• Being Fair

    Since I did a post yesterday on my son and washing dishes, I figure I should be fair on what happened this morning. Kids did the following: emptied dishwasher Closed the windows fed the dogs fed themselves scooped dog poop…

  • No. Dishes do not magically wash themselves

    Boy: Mom, we’re all out of clean spoons. Me: So wash some. Boy: Could we use forks? Me: Use spoons. Wash them. Boy: *confused* Me: take the sponge, put soap on it, wash. Boy: But they’re all in the dishwasher…

  • Things I didn’t know

    So I’m waatching American Pickers and I’m learning something. First, I didn’t realize that they had to use head clamps on people in early photos on account of how long it took to take the photo–15-30 minutes. Now I knew…

  • I’m still alive. Really.

    I know, not a lot of stuff here lately. That’s because I’ve been trying to revise the book. And once that was done and I crawled out of my cave, apparently people wanted to see me. Who knew? I got…

  • one for the OMG file

    I was Googling the Demon Lovers: Succubi antho, just to see if anyone had talked about it, and instead came across this, titled, Incubi and Succubi: Sexual Relations. It is, in a word, a primer on how to have sex…

  • from the land of the wet

    You haven’t heard from me for a few days. Maybe more. We’ve been on the road with the trailer and finally arrived in Salem, Oregon, where the wifi has been spotty at best. Downright crappy mostly. Anyhow, I’ll be out…

  • Home again

    I’m so tired. Tired tired tired. But I had a great time at Miscon. Taking up where I left off, the Urban Fantasy Noir panel went better than I thought. One panelist didn’t show, so it was just me and…

  • Greetings from Miscon

    Hello~ I’m currently attending Miscon and it’s slightly overcase, a bit sprinkly, and tons of fun. It’s also very crowded. This is what happens when GRRM attends a con. The unhappy news is that Patty and Mike Briggs both came…

  • progression

    I finished doing all the critiques for the Writers Workshop at Miscon. The workshop is free for writers and most of the attending pros do critiques. So if you went to Miscon, you could get critiqued by me, or Patty…