My collab with Chaz Brenchley, “Water Proof,” is up at Buzzy Mag. Enjoy! (Oh and I am safe in Seattle, and happily busy. More later!)

Another hot day in the “Pacific Northwest” (as if). Actually Miss Q and I are getting intelligent about when to open windows and shades, and when to close everything up, so it’s not that bad in the house. And, OMG, my swim this afternoon was a thing of beauty that I do to keep myself

I went hiking with H. today, and it was so dang hot! But we managed to find a trail that was entirely shady, down by a creek, and it was lovely. Even so. So dang hot. I got home and showered and immediately was sweaty again. Then in the evening H. and Miss Q. and

Well today wasn’t quite as planned either, but for different reasons. I had a mandatory real estate training thing right in the middle of the afternoon, off in another city; I had just enough time to go for a swim before driving out there. Got to the gym…realized I’d forgotten my suit at home. I

I was all prepared to be productive today–had finished a freelance project yesterday and all I had to do was get the corrections to the publisher, which is usually a pretty straightforward thing. And then I have another job lined up after that one. But there were LOTS of corrections, and I typed them all

It’s amusing to me that my response to the problem of “OMG I have too many THINGS” was to go out and buy some more THINGS. But! Things of such wondrousness they were! And they are helping with the Containment of Things, and therefore they are Good. Witness: A desk, of sorts, or rather a

Thank you everyone for the congratulations on the novel sale! 🙂 Miss Q and I shared some celebratory champagne this evening: Oh and those roses are from the garden; I did some pruning and tidying and weeding this afternoon. The big thing I did today (and it’s not done yet) was move my work space

I am positively THRILLED to announce that my novel Nightcraft Mother (and two or more books to follow) has been sold to Per Aspera Press. Yay YAY YAY!!!! Details to come (including a possible title change, and estimated publication date)–stay tuned! I am so happy, I cannot even say. I’ve been working on Callie’s story

I was going to do more on the computer tonight, but I worked in the yard a while this afternoon (because it stopped being Hot As Hell out there) and now my eyes are all inflamed and puffy and itchy and weepy and uncomfortable. Yes, I am Allergic to Something. I know not what. The

I finally have the promised pictures from our trip to the Cuba…they look great! I was able to read a useful Cuban travel guide and explore all of the absolute incredible, gorgeous spots in the country. The trip overall was amazing. Thanks to the guide, I was able to thoroughly enjoy my summer vacation! Here’s