Some of the best parts about getting your first book published are the surprises. The out-of-the blue, WOW, amazing stuff that you never even dreamed about cause you couldn’t even imagine it happening. Like: AMAZING blurbs by awe-inspiring authors… Tamora Pierce and Lisa McMann. Like: Getting an author profile on Goodreads that posts your blog [...]
Better, stronger, faster.
October 14, 2009 – 4:40 pm
This past summer, my beloved puppy dog passed away, leaving a corgi-shaped hole in my life. My husband and I’d had her for almost as long as we’d been a ‘we.’ Together, we’d moved across the country 3 times and lived in 5 different apartments. We’d been camping up in the mountains and out on [...]
One Penguin at a Time…
September 30, 2009 – 2:54 pm
Doesn’t this picture make you ANGRY! I mean how dare donkeys go to the police with their problems! Do they even pay taxes? What? Oh. What I meant was how dare William Steig portray the police as pigs! That is outrageous. And this poem… it just really gets under my skin. Clearly, it’s teaching materialism [...]
Laptop Noir: Part Deux
September 18, 2009 – 10:10 am
One broken hard drive. One stripped screw. One man with a mission… Laptop Noir: Part Deux Tools: Pliers, business card, hammer, screwdriver, drill. Time: 2 Days, 2 fed-ex packages, and 1 trip to Home Depot. Who: Previously mentioned Uber-Geek:Wizard of Ingenuity *No dogs were harmed in the making of this film*
Technical Tap
September 16, 2009 – 3:32 pm
It was a Sunday, you see. A day so overcast it would make a raincloud wanna go tanning. Every hunch I ever had told me not to go into the office that morning. But I had a character stuck in a jam and stories wait for no woman. So, even though my nose was so [...]
No One May Ever Have the Same Knowledge Again
September 2, 2009 – 3:56 pm
As I write this, the historic Mt. Wilson Observatory is in danger of being overtaken by fire. The “Station fire” has been burning for more than a week in southern California and it’s been an exceptionally terrible fire, consuming houses, leading to the death of firefighters, and turning the afternoon light a very wrong color [...]
Tricksters Afoot?
August 14, 2008 – 8:53 am
So I was out jogging this morning… or is it ‘yogging’ with a soft J? Well, anyway. I was out jogging and a RAVEN (yes, that’s right, a giant, fat raven) landed on my head. Out of friggin’ nowhere! As you may guess, I shrieked like a little girl and batted at my head, though [...]
Sigh….
April 25, 2008 – 5:59 pm
Sigh… Today in the mail, I received the bane of a writer’s existence. “Your work was given careful consideration by one of our editors, and we are sorry to say that we do not feel like it is right for our list.” ARGGGGGGG! The form letter has the power to derail you like nothing else. [...]
“I’m drivin’ on sunshine. Oooo-ooo.”
December 5, 2007 – 7:39 pm
Biodiesel. The great misunderstood nectar. A year and a half ago, Tony and I bought a 2003 Jetta Volkswagon so that we could run biodiesel. Luckily, in Califonia there are quite a few gas stations that sell B99. We’ve been running the car almost completely on biodiesel since, with the occasional emergency diesel fill-up. It’s [...]
Let’s put the dishes in the dishwasher!
December 3, 2007 – 8:25 pm
***** Ewwww! Slimy. Grimy. Oooey. Gooey. Sink stacked full. Think I’ll get take-out. *****
What would you bring?
October 24, 2007 – 12:01 pm
I stare mesmerized at the tv. Orange flames erupt from everything. Skeletons of houses blaze and tumble into ashes. All those homes. All those people. I wrack my brain, trying to think of where all my friends live. Who might need help. Who might need a place to stay. Meanwhile, the days stay hot. Golden [...]
