A lot of stuff happened in the last 10 days. None of it was awesome. Most of it I can’t share because it’s private, but I will give you a few small examples. Kid 2’s landlord is suddenly returning to Austin. We were under impression that she would have at least another year in the
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Pre-release Authorial Disease and Cats
BLOOD HEIR releases tomorrow. Well, the ebook releases tomorrow. The print was a little earlier, so everyone could have better chances of reading it on release day. But the ebook is the big release. That reminds me, I will put a spoiler post up tomorrow. Please refrain from spoilering until then. Be strong. 🙂 Normally
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Children and Parents
Our garage floor is original to the house, and years of use have polished it to a shine. It’s so slippery that if your shoes are even slightly wet, you will slide around on it and predictably bust your head. Gordon fell a couple of months ago in his work boots. From what the children
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On Roomba, Helpful Nature Of
First things first: the next person who has the audacity to argue with me about the hair color or any other details of a character in our books will lose their commenting privileges. I am the author of the books. I originated them. “But I want to die on this caramel hill…” There are literally
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The Sad Song of Her People
Sookie was taken on a short walk, because that’s all her old butt can handle, and then left home while Gordon and I tried to burn a few more calories. As usual, she decided her treatment was unfair.
Get out, 2020, get out!
I think we can all agree that 2020 sucked. Normally, I am very much a holiday by the calendar woman: first comes Halloween, then comes Thanksgiving, and only after Thanksgiving one can put up the Christmas tree. A few days ago, as I wondered around in a daze after finishing the novel and trying to
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A Vicious Attack
Who is stressed? I am stressed! Here is Artha to rescue. Please note Quincy being scared and running away, then realizing that Artha was attacking and running in to be her little stooge. PS. Whoever recommended proofing bread in a microwave after microwaving a cup of hot water: MVP, MVP! Worked awesome.
Watermelon Bandits
Yesterday we ordered grocery delivery and the only slot we could get was between 8:00 and 9:00 pm. Normally, the grocery delivery person texts us right away after dropping our purchases off on the porch by the front door. This time the text took a little bit to arrive, maybe 10 minutes. I don’t know
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The Stench
The fat black-and-white squirrel struck last night. We were all hanging out and playing computer games after the last day of promo, and then there was a stench. It was quickly discovered that dogs had gone outside and I didn’t realize and shut the back door. In my defense, Kid 1 leaves the back door
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Not Again
Nykie: Mom, there is a fat black and white squirrel in the back yard. Kid 1: No! No! Nykie: Dachshund genes triggered. Attack protocol activate. Mad sprint initiated. Fat squirrel! How dare you come into our back yard?! Meet your doom! Skunk: Oh crap. There is a small dog with big teeth running straight for
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UPS Bitching and Quincy’s Lament
I ordered some yarn from Purl Soho. It’s an alpaca blend, which I don’t normally use, and so I wanted to try it. It was shipped by UPS. Behold my tale of woe. It’s been sitting at the UPS for 2 days. Pre-Covid, shipments from California came in 2 days, door to door. I want
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Personal Post and Upcoming Promo
On July 12, Kid 2, whom some of you know as “Brandi,” sent a video of herself squirting hot sauce into her mouth followed by “Look at this, I can’t taste or smell anything.” This has never happened before in her entire life, not with colds, not with flu, not with any infection she’s ever
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