My hands have been steadily getting worse. I have finger pain, knuckle pain, pain in the center of the palm, pain in the thumb joint. The hands hurt. I’ve tried creams and over the counter painkiller, and making sad eyes at Gordon, so he would rub my hands, which he does, but none of it
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Nonsense We Watch When Deadline Is Done
Behold, the silliness we entertain our tired brains with. Ozzyman reviews Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. NSFW. So NSFW. Blow the stealth horn!!! So excited for this game. Once BLOOD HEIR is safely in the production team’s hands, Valhalla, here I come. Ozzyman also narrates all sorts of things like bad driving and kitten videos. Dragon Age
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Print Preorder for BLOOD HEIR
Print Preorder for BLOOD HEIR is now available. We weren’t able to do print preorders before on self-published books, so this is very exciting. People keep talking about “the next book” as if this is a foregone conclusion. One person talked about a four book series. I thought you might want to get in front
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Anton Strout and Claw & Order
Today I would like to welcome to the blog Anton Strout, USA Today bestselling author, a popular podcast host, and a seriously funny man. 🙂 Anton has a new Kickstarter project, an urban fantasy anthology called Claw & Order, and since a lot of you enjoyed his work in the past, I didn’t want you
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Am I a Bad Person for Laughing at Your Posts?
You are supposed to laugh at my posts. That’s why I post them – so you could have a chuckle. Unless it’s something deadly serious, which the last post definitely wasn’t. Also, there are funny jokes in the comments. Hehe. In more funny news, Harney & Sons gifted me some Paris tea. This is the
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Last Eight Days
Day 1 Me, calling Kid 1 back to the house from the office: Hey, could you please tell your dad that I can’t turn the heat on in the office? Is there some switch I should flip somewhere? He isn’t answering his cell. Kid: Okay. 5 minutes later Gordon: What’s going on? Me, handing the
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New Excerpt for BLOOD HEIR
I was going to wait until we had the proofread done, but everyone could use a bit of a distraction, so the page for BLOOD HEIR has been updated with the edited first chapter. Happy reading. Update: OMG, it’s not “totally different,” it’s still the same scene just with a bit more editing. Love you,
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Milk Bread
I like the texture of Hawaiian rolls but not the sugar. I found this recipe, tried it yesterday, and am happy to report it’s exactly that: Hawaiian roll like texture with a fraction of sweetness. I did a little bit of research and I’m guessing that what we view as “Hawaiian rolls” was probably a
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Acknowledgements and Proof Readers
If you have contributed to BLOOD HEIR by offering Hebrew translations, medical assistance, religious research, etc, please email me through the contact form on the site with your name so we can thank you in the book. Please pick Acknowledgements option. Proofreader Update: Thank you, we’ve received enough applications. No applications sent after 10:00 AM
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Flaws
Why was Kid 1 wearing shorts in cold weather? She wore shorts because she was in the kitchen drinking coffee, comfy and warm, and I dragged her to the back yard to model the shawl for me for about a minute. 🙂 Is there anything you can’t do?? Seriously!? Ilona, you are this uber tea
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An Easy Garter Shawlette
I have finished knitting something. I know, shocking. Sorry to stun you like this early in the morning. 🙂 Awhile ago I was going through the craft room and found a little metal tin with tiny balls of yarn in it, mohair with a touch of lurex. The best I can figure out it must’ve
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Adventures in Online Grocery Shopping.
In this pandemic times, grocery delivery keeps us safe, and the essential workers are saving lives. That said, with the sheer volume of online orders, mishaps happen and the lack of availability sometimes results in some hilarious substitutions. Not sure how that last one happened. They won’t take it back because of COVID. So what
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