I’m currently in the middle of a writing marathon (writing 10K words per day, as well as walking 10K steps) so I don’t have a lot of spare time. But I wanted to let everyone know that “Houses Divided,” the first book of the Houses of the Dead trilogy, is now available! Here’s the blurb: […]
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Starting on Monday, I’m going to be doing a writing marathon. I’ve done several of these, general about two per year. My goal for a writing marathon is always 10K words per day, as well as 10K steps per day. The biggest difference is that I’m doing this from home this time. And this concerns
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For various reasons, 2020 hasn’t gone according to plan. Quite an understatement, actually. I did accomplish at least one of the things I’d planed, namely, I’ve published a novel, or at the very least a novel-length collection, once a month, every month. I’m proud of that accomplishment. 2020 did turn out to be a shitty
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Weight is a little high this morning. I figure that’s due to a combination of things, like the absolutely amazing apple-quince crumble that I made and ate a lot of, as well as the fact that my period started this morning. (Yay?) I had no symptoms before my period started. Just kind of came out
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I used to read a LOT. I always had my nose in a book, particularly as a kid and then into my thirties. I always read widely, too. Though I would come back to my beloved fantasy, I read mystery, SF, literature, non-fiction – everything. I know that over the past decade or so, I
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This is one of those posts with lots of pictures. You’ve been warned! Before we harvested our quinces, one of the local farm stands announced on their Facebook page that they had quinces. So we bought four in order to experiment with them before we harvested and started using ours. Traditionally, marmalade used to always
I’m still floating between those two pounds, which means my weight is really stable at this point. Am hoping to remain here, even over the coming holidays! That’s always a concern for me. I generally gain weight over the holidays. Am going to try to be smarter about it this year, and not allow my
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YAY! I have a new book coming out today! The Alvin Goodfellow Case Files! Strictly speaking, this isn’t a novel, though it is novel length, almost 60K words. These stories are from the point of view of a 1930s-style detective who lives on the moon. Of course he has a ray gun. And you can
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I’m at the upper range of the two pounds that I keep floating between. This surprises exactly no one, given my lack of movement, as well as the extra desserts. (!!!) But this last week was kind of hard. I wasn’t great all week, some somewhat meh days, and my hip as well as my
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Back in February, I stopped drinking caffeine habitually.(As this is 2020, it feels like years ago, now.) I kind of fell into it by accident. Once I realized I’d stopped, I made the choice to keep at it. It was a really smart decision on my part. There are so many things I already must