• 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,…

  • Rocks and dogs

    We went rockhounding yesterday. Got up at 5:30 and got on the road. Went to look for moss agate, but there was a gate up, so went to search for limb cast instead. I had a rotten day and found…

  • Reading

    I started out the year reading a whole bunch and then this month I’ve not been reading that much. In fact, only one book in the last couple of weeks. Finished it today. I didn’t really like it–it wasn’t particularly…

  • Bread baking

    I did some bread baking this weekend. Made a beer batter bread. Quick bread. It turned out pretty well. Made it whole wheat with Black Butte Porter. I then made a whole wheat bread dough. I grind the flour myself.…

  • Sunday with nachos

    And football. The game has been less than interesting. The commercials not particularly funny or entertaining. The halftime show–the Boy of Size and I decided that the boys group was wearing clothes made of shiny plastic bags, and the girls…

  • scrape, mold, pile, click . . .

    I have rebuilt/rewritten the 2K words that I lost. Accidentally killed. Whatever. So now I’m back up to speed and hopefully I can run with it tomorrow. In the meantime, I posted a blog on Magical Words today about starting…

  • The old year

    I’m noticing a trend across the net and elsewhere, that people are reflecting on the year that was lately. I don’t really feel like it. First, for me, the new year started on the winter solstice. It always does. I…

  • news and baking

    First, The Weird Wild West has been released! My story, Grasping Rainbows, is included. I really love this story. There are som fabulous writers in the book and I’m honored to be included. I hope you enjoy! In other news,…

  • 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…

  • Bake fail

    I made cinnamon rolls, which were tasty, except they didn’t cook all the way through. I’m not sure what happened. I don’t know if my oven wasn’t cooking properly, if the pan I used (which was an insulated jelly roll…