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#2 son has taken up running. I don’t know why. To the best of my knowledge, nothing is chasing him. But almost daily, of his own accord, he gets out of his chair and says, “I think I’ll go for a run.” And then, he does. He has also returned to inform me that the […]

I’ve been on the road a lot, lately. Two weeks ago, it was RWA in Orlando. And then, after four days of staggering around my house in a daze, it was into the car and off to Indianapolis for a family vacation at Gencon. For those of you who have missed these, the first was […]

Getting ready for the RWA national conference, in the House of Mouse, Orlando FL. I will be signing twice. Times and rooms are listed on the Appearances page. But since I am thinking about writing, here is a short FAQ for new writers. And don’t worry, if you just asked me this question, only to […]

First, a warning. There will be a small spoiler for the movie Salt near the end of this post. And now, on to bits and pieces from the last weeks at Casa de Dos Quesos. From #1 son: I asked him recently, after reading a blog post somewhere that I felt was a little over […]

As of today at approx 4:30 central, I finished the first draft of my (stopping to count on fingers and running out of fingers) 11th novel. That’s a lot of words. For those of you who aren’t writers and don’t know the drill, this means that I have around 70,000 words that is not publication […]