Food is love. When we moved to Texas a couple of years ago now, part of the motivation was coming into a community of friends that felt like family and were close enough to sit down and eat with from time to time. The group of folks who would become known as the North Texas… Read More Saturday Supper
I think I’ve probably said this before, but you know? Bears saying again. I came across this quote from another author, one I don’t know, through the Passive Voice (who feels like a friend because I have read him so long, although I have rarely interacted with him directly, and honestly, that’s part of the… Read More Thank you friends
That moment when you find yourself with so much to do, and so little time, not to mention mental energy, that you are sitting in front of the bookshelf indulging in a little light research instead of doing anything else. Even the research is kinda useless, because there’s no writing brain. The writing brain has… Read More Too Much
A little bit, out of order. This is backfill, since the scene following it appeared on the blog a few weeks ago. Working this prompt in was a huge challenge! *** Johns climbed in the passenger side, and buckled in. Shelby shot an exasperated glance at him, then looked back up at Elzbet, who… Read More Odd Prompts: Wonderland Snip
A fitting relic of Thanksgiving, and sight of yet to come… this is a piece of flash fiction. Enjoy! Turkey Soup The first game after Thanksgiving was always a slow one. Too much turkey, too much pie, after nearly 40 years of playing together, they all had it down to a routine. This time… Read More Odd Prompts: Turkey Soup
Now that song is going to be stuck in my head all day. I took a photo this spring, in one of the conservancy prairies around Dayton OH, and looking at the final edits got me thinking. Not about the song. No, I was thinking about loneliness, and friendship, and the connections every human needs… Read More Lonely Birdhouse in My Soul
I am still working on the next Inktail coloring book. I was going at it hammer and tongs earlier this year, but then, well… So here’s one of the pages, to whet your appetite.
Sometimes being an adult sucks rocks. Sometimes being an adult means I can say stupid stuff like that last sentence and know I’m not going to be scolded for slang. Sometimes I have more thoughts than I can possibly have words to express them with. Sometimes that means I say the same word over… Read More You adorable weirdos, you
There comes a time in life when you have to re-evaluate yourself. In my case, this last year or so, I have come to wonder: am I an introvert? You see, most of the time I’m so busy, or the family so demanding of my time and attention, I’m perfectly happy to hole up… Read More Meatspace
I’m positively giddy at the moment. Not only am I taking a very special trip to Texas this week, but I’ve just finalized the arrangements for LibertyCon this coming summer… It’s going to be a great trip. You know, I’d planned to write a novel before LC came back around. That seems… unlikely. But it… Read More Traveling Lightly
Good morning readers. It’s a bright winter morning here, just above freezing and getting warmer, which means the snow is going away. I may enjoy photographing snowflakes, but I don’t want the snow to linger for long! I’ve been a busy lady, so I have two articles up for you all, one my regular column… Read More Psychology, Marketing, and Guesting
I’ve gotten in the habit of teasing my daughters, recently, when we’re talking and I’m reverting to things I learned from the Bible, that I’m going all Biblical on them. So here I am, doing it on the blog. I was musing on this aphorism the other day, and how we usually see it applied… Read More Reap What you Sow