Day 3. I figure it’s time for you to meet my bike–well, not my bike, but the one supplied by the motorcycle safety course. It’s a Kawasaki Eliminator 125 (EL 125). Wikipedia tells me it’s an entry-level cruiser that’s been in production for a few decades. Pretty, isn’t it? The other bikes are Hondas or Suzukis …Read More

Here’s a picture of me in my motorcycle gear on a happier day. Today was not a particularly happy day–though it happened to be the day I first got to drive/ride a motorcycle all by myself. (Except for the time Clark Combs sent me careening down the street on his bike. I think I got …Read More

Yes! Today was the day. I successfully attended Day One of a motorcycle safety class at our Local University. If I can keep it together the rest of the week, I’ll have my motorcycle license this coming Friday. Why would I want to do such a thing? Many people have asked me that question, and …Read More

It’s Sunday, and on Sundays I like to do fun things that tend to slip by the other six days of the week. Here’s a fun meme one of my newer Twitter friends, Anna Meade ( @ruanna3 ), tagged me in. This was an easy one, because I’ve already done the work. (Love that.) Seven …Read More

A while ago (too long ago, in fact), I received a review copy of Mrs. Darcy versus the Aliens, Jonathan Pinnock’s alien homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Reader, I read it, and loved it. I confess I have never been on the classic-novels-morphing-into-contemporary-schtick literary bandwagon. Such romps are not generally to my taste. …Read More

*sigh* I cleverly, accidentally deleted this post. I really shouldn’t be allowed to mess with computers. : (

It’s true! I’m not just offering a sample. I’m offering you your own ebook version of DEVIL’S OVEN, my new novel, for the low, low price of the energy it takes to go to the Amazon page and click download. I’m so excited that Amazon lets me make this available to you.** I wish that …Read More

It’s been a crazy-busy month (or four). I started the process of e-publishing DEVIL’S OVEN (it’s here and here, btw!) way back in November, and, even as late as my most recent blog post, I was sure I would have it–as well as my backlist–up and available the first week in March. Three weeks ago. …Read More

Changes are coming. In the next couple weeks, I’ll be entering the uncertain world of independent publishing. I’ve been talking about and around the subject for a good long while. The tools are available. The time is right. The rights for both of my novels, Isabella Moon and Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts, have reverted back …Read More

Let’s all be thankful that we have the right to free speech (for the most part) in These United States. We can say whatever annoying thing, whenever we want (for the most part), and not live in fear of government censorship. It’s the right that has kept us from bottling up our complaints and aggravations …Read More