I feel a little bad about doing this. So don’t take it as me calling out this specific company – I really want to hope and think they are well-intentioned but thoughtless of consequences. UPDATE! They responded to my tweet, took down their initial contest tweet on Twitter, but when I went back to check… Read More All that, and You aren’t even Exposed
The dogs were afraid. They whined, and crouched low by her feet, with their eyes rolling to the whites. She bent and patted them, one with each hand, then straightened to look for her husband. Until a few moments ago she had been happy in camp, with their cosy tent and the cunning little fire… Read More Odd Prompts: Falling Down
Just a reminder that there is a month remaining in the open submission period for stories in this anthology. But Not Broken will be the second of the PTSD anthologies, taking up where Can’t Go Home Again left off. You can read more details about the ideas behind the anthology here, in my first call… Read More Call for Stories: But Not Broken
You can pick up Tanager on sale for a dollar through Nov 30th. Tanager’s Fledglings is my space opera with a puppy in it, and it was fun to write. I’m currently working on the second book in the planned trilogy, and have just been talking with an editor who was kind enough to tell… Read More Tanager’s Fledglings on Sale
There was a conversation, and a side discussion cropped up, as they do, about my perennial joke that I am a hobbit. I’m short, and I have big feet for my stature. I’m not kidding about the feet, the First Reader and I can share boots, as we wear the same size in shoes. But… Read More All the Pockets
Have you ever seen a dying rose? The stem – the neck of the rose – collapses and even while the rose looks fresh, it slumps until it’s only facing the earth and never the sky any longer. The first rule of depressionland is to never talk about the depression. It’s not that you can’t… Read More Odd Prompts: Broken Rules
I’ve been a bit fuzzy-brained today. We had plumbers in this morning, which was good because a minor problem got solved before it became a major one. It was something I could have done, in theory, but the First Reader suggested we call in the pros. For one thing, they would be able to spot… Read More Contemplation
Having written up the ‘how-to’ of starting a sourdough culture, and the beginnings of a recipe set for it, I was asked about the nature of the sourdough starter. What’s going on in that jar of oozing, smelling, wonderful stuff? How does it work? Is it safe? And why did we stop using sourdough except… Read More Sourdough Culture
The problem is, human memory is short. If the floods came once a year, there would have been no building in the fertile valley, as tempting as the deep, rich soil was to the farmers who came to the land early. By the time they disembarked, the planet had only felt human steps for a… Read More Odd Prompts: Ripples
First, about a week or two before you want the pretzels, you begin with a starter. This is easy. All you need is flour, water, and to catch some invisible little friends to do the heavy lifting for you. There are two ways – no, three – to begin a sourdough starter. One is to… Read More Sourdough Pretzels
It’s not just me, right? I mean, I can’t be the only one who would decide to do something relatively simple for the big dinner, and have it cascade from there? I just wanted some goat. Or lamb, but ideally goat. I am planning to make gulyas for dinner. I’ve got beef, since Alma Boykin… Read More Cooking Adventures
They all went out, in service of their country. Some came home again. They came home, and went back to work quietly, but we remember what they were willing to do on our behalf. We remember, and are grateful for the men and women who marched until their feet bled, for our safety and comfort.… Read More To All the Veterans