What a day.  When I look back, I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to get it straight in my head.  It’s my 21st wedding anniversary.  Major, yeah?  Doesn’t feel like we’ve been together that long, although we were high school sweethearts, so all told it’s been over 27 years since we first locked eyes [...]

It’s almost heeeere!!!  (Do I sense mice clicking all over the world as those of you with both feet on the ground mumble your own personal version of, “Shut the hell up!” and move on with your surfing?)  Aw, come on.  Bear with me, now.  I did warn you I’m fairly unbearable this time of [...]

I dream vividly every night, in color, and usually I remember what’s happened a least for a while after I wake up.  Sometimes I view my dreams as if they were movies with the director (who sounds a lot like me) narrating in my head.  And sometimes I’m immersed in the action and it’s so [...]

Finally finished the major stuff in Bitten to Death.  It’s such a better story now, and yet there are still lots of loose ends to tie up.  Yesterday was one of those days where at 3:00 I finished the book and at 3:01 I went back to the beginning without even a pause for celebration.  The [...]

It is a seriously ungodly hour, the snow has finally fallen, and I’m preparing to travel to a wrestling tournament.  Nope, not that ridiculous choreographed junk you see on TV.  The real deal, like in the Olympics, only high school level.  Still highly exciting though.  Until you’ve cheered your own team on, you can’t imagine [...]

Yeah, I’m working out the kinks in one of those today.  I think it would help if I’d actually ever participated in a knock-down, drag-out sort of tussle.  But, being more of a lover than a fighter, I have to say I’ve never been there.  Oh, there was that moment when the girl who terrorized [...]

I’ve got the blog for today at Fresh Fiction, which is so cool since TODAY is the official release date of Another One Bites the Dust.  YAAAAYYYY.  Special thanks to Faye at Fresh Fiction for being so helpful, and to Alex for yet another bit of stellar publicity work.  You guys, he’s like a supah hero.  [...]

Through a fortuitous set of circumstances I get to spend the whole Saturday curled up on the couch writing.  I’ve been working on the edit of book four of the Jaz Parks series, Bitten to Death, and have added a scene I’m really enjoying.  It’s pretty gross actually.  Icky, corpse-sucking creatures.  But there’s an odd sort of [...]

You can catch me over at The Book Swede today, where I’ve got the Quote of the Week.  How cool of Chris to invite me, yeah?  Of course, now that I’ve got my foot in the door, I’m wishing I’d worn steel-toed boots.  These Internet portals are freaking massive!  Chris!  Call a carpenter!  And Papa John’s!  [...]

Not all of them.  But most. Here’s the situation.  Long, long ago we erected one, real Christmas tree every year.  Which went into a stand that never quite fit it.  Imagine much swearing and sawing of branches.  Not on my part, of course.  I don’t do well with saws.  The last time I cut cheese [...]