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…
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.…
I had a plan
Today I had the plan of going to Missoula to do some location research on Blood Winter. Sadly I have now come down with the kid crap. Illness rarely keeps me awake unless it’s significant, and unless I am coughing.…
Making contact
Dear character: After that shocking thing happened, you appear way too happy about it. Stop it. You really aren’t. In fact, one of these days you’re going to find out how really unhappy you are and then, well, guess what?…
Blindsides
I’ve got a post up on Magical Words today on getting blindsided while writing. Come have a look. And a snippet: Alexander kicked aside snow until he found dirt and lowered Gregory down. Instantly he turned to Max. She was…
Not so important news
I think I’m going to make chicken enchilada chile tomorrow. Found a cool recipe and it seems a good choice for football watching. Anybody else out there planning football and food? In other not so important news, Voodoo (dog) has…