Did you ever make the fall wreath? To recap: I didn’t do a lot of decorating this year for the fall because we are so swamped with work, but Gordon wanted a pretty fall wreath for the door, so I went to Michael’s, got some supplies, and made one. Since this wreath is 50% of
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Freebie on Friday
We are going to have a free short story for you on Friday, as an early Halloween present. It’s not connected to any of our existing worlds, and it’s a bit old, but it is suitably scary. We have gotten so many comments concerned about the results of the dress dying. How ever will Maggie
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Monsters, Characters, and Voices
I got very little sleep last night. The saga of Sookie continues, so please excuse me if I sound less coherent than usual. Also the novel has crossed 100K and when I mentioned this fact to Mod R, instead of being supportive and saying things like, “It will end eventually,” she basically said, “All the
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On Serials, Covers, and Other Publishing Questions
Happy Monday! We’ve gone the whole weekend without a scorpion sighting, so I have high hopes. Mod R has been collecting your questions, so today we will tackle the first batch. Are you still thinking about releasing part of Maggie as a blog serial? Will you be able to traditionally publish if you do that?
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Sookie and Tuna
Is Sookie still alive? Yes, she is. Thank you for asking. Sookie is getting on in years. She mostly sleeps. Her hearing is gone. Voice commands don’t do it anymore, so now we have to communicate by hand signals and pats. However, she is living her best life. She has all the treats and pillows
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Housekeeping Wednesday
Justified. No, not the show. A while ago we had some reports regarding the lack of justification in the ebook copy of Magic Strikes. All the other titles are justified on both sides but Magic Strikes is only to the left. We’ve spoken to the publisher and that file will be updated by mid-November with
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Monday News
Sorry the post is so late. Gordon and I plotted for several hour to finish our current project. All the braining is going into the book. It is at 85,000 now, and I just assured Mod R that it will not be longer than Bayou Moon. So we must cap at 125K. She just emailed
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State of Life and Other Updates
Annual PSA I had my mammogram on Tuesday. Now the waiting for results begins. The waiting is always the hardest part. This is your annual reminder: Don’t Be My Mother. Women often tend to put their health and their needs last. Please take care of yourself. My Husband’s Addiction Tuesday, I am trying to work
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Too Hard?
I have a very important question for you this morning. Apparently, Ingram Spark now allows us to print hardcover editions. Meaning we could offer you a hardcover set of our self-published books, such as the Innkeeper series. We have a couple of options available to us. For example, you probably remember the excellent Truly Bad
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What’s In The Folder?
Today’s question comes from Mod R. How do you not end up with this when you’re working on a project? Hehehe, FinalFinalDraftDamnIt.docx. Mod R has, by now, seen us drastically chop the manuscripts. I’ve been torturing her with Maggie drafts, and she has read 2 or 3 so far, so now I’m holding off until
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Are You Famous Yet?
Are you ever recognized when you are out and about? Do you have any funny, interesting stories about being recognized and if I’m ever fortunate enough to see you on an airplane or in an airport how would you like me/others to react? Say hello or leave you alone? No. Hehe. Writing is the best
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Impostor Syndrome
On Saturday, Gordon, Kid 2, and I snuck into the Armadillocon as regular attendees to see Jessie Mihalik, who was one of the panelists on Impostor Syndrome Panel. Jessie wrote an interesting article about it. She’s right that imposter syndrome doesn’t go away with success. I’ve talked before about the golden carrot. A rider sits
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