• Winners!!!

    The following people are winners of The Cipher. I used the random number generator to pick the winners. You only have until Saturday to give me your address, or I’ll have to go back and draw more names. Email your…

  • Must do a Giveaway!!!!

    Look what I got in the mail today!!! The book is gorgeous. You have no idea. I’ve updated the information page on it with the updated first chapter.  So it seems to me I need to give some away. I’m…

  • Book buying promo post

    It’s coming up on Christmas. Are you getting gifts for people? If so, let me suggest my books. If you can’t find them (the Crosspointe are temporarily hard to come by), just email me and I’ll sell them to you…

  • Doodads and updates and snippet

    I forgot to mention that I finished Trace of Magic a couple days ago. Go me! I talk about ending it over at Magical Words today. Specifically about ending creep. I’m pretty happy with the book so far, but only…

  • news and news

    I had some really great news this week.  I’ve been nominated for an RT Reviewers Choice award for Best Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding for Blood Winter. There a lot of other fabulous nominees on the list. Check it out. I was…

  • Orycon schedule and Powells book signing

    This weekend is Orycon! Here’s my schedule: Moderator indicated by (*) Diana Pharaoh Francis Reading Grant                Fri Nov 8 5:00pm-5:30pm Diana Pharaoh Francis reads from own works Diana Pharaoh Francis Autograph session 3…

  • Book signing and other updatery

    Today the kidlets and I met our friend Joyce at Champoeg State Park. It’s lovely. I wish we’d had bikes with us to take advantage of the trails. We took a good walk and got to make twine out of…

  • Some announcements

    First, please remember that I’m taking part in the SFWA reading series. Laura Ann Gilman is hosting the program, Phyllis Irene Bradford will also be reading. To register, go here. That’s tomorrow (Weds., 14th) in Portland. Mindy Klasky has a…

  • Bleedy bleedy bleedy and appearances

    If I was a knight and I was required to swing a sword, I’d probably have no legs. Or arms. Pretty much I’d be the Monty Python Black Knight. Sigh. Reading Laura Anne Gilman‘s Heart of Briar. It’s pretty damned…

  • WIP Snippet

    Here’s a snippet. Hope you enjoy. Also, I’ve got a post up on Magical Words on Cardboard Characters today. Do come and visit. Taryn could only blink in disbelief. It was the stuff of children’s nightmares and old world witch…