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I managed to get out of the comfy chair. Way out. After a bit of mental, heavy lifting, I finished the book I was working on, and am satisfied with the results. But for future reference, if you are shooting for a darkly gothic hero, do not make him a botanist. And for God’s sake, […]

Sorry to be gone so long. I was working, at least part of the time. I have another book due on the 25th. As of yet, it has no title. My stories rarely do. But I had to take a side trip, in the middle of the process, to write a short story, All Hallows’ […]

My mother has just noticed that I am a writer. She noticed that I was an ‘author’ a long time ago. And has told everyone that she met, from that moment on. At first, this was flattering, since everyone kind of wants to know that their mother is proud of them. But at this point […]

Lately, Harlequin has been paying me. Not hunks and hunks of showbiz cash. I can’t say often enough, that midlist and category romance writers are not automatically rich. But it is enough so that I am reasonably sure I will not be getting a Christmas job as a greeter at Wal-mart. And I have been […]

So, it’s been a while. In my defense, I’ve been working. Traveling, actually. First to the WisRWA, Wisconsin Romance writer’s conference, in Green Bay, and then to Wiscon, a feminist Science Fiction conference in Madison. As far as Green Bay went? It was at a Casino. And I was winning on the nickel slots. I […]