Means I forgot!Dragoncon was a whirlwind of people, sales, and exhaustion. I walked 31 miles over five days and my feet and legs swelled so bad standing on the concrete floor it took three days for the swelling to completely disappear. But over all i...

And the race begins!But, before I talk about Dragoncon - Exiles' Refrain will be LIVE TOMORROW!!! I know it is less than 24 hours, but AHHHH. I'm stressed. My books are so weird and what if you hate it? I guess it is good that I'll be at Dragoncon, I...

And Exiles' Refrain is here!I have so much to talk about so first let's talk about the Dragoncon Awards. If you don't know they are fan voted awards and of course we can campaign, but mostly it boils down to how good your books are. And this year I k...

So many books and more to come.Dragoncon is coming so fast that I'm panicking. I have books ordered from Amazon, another 250 ordered from Elanders, and books I'm selling for another author. I'm trying to get Exiles' Refrain formatted and to the print...

Live, Love, ReadMany of you know my husband was killed in 2016 at 46. This weekend I went to the funeral of a co-worker from AT&T, she was 50. It brings home that we never know how long we have and that every time you see someone it might be the last...

Yes I'm sick - ugh.I went to Libertycon last weekend, and I loved getting to see friends and hangout with them. I'm not so excited about the con crud I came home with. My throat feels like it has been rough sanded and I'm wheezing so bad the sound wa...

Not just tomatoes.It seems to have rained almost daily since this late spring and early summer, which means my tomatoes look like jungle vines. I'm already getting ripe ones and they taste so good. My peppers are not quite as excited about all the ra...

AKA I'm distracted.I've been home for two weeks and we won't get into how low my word count has been. Part of it was a wedding. No, not mine, but I officiated a friend's wedding. It was super neat and it was on Memorial day. The weather was gorgeous...

So Many Neat Things!It was a trip I'll never forget or regret. We saw animals, I met amazing people, and I visited a part of the world that has a beauty so different from North America. I was there at the end of the rainy season and it had been super...

I am in AFRICA!Part of me still thinks it isn’t real, but it is. The animals I’ve seen. The amazing women I’ve met, and the places I’ve stayed are all incredible. I purposefully went on a women’s tour to meet new people and everyone is amazing. The v...