Make coffee. Feed and shoot cats. Drink coffee. Have breakfast. Return emails. Check social media. Return returned emails. Turn off social media. Go to work. Deadlines: distant but visible. 2016 is officially underway. (there is no truth to the rumor that I threw a New Year’s Day party simply so that I would have leftovers […]
Picking Up Where We Left Off Read More »
Winding down the year, taking a few days off from work to bake and chill and read Other Peoples’ Books, but I came across this today, and, well. Â Maybe my birthplace library shows no love, but the place where my siblings spent their earliest years DOES… The Peabody (MA) Institute Library says of SILVER ON
Yankee love keeps you warm in the winter… Read More »
After the first month or so post-release, generally, the excitement over a new book dies down as the first wave of eager fans (bless them every one) get their hands on the book, read it, and then…move on to the next book they’re eager about. This is the natural life cycle. The writer will still
Finding Wonderland, and Writer Joy Read More »
Silver on the Road Review: The Devil’s in the Deals An interestingly critical (in the taking-apart sense, not the negative sense) review from GeeklyInc that left me with the Happy Writer sensation of “yeah, you got it, go me.†:-)  And today, when I’m feeling low-energy and low-enthusiasm, this kept me from pulling the covers
People are (still) talking about SILVER ON THE ROAD (and this makes me happy) Read More »
Mainly, there was Thanksgiving, and a trip back to EnWhyCee to see the family-as-gathered, then I came back and was dropped into the December work schedule (many people taking vacation this month, so I’m picking up extra shifts), plus I have two editorial clients pending, and a novella to fix the ending of, and yeah,
Long Time No Post… Read More »
Are you a Kindle user? Have you been hesitating pulling the lever on a Kindle copy of SILVER ON THE ROAD because ow, $12.99? Or maybe know someone who is a Kindle user who’d love the book, but they didn’t have $12.99 to spend on it? Or maybe you wanted to buy it as a
LIMITED TIME OFFER! (no, really. Limited Time Offer) Read More »
It’s heeeere……. the newest Cosa Nostradamus installment! THE WORK OF HUNTERS (Sylvan Investigations #3) $3.50 – A BVC Original Danny Hendrickson – ex-cop turned PI – and his partner Ellen could be any low-rent private investigators trying to make a difference, and a living, in New York City. Except Danny’s father was a faun, and
Danny and Ellen are baaaaaaack! (along with a few old friends) Read More »
In anticipation of THE WORK OF HUNTERS being released at Book View Cafe, the first two Sylvan Investigations novellas have been reduced in price (ONLY at BVC)…. MILES TO GO PROMISES TO KEEP (for December only, at BVC only. Once 2016 rolls in, the price rolls up again) (note: TWOH will not be on Amazon/BN
Instead of Black Friday there’s Magic Monday… Read More »
40 people killed in Lebanon’s bombing Thursday. A still-being-counted number of dead in the Paris attacks last night. I was in Manhattan on 9/11, within the shut-down zone. I know some of what goes through your head, how your heart races, and your brain is never quite the same afterward. And I know that there
I am not Paris. I am not Lebanon. I was New York. Read More »
Okay, we’re doing this. Or you’ve got the chance to do this, and in turn make me do this. What’s this? #WillWrite2FeedOthers. Year three. You donate. I write. As many of you know, one of the charities I give to regularly is my local food bank. Because a warm meal makes everything else, no matter
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