So– no Scorched Haven tonight, because tired. But I’ll be editing tomorrow and in desperate need of some fiction writing, so look for it then. Now, in the last few years, really, I’ve noted that I’ve kept more and more of myself and my private life back from online. A lot of this is to protect… Read More

So, this was going to be Scorched Haven, but I’ll try to give you that tomorrow. It seems I’ll be filling plastic eggs with chocolate tonight and hiding them for the kids… Speaking of, I have a little story I’d like to share. So, Big T is going to be 24 in December, which means… Read More

This is me, happy. (Okay– it’s Johnnie, happy, but I feel like this a lot, so he’s taking my dork rap.) A FB Reader made this for me– she made all of them! Nikki Fournier, you’ve made my WEEK! This one is for Gi-Gi from Deep of the Sound. This one is for the Candy… Read More

Another brilliant spring day here, folks, and I got to see some of it from the swimming pool as I did my aqua aerobics. Today was actually a pretty busy, almost normal day. Huzzah? *  Took the dogs for their half-mile.  Took myself for aqua. Yay! *  My aqua instructor is going to try to… Read More

 Okay– so this is Dave Marquis– you don’t actually have to look at the clip, but he’s the local weatherman. For almost thirty years,  Mate and I have watched as Dave Marquis froze his skinny butt off at Donner Summit and Pollock Pines and Sugar Bowl, telling Sacramento about the snowpack. For the longest time,… Read More

I once knew a woman–a long long time ago, a friend of my parents, in a way– who hated musicals.  Loathed them. I can clearly remember her stomping her foot and yelling, “Where does the fucking music come from? How are we supposed to watch a movie in which music comes up out of nowhere… Read More

Okay– so Wednesdays are notoriously busy for me–and today, I left off something important.  Let’s see, let’s see, let’s see…. Drop Squish off at school? Check On time? No go, repeat, Daylight Savings Time is kicking our ass, and the on time issue is no go.  As Mate said about Zoomboy, he’s been late three… Read More

Okay–I’m down to only a day late!  The Backlist Ba-dump-BUMP is here!  Now, the point of this feature is to have authors come on and actually talk about books from their backlist– maybe, for instance, you discovered Kim Fielding with Motel/Pool, but you didn’t know she also wrote historical fantasy as well.  And now you… Read More

I am officially three days late for everything– including spending time with my family, which is pretty much where I spent most of my weekend. Today there was lunch with Mate’s mom (whom I continue to adore, even if I couldn’t hug because I was still a little sick) and then we saw Zootopia, because… Read More

So, some rather hoarse apologies from my couch. I’ve reached the nearly healthy but exhausted stage of the game here, and I figured I’d post Kermit Flail so the happy folks publishing this month can get to celebrating, and I can maybe get to my regularly scheduled life– cause I’m saying, Ick. Airborne. I need… Read More