It’s 11:12 am and I am so behind. All I accomplished so far was a workout and a shower and some admin email. Grrr, Monday. We have the cover. Wooo! Still gorgeous beyond all reason. Buy link here in case you missed the first flurry of publicity. We have found the reader for Fated Blades.
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Lemon Trees and Violets
A day before Gordon and I resolved our issues with Ruby Fever, we had a fight. It wasn’t much of a fight – we rarely go all out after 26 years of marriage – but things were said, and the dissatisfaction with the state of the book, writing process, and publication schedules was expressed on
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Waffle House vs Cracker Barrel
Me trying to explain both of these to our agent in New York: Waffle House has truckers and Cracker Barrel has retirees. She: Are those my only choices? Yes. Yes, those are. Damn, that chicken and waffles look good. I’ve gone back to working out after taking a holiday break and I am so hungry.
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The Cold Front
It is 80°F right now, that would be 27°C for those of you not stuck with Imperial measurement system, and my husband is giddy. He opened all of the windows and doors. This morning it was closer to 60, and when I emerged from the bedroom, he was wearing a hoodie and a big smile.
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Winter Is Coming
Winter is coming to Texas… Okay, well that might have been a slight exaggeration. But this is not. This was last year. Yeah. Four days without power, I think? One of the kids sent over a lovely prediction for this winter. For this year, the Almanac has predicted that parts of the country will experience
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Tropical Storms and Fake Bank Accounts
Kid 1 and her boyfriend went down to South Padre for a short getaway. Once the school ends, prices at South Padre beach fall dramatically, and they were very excited about their 4 days getaway. They are supposed to be back Tuesday. Except there is a tropical storm and the area they are in is
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So Much Work, So Little Time
Have to finish the final proofread of Fated Blades today. Have to write Ruby Fever, the book that will never end. Have to do an interview for French publisher. Have to look at 2 chapters of someone else’s work. Have to make tacos. So I decided to tackle a complicate cross stitch project for stress
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It’s Friday
When you are writing, it kind of eats up your brain, so you get 25% processing power for everything else. Quotes from this week for your laughing pressure. Me: I need lamps. Gordon: Yes? Me: Lamps! For pantry. Gordon: … Me: It’s not working. Gordon: Do you mean fluorescent bulbs? Me: Yes! The light is
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Return of the Lawn Orphans
If you don’t know who the lawn orphans are, stop and read All Knowing God. A couple of weeks ago we realized that a feral cat had kittens under Kid 2’s shed. For a while we have been getting daily updates about it. We were on vacation at the time. Unfortunately, mama cat moved the
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The Owner of the Stray Dog was Found
In a remarkable turn of events, the owner of the elderly stray was found. This little girl is not the first stray we picked up off the streets, although this one was in the worst shape. Typical reaction to this is usually, “Thank you for finding my dog” or “Hey guys, I think you have
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The Book With the Wolf in It
Let me tell you about the day that changed my life. It was a dreary, rainy Tuesday in February. Our story takes place in London, where February only really comes in dreary and rainy. I was in no mood to do any work, and neither were the other people in the office. We’d already passed
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Bitter Betrayal Or Where are my T-shirts?
When Gordon was in the service – this was before we moved to Texas and I learned to make proper Texmex cuisine – I made Lipton soup fajitas. I don’t remember what flavor it was, since it’s been years, I think Spicy Fiesta or Red Pepper or some silliness like that, but basically it was
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