One thing that popped up on Bluesky today was a discussion of opening paragraph hooks and just how necessary they are. I’ve had thoughts about such discussions for some time now, though mine relate more to the opening of novels … Continue reading →

Welcome! This year I’m creating a set of posts/blogs/whatever you want to call them about the “story-behind-the story” for my backlist. This month, the Netwalk Sequence is my featured series. It’s the first series I published and as I went … Continue...

Marker-boy is demonstrating how well he’s doing when it comes to being loosely tied to the pickup bed. Don’t worry, I spent plenty of time ensuring he knew what being tied meant, and working with him about scary stuff. Plus … Continue reading →

I’m taking a deep breath in 2025 and starting to do things with my writing work and planning that I probably should have been doing long before now. First of all, I’m in the process of establishing a domain where … Continue reading →

I’m somewhat “meh” about 2024. I can’t say that there was a lot of amazing stuff that happened in my life this year. If anything, it seemed like there were a lot of hills to climb and scrambling to get … Continue reading →

Well, I’m back after cataract surgery and some other stuff I was dealing with. I didn’t expect my first craft work after surgery to be beading. I’d pretty much given up on that craft, simply because I couldn’t find a … Continue reading →

The last month has been…complicated. Between getting the last of the firewood cut and a bunch of other stuff, I’ve felt like I’ve been running, running, running. And then there’s been this past week. Not going to say anything more … Continue reading...

Becoming Solo is one of my favorite little works because it’s rooted so strongly in my past experiences. No, I wasn’t part of a family spell matrix, nor did I undergo the sort of family dynamics that my character Yesenia … Continue reading →

Sometimes anniversaries sneak up on you. We are halfway through our tenth year of cutting firewood for heating our house–earlier in the year we didn’t think this was going to happen at all, but things changed and we’re cutting wood … Continue reading...

I’ve been really satisfied with how things are going with the horses as we move into fall. Mocha is holding her weight nicely, and now that she gobbles up her supplement she’s starting to get a little shine on her … Continue reading →