Survived the trip
As it turns out, the alternator in the car we bought wasn’t all that good. We ended up stalling out on the freeway in the Columbia River Gorge. Got towed all the way to Salem (133 miles), and now the…
books and a check in
You guys rock. I had totally forgotten some of the books, and unfortunately, a bunch of them that I have are in boxes right now and have to be dug out of boxes. And you gave me a bunch of…
Book recs anyone?
My son reads quite well. He likes the Rick Riordan books and books of that nature. He also like reality based books. He likes adventure and humor and he has little patience for romance. He’s in sixth grade. The issue…
good news and then evil
First, the good news. You can win a copy of Blood Winter on GoodReads My publisher has given 10 copies for giveaway. Awesome! As for the evil, I got a horrible call today. The kind where a recording from the…
comment on cooking
When I was younger, like early teens, I used to make up ‘recipes’ for cakes and things and bake them in the oven and my family even sometimes ate them. Those things that were edible. I had no idea what…
Brutus
Brutus, as the weather channel has dubbed the storm, passed through/is still passing through. We had about 5 inches or snow, give or take. And now it may be snowing, though the wind is whipping and it could just as…
the sludge moves
I got some writing done today. Yay. And the blizzard they’ve named Brutus is sweeping Montana. Hasn’t kicked in to much here. But apparently it will and we’ll get a bunch of snow tonight and tomorrow. we’ll see. Oftenwrong is…
Don’t forget
Don’t forget as you go wild shopping on Amazon over the next many weeks, use one of my links to click through and I’ll make some money that I will then give away here. I keep none of it. It…
The post that vanished
I wrote a post last night and my wifi cut out and I lost the post. It was totally amazing. Gripping. You missed out. So for today, I’m posting on disasters over at Magical Words. It’s long, thoughtful, erudite .…
not on the Nano train
I’m not nanoing this year. Mostly because I can’t seem to organize to write for it right now. Between this stupid single-momhood, the day job, and general distraction, I don’t think I can focus enough. Plus my desktop computer is…