought that was the benefit of natural immaturity.  But it seems age has snuck up on me with all the grace… Read More

So, some of you know that I started blogging long before I started blogging. Part of it was when Mate was working and going to school and I was alone with Big T and Chicken when they were in diapers. I would save up kid stories to tell him on his one day off, so… Read More

Most writers will tell you that they’re afraid their browser history is going to end them up in prison someday–but it’s not just their browser history. It’s snippets of conversations they ask their friends, it’s things they say when they’re watching movies, it’s the way they think about characters in a book or on TV…. Read More

So, yes. It’s three days after Christmas, but it was a REALLY busy couple of days, and a few stories have come back to haunt me. Enjoy! *  The Christmas gift that keeps on giving Okay, so when Big T lived with us, socks were in scant supply. Mate, T, and myself all wore the… Read More

*  She who plans to craft for Christmas inevitably ends up crafting for at least two weeks AFTER Christmas. *  She who buys gifts with a raging head cold will inevitably look at the inequitable piles wrapped for her children and think, “I could have SWORN we bought more than that for child X!” *… Read More

So this will probably be my last post for a few days–everybody’d too busy to read the blog anyway! But before you all hustle off to your own holidays, be sure to look at the last entry, where I talk about posting the extras for Beneath the Stain. Or just go HERE, where you can… Read More

 So, in celebration of finishing the manuscript for Paint it Black,  I’m releasing the exclusive extras from the serial version of Beneath the Stain  on Prolific Works. You can claim your copy RIGHT HERE! Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, Blessed Solstice, Belated Hanukah , and generally happy winter everybody. Also, give Kim Fielding a big shout out–she’s… Read More

So, ZoomBoy has finals for three days. He gets out early. Squish had an early day today–she got out about 45 minutes after ZoomBoy. I got to ZoomBoy late–I had a teleconference. I had him walk to Carl’s Jr. When I picked him up, he asked for food. This is unusual. ZoomBoy’s ADHD medication ensures… Read More

So truthfully, this cold is kicking my ass. I had plans for what I was going to write on the blog this week and…oi. Had to be up super early this morning after getting to bed super late and coughing all night–again. This morning I took the car in to be serviced then Mate and… Read More