• I’m not dead yet!

    I know, I haven’t been here the past couple of days. I’ve been writing. Today I didn’t get nearly the words done that I wanted, but I got through a sticky scene. Very emotional. Especially important given some earlier stuff.…

  • And another Blood Winter snippet

    Yes, the writing proceeds well. And in honor of the flow, another snippet. Max is in trouble. Again. She looked down at herself. A complex pattern had been carved on her skin. There were strange letters and symbols overlapping in…

  • Blood Winter snippet

    I managed almost 5K words today. Whoohoo! I’m in a groove at last. So in honor of that, a snippet. Keep in mind it’s very drafty and so it will likely change. Hope you like it. The witch stared at…

  • Blood Winter–you can order it now!

    Yes! There is a fourth book coming in the Horngate Witches series. It’s titled Blood Winter and it is already available for pre-order. I would love it if you did pre-order. It would make my editor so happy and possibly…

  • If

    If you are planning to come look at and possibly buy our house, please come soon. It’s very clean right now. I have kids. It will not last.

  • At last

    The block is now over. I have grading, but I’m mostly done until the next class. Yesterday we put the house on the market again. Tomorrow we have showing. Whoohoo! I hope something comes of it. I’m a little shocked.…

  • point of view

    I’ve got a post up on Magical Words talking about Point of View and how to choose which one might work best for you. I typically write in third person point of view for my novels, which, in the case…

  • anybody seen my lungs?

    I’m in the land of the hack/cough so hard it makes me want to throw up and I swear I keep losing my lungs. They just fly out of my head and get all lint and dog-hair covered, which is…

  • I shall visit upon them plagues and horrors

    Isn’t it funny how when you’re sick, you want to make everybody else miserable? And since the only people I can make miserable without compunction are my characters, guess what? Yep, a rheumatic fever outbreak. Not at Horngate, but nearby.…