• so far so

    I finished the re-issue edits for The Black Ship. Not a lot of changes overall, but fixing scan errors and some clunkiness. I still like this book a lot. It looks like Trace of Magic will be available August 1.…

  • recapping the weekend

    There’s too much that happened to actually mention it all, so I shall attempt to sum up. I went up to Seattle last Weds and spent the night with friends and then the next morning, we loaded up the party…

  • Miscon thus far

    Miscon so far has been a huge delight. Not that I’m surprised, but I love this con more and more. I left Weds. to travel to  Seattle to Andrea Howe’s place where several of us spent the night after eating…

  • Updatery on a Tuesday

    Wow, I thought it was Monday. We have a potential diagnosis on my son. I’m not convinced it’s the problem because I’ve had raised hopes before and I had them totally dashed. So I’m trying to not let that happen.…

  • My Miscon schedule

    Fri 5:00 – 5:50 PM, Writing Strong, Believable Women, Great Hall (Upstairs) Fri 7:00 – 7:50 PM, Getting Into Character, Great Hall (Upstairs) Sat 1:00 – 1:50 PM, Anti-Hero, Hero, or Villain?, Containment Room (Upstairs) Sat 7:00 – 7:50 PM,…

  • Thursday

    After a slight meltdown this week–an intersection of many difficult things–I have been trying to put in a lot more extra hours on the writing. It’s paying off. I finished the revision of Trace of Magic, finished the page proofs…

  • What day is it?

    It’s been a rough week for the boy. The test we had scheduled got canceled because he has to be off one of his drugs for a week. So that is now rescheduled for next Friday. In the meantime, he’s…

  • Trace of Magic Snippet

    I finally FINALLY finished my revision of Trace of Magic and sent it back to my editor. I really like it and hope that I’m right. Anyhow, in honor of finishing, here’s a snippet for you.   A week later,…