This morning I posted a semi-facetious sally about all the things I had to do today and 140 characters weren’t enough– Wine we didn’t ultimately buy. Walk the dogs, start a blog tour, work on a novel, go grocery shopping, shop for ZoomBoy’s science experiment, get new prescription sunglasses since the last ones fell apart,… Read More

To the woman who chased me off her yard with a garden hose this morning– First of all: I’m sorry my dog crapped on your lawn. As a dog owner yourself you should know that when their backs bow and they squat, there is NO GOING BACK from that. Second of all: I had the… Read More

So… I know some of you are reading Bonfires as an ARc right now, and some of you are planning to read it later. I need you to know that this conversation happened TODAY and not 10 months ago when I was writing the book! So… “Mom… I have sort of a dirty joke for… Read More

Okay– I’ll admit it. I’m falling asleep at 10 pm.  I’m pretty sure this is why I usually require a day of recovery after traveling. Anyway… I had THE perfect idea for today’s blog post… and it’s gone now. I will tell you that the dogs slobbered over me for an hour last night. The… Read More

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW.  I mean WOW!!! Last month was quiet– but then, February is often short, frantic, and full of phlegm. (That was me– but then as a month, it’s short, frantic, and full of phlegm.)  But this month I have some AMAZINGLY awesome people here and I’m SO PROUD.  First of all, Ariel is here…. Read More

Heya all– Good morning to you–or night? I DO get pretty turned around while I’m here. Anyway–DSP Weekend is one of my favorite times of the year– I get to say hi to my fellow authors and to Gloria Lakritz who drives here to Orlando to see US–and to the people who work for DSP…. Read More

 *waves madly* Sorry about spacing last night– I was finishing a presentation, and once it was done, I realized, “Hey! I’ve tweaked my neck and I can’t sit at the computer anymore!” But presentation done, and now it’s on to pack– I’m going to Florida for DSP Weekend (the publisher’s conference we all look forward… Read More

He’s “blupping”. Still not stalking you… forever and ever and ever… *Note– I tweeted some of these pictures and events. I went back and copied some of the tweets as captions, cause, uh, it’s late, and I’m not that funny even when I’m NOT tired! So, one of my biggest fears of having the kids… Read More

Okay, so when Mate gets home we all duck. He’s not a horrible person–I swear! But he will walk in and we’ll all be settled into something peaceful, and suddenly it’s, “Did we get this? What’s for dinner? Why is there a Cheez-Its box on the couch? Why can’t we put stuff away?” This flurry… Read More

So, when Chicken and I were signing the wads of paperwork for her car, I was appalled to see she had her father’s exact signature. I mean, I knew they thought alike, but this was scary!  Anyway, I started talking about signing things, and how if you’re going to be signing a bunch of stuff… Read More