• An Update

    For those of you who’ve commented and emailed and I haven’t responded, I’m so sorry. I ended up with a cervical spine fusion and have been racing deadlines and trying to overcome pre-and post surgery issues. I’m getting better, but…

  • a new picture of me

    Hi folks. So for my German publishers, I had to do a new author photo and this is the result. In case you want to see my in living color:

  • Stewing in My Own Juices

    I’m running a fever. Have been for a couple of days. Makes me cranky, makes me unable to sleep well, and makes working hard. Don’t. Need. This. I also find myself with little to blog about because of it. Mostly…

  • The big weekend

    This weekend is the big weekend in this town. There’s the fair, the carnival, the big rodeo and concert, a parade, the fire department pancake breakfast fundraiser, the big craftsfair in the park, the university’s football game, and of course…

  • Back From Beyond

    Yep, we got back from Oregon a little earlier today. Kids and dogs are quite relieved. The puppies did very well on their first long journey, though the return trip had them looking very despondent. At least until they got…

  • One more day

    So first, last night we went to a friend’s house and ate ribs cooked in a smoker. Delicious. And excellent company and the kids had huge fun. But my husband baked one of his specialties. He invented the recipe. It…

  • Some Linkage and other stuff

    So some of you know that my favorite uncle died a few days ago. Thanks for all your condolences. It means a lot. My inlaws come and visit in a few days for just a few days. This means I’ll…

  • Bitter Night Revision Update

    So far I’m not nearly as far along on the revisions for Bitter Night as I should be, but I am making progress. What’s interesting is that I’ve cut at least 6K words out (and I’m not quite a third through…

  • Family additions

    Here are the two family additions. Took the pics by phone, so the quality isn’t great. First up is Voodoo: Second up is Viggo: