• Tasty books

    I just read Delia’s Shadow by Jamie Lee Moyer. It is so freaking good. It’s set in post earthquake/fire San Francisco. There are ghosts and a serial killer and I loved it. In other news, I’m writing up a storm…

  • merrily we write

    I had some great news this week, and that is The Hollow Crown finally reverted back to me. I have another publisher who wishes to reissue and finish the series. We’re working out details now, but hopefully I’ll have an…

  • more on writing a synopsis

    As you know if you’ve been watching this space, I’m working on a synopsis for the WIP. Like many writers, I hate it. I hate more than I used to because over the years I’ve become more of a pantser…

  • In which life happens

    Dad had heart valve replacement surgery on Thursday. This is done through an angio procedure and apparently is a very very delicate thing to do. Four doctors have to do it and there’s only a 52% chance of success. It…

  • Too blanking hot

    ninety five degrees today. I should have gone to the coast. I‘ve got a post up on Magical Words today involving beginning stories, bacon, Lucky Charms, and cooking. Go look. You know you want to. I love Jon Stewart. I…

  • accomplishing things

    It was hot today. Blech. I did get in a walk with the doggies before it got steamy. I got a fair bit of writing in and finished the third chapter on the proposal I’m working on. Now I need…

  • Bad bad bad bad movies

    Spent the morning doing work around the house. Cleaning and doing laundry and unpacking stuff and so on. Then we had a good friend come over for bad Syfy movies. Fun ensued! We watched Swamp Volcano where the science was…

  • Snippet and life

    Today I got the kids to school on time. Both of them. I hope boy does well. He needs to make friends. He’s outgoing and sweet, but at the same time, he’s the new kid among kids who’ve known each…

  • Primal Scream

    I didn’t hear my alarm or my husband calling on the phone this a.m. I think my phone might have been wonky. So I woke up exactly when my son was supposed to be starting school. His first day in…

  • Whoooosh! and the day goes by

    Got up this morning (a big triumph) and went to Safeway and Costco. Walked through all of Costco and good thing I did because they had some summer sausage in. Compared to the grocery store, it’s cheap as hell and…