And counting
One day down, two days left of this semester. Did my last faculty senate meeting today. That’s six years out of seven that I’ve served. I’m ready for a break. Kind of interested in a different committee though. Might talk…
Winner and . . .
AddrienneM wins the giveaway! Send me an email. dpf AT dianapfrancis DOT com Boy has made it back to school for one whole day. Yay. Girlie’s birthday is tomorrow. I baked treats today for her class and tomorrow I will…
Writing Villainy
I’ve been thinking about villainy. I keep thinking about Tolstoy’s first line from Anna Karenina: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. What does that have to do with villainy? you might ask.…
Should have known better
First an update on boy. Boy has nothing specific wrong with him that the doc can see without going into a lot of tests. We’re going to try an anti nausea and antacid first, in case whatever he has had…
shooby dooby doo
I have a post up at Magical Words today talking about Heroes and Anti-Heroes. It’s a fascinating topic for me and I’d love to hear your thoughts. The end of the block was today and I gave my final. New…
Story plans and life implosion
You all have not made it at all easy to make a choice about what story to write. You know that don’t you? Is that on purpose? Are you trying to drive me crazy? That is, crazier? I think what…
Crud crud cruddity
I have this idea for a book. Have had it. But now that I’m digging into how certain things are going to work, I can’t make sense of it. Then I had a shining brilliant idea. It could work. But…
Snippet of Soul Mage
It’s cold. As in a miserable wind chill. Of course, by the looks of the storms hitting east of here, from Minnesota to Main to Florida, I’ve nothing to complain about. So I will endeavor not to. First day of…
writing series and trilogies
I forgot to mention I have a post up on Magical Words today about writing a series and trilogy and how to plan them out.
Time to vote on the next book club book!
Are your ready to pick? We don’t have many nominations, but they are great nominations, so let’s get to voting. [contact-form][contact-field label=’which book will it be?’ type=’radio’ options=’Thieftaker/DB Jackson,A Turn of Light/Julie Czerneda,Dark Currents/Jacqueline Carey,Shifting Dreams/Elizabeth Hunter’/][/contact-form] In other news,…