• Ideas whizzing along

    February 22, 2014 /

    I had a story idea today. First line of something. Possibly a story. I want to write a story. I don’t particularly have time for this, but I’m curious to see what it is. Trouble is, I have no flipping…

  • not talking no sir

    February 15, 2014 /

    I may have some happy news soon, but can’t share. I got the editorial notes on Trace of Magic yesterday and now I’m making a plan on how to revise. Hopefully it will go smoothly. My editor like it quite…

  • The day that got lost

    February 10, 2014 /

    This morning I started out a little late as school was canceled again (but not tomorrow!) and did some laundry, fed the children, and then got a call from the GI doc for the boy. They could see him today…

  • The Cipher

    February 9, 2014 /

    I finished my revision of The Cipher for reissue and sent it off to my editor. I feel like I made HUGE changes, and yet, most of the book is the same. The changes are minor, and yet I feel…

  • shoring up

    February 5, 2014 /

    I’ve been shoring up the characterizations in The Cipher, as I’ve mentioned before. On thing that I noticed, in a happy way, is that the character of Edgar and the way I wrote him reminds me of Red Reddington on…

  • the news that is

    January 30, 2014 /

    I know, I’m not really posting much this week. The boy continues to be sick. I have been working on The Cipher for reissue. The weather has been very nice, and generally things have continued to plod along. We got…

  • What you can tell me

    January 21, 2014 /

    As you know, Belle Bridge books is reissuing the Crosspointe Chronicles. I’m in the process of going over The Cipher (I always liked this book–all the books, really) but I’m finding that I’m making some significant changes in some scenes…

  • Of dreams too strange to be nightmares

    January 19, 2014 /

    I had a weird dream last night. It seemed to tie together teaching, the cattle ranch where I grew up, and attending a con. I don’t exactly understand (or don’t begin to understand) what exactly the story was in the…

  • cryptic

    January 17, 2014 /

    I was invited to apply to do something very cool, so I did, and now I’m waiting for the higherups in the process to give me a green or red light. Keep your fingers crossed. Not writing related. I had…

  • checking in on life

    January 15, 2014 /

    I don’t have a lot of updates on the boy. Still barfing, though he is sleeping better. I have several things to get done over the next six weeks. 1) make any updates/changes to The Cipher for reissue, 2) revise…