• I hate titles I never know what to write

    Yep, that’s my title for today’s post. I’ve been doing lots of stuff and yet I can’t seem to recall much of it all. Writing–check. Cleaning–check. Gardening–yep. Baking bread–yum. Errands like shopping and such–done. Dog walking–check. Feeding the family–done. Playing…

  • Link roundup

    I am over the moon to say that Eloisa James likes my books! In an interview, she says so. I’m so very excited!!!! In other news, Path of Fate is on sale this month on Amazon for $1.99. If you…

  • Poisons

    For no particular reason, I started looking at poisons today. I figure it’s something I’ll stash in the back of my head for future writing use. The one I discovered today is Thallium Nitrate, which is odorless, colorless and tasteless.…

  • Where does the time go?

    How cliche is that question? It’s summertime and therefore the kids are home, the folks are up here (they are snowbirds), friends have visited, events have needed attending, and then all the kid fun stuff that has to be done,…

  • Overdoing It

    I’ve been making an effort to walk. Basically, I’m trying to work up to 10K steps on my fitbit. I realize the number is fairly arbitrary, but given that I’m out of shape and given that I have a sedentary…

  • Shopping fun

    Went shopping up in Portland with my mom today. It was fabulous. I’m not into a lot of clothes shopping, so of course, we weren’t doing that. We went to Penzey‘s and got fabulous spices. I love that place. After…

  • What I’ve been up to

    I went to Westercon last weekend and it was a lot of fun. Had some great panels with some terrific people and the audiences were attentive and smart and asked great questions. Pretty much a perfect storm of panels. And…

  • Research, or please don’t arrest me

    In the past day or so, I’ve researched sepsis, the symptoms, how you get it, and how long it takes to kill you. (Don’t get it, by the way, it really sucks hard.) I’ve also researched breaking out side windows…

  • Owned

    I am owned by dogs. I admit this. Corgi boys. They pretty much make me do whatever they want. Lately, they hear sirens and they want to howl. But it isn’t enough that they howl by themselves. Oh, no. They…

  • Magic day

    There’s something magic about the solstice and on top of that, a full moon, too. For me, it’s all stirred into the fact that today is my birthday. I don’t have big plans. Mostly to write and to catch up…