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Computer games are an important part of “the writing process”. The writing ‘process’ is pretty much anything a writer does, when sitting down to write, that does not involve actual ‘writing’. If you counted up the time actually spent typing, and compared it to the amount of time spent, staring off into space, or maybe […]

I am finally between books again, after a final run through the Christmas book, which is now titled “The Mistletoe Wager”. This book will be out in both the UK and the US in December, if anyone is interested. But I am back to having the strange, unbalanced feeling I get sometimes, when I am […]

This year, Easter brought a return of Christmas. Not only did it snow 13 inches on good Friday, I was also busy doing the revisions on my Christmas novel, totally out of sync with the season. So we celebrated at home, instead of traveling. And, as usual, I waited until the last possible moment, to […]

As I said in the last entry, I’ve been trying to get the boys to do their homework. The end of the quarter is approaching, and like a New Year’s diet, it’s an effort to undo months of bad behavior. Quickly, if possible. #2 Son is studying Shakespeare in English class. He must memorize a […]

Nothing much has been happening here, other than trying to get Sons 1-2 to do their homework. And the successful performance of last week’s big, foam dam. A last minute edition of a child’s wading pool made it possible to run a fountain on a hardwood floor without spilling more than a drop or two. […]