Mystery of the Spoons

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As you know Magic Rises is coming out, so I am doing my due diligence to promote it.  Here is a very kind Magic Rises review from Fresh Fiction.  Also for those of you who are keeping track on audiobooks, I just called Renee this morning with pronunciations of some foreign words.  While I have Read More →

Personal Time

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I’ve learned two things since our kids hit adolescence.  One, no matter how hard you try, you will screw up your kids. This is a given.  I was so determined not to make mistakes my mother and father did that I invented a whole bunch of my own. Two, there is no such thing as Read More →

An Alpha – Magic Breaks Snippet (No spoilers)

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“I’m not about to make her a martyr. And I don’t want to leave her daughter an orphan. The clan isn’t completely mine, not yet. Jennifer knows I’m here, watching for her to stumble, and that makes her hesitate. She puts off important decisions and gets defensive when people question her, which makes her look Read More →

Funny Things My Kids Say and Internet Videos

Funny Things My Kids Say and Internet Videos

Kid 1, after sleeping over at a friend’s house: I went to church today. Neighbor across the street: I’m shocked. Kid 1: I know, right?  My flesh started burning and everything. *** Kid 2. after reading Ender’s Game: I did not see this coming.  I’ve read the end and it was like POOF! My mind Read More →

Okay, Cold, You Win

I thought I was getting better, but no.  Now Gordon is running a fever.  He spent the day drinking generic theraflu and judging by the cough, he is in for a rough couple of days.  Btw, we get it that Tylenol (and theraflu) has been record recalled (but apparently generic works great on making you Read More →

The Torture of Acrylic Nails

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Just before going to RT, I realized that my nails were shot.  A couple of them had broken off – I tend to do things like clean and type – and no amount of manicure would redeem them.  I was looking at four days of shaking hands, hugging, and signing.  By the way, did you Read More →

Cold Remedies

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I’m still in the land of coughing and sneezing.  It’s funny how we can insert a heart valve into a person but we can’t overcome the cold.  Not that human race hasn’t tried, mind you.  And nobody was more creative with it than Russian mothers.  Here are some Russian remedies I’ve endured as a child. Read More →

Pre-Release Jitters

Pre-Release Jitters

Disclaimer: this is a musing post.  I’m not really sad or melancholy and while I appreciate the comments, please don’t feel compelled to reassure me or pet me on the head.    This is just a day in a writer’s life type of thing. We have published ten books now, not including novellas and short Read More →

You guys are awesome

That is all.

Phhhh

Phhhh

So I wrote a whiny personal post and then deleted it, because it was too whiny and personal. This just hasn’t been an awesome week all around on all fronts. Tell me something good?