• Things have been happening

    First, Trace of Magic is on sale for one more day. Only $1.99 for the ebook. If you haven’t read it, now’s your chance to get in cheap. Second, Whisper of Shadows, the third in the Diamond City Magic series,…

  • Writing Retreat

    Tomorrow I will head off to the Rainforest Writers Village in the Olympic Rainforest. I’ve done some really good words done the last couple of years there. I’m hoping this one goes even better. My back has been giving me…

  • What I wonder

    I was wondering today if, in Stairway to Heaven, when Robert Plant sings “There’s a feeling I get, when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving,” whether that is perchance a reference to the Grey…

  • Wahoo!

    Whisper of Shadows went back to my editor today. At long last. It took me forever to revise. It’s lucky my editor is patient with me. I do like it and I hope you will, too. There’s a lot that…

  • What a week it’s been

    The sick continues. Last night was . . . hell. Girlie woke me up at 11:43 having explosively vomited. She’s got quite the messy room and didn’t make it out of bed, so yeah. First it was clean up in…

  • The aftermath

    A rain storm moved in just in time for trick or treating in our neighborhood and even though usually we get swarmed by kids getting driven into our neighborhood and so on (last year we ended up with 200), this…

  • Title Announcement

    The new title for the third Diamond City Book is . . . Are you ready? Whisper of Shadows The release will happen sometime in January, maybe February. More on that when things get definite. Meanwhile, I’ve been working on…

  • Book 3 of DCM

    I need a title. I’m scrounging in the couch cushions and finding nothing. Here’s the thing. It’s got to be set up like this: Noun of noun, where the first noun is a measurement of some kind, no matter how…

  • The school year begins again

    Ring the bells! stomp your feet! School as begun! I got up stupid early (for me) which means before 7, and got the kids up and ready and out the door on time. Take approximately an hour to get them…