Let us all pause and say it again... THOR... RAGNAROK. Have you seen it? Have you seen the other Thor movies? If not.... WHY NOT? So I've been watching from the beginning. Honestly, before I even made the whole Marvel connection... I mean... it's Thor. The Marvel...
WARNING: THERE MAY BE SMALL SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED YET. The kids and I have started watching Midnight Texas. Although the IMBD page lists the "creator" as Monica Breen... all of us readers know it was really created by author Charlaine Harris. (Yeah, that...
Since I was a child, I’ve had a bit of an obsession with rocks. I think this mainly had to do with growing up in an area with some spectacular rocks to collect. My favorites were what we called sparkly rocks which you mainly find around creeks. Most of mine I found...
My office is featured over at Lisa Renee Jones’ blog today. I have to say you can tell a lot about me by looking at my wall and that isn’t really a coincidence. When I was young I read a book where a girl made a collage over her bed that was formed in a spiral. Each...
You probably don't know it, but a dump is a great thing if you are an author. It means you got one of those special little cardboard display things just for you in some store (hopefully many stores). Well, guess what? Harlequin did one for the two Nocturne anthologies...
Anyone else feel like they are chasing life down the street? That it's moving ahead of you a bit more every day? I didn't used to feel this way. I think it's the kids...who knew they came with such increased chaos? Anyway, this week I could maybe should be at the RWA...
I did a panel a few months back about animals in fiction...or something like that. It was a surprisingly full room with surprisingly lively interaction between panel and attendees. But then again, maybe it wasn't surprising. We humans as a rule are quite geeky about...
Over the past five or so years I've found myself saying this...anyone else? I feel all dirty and cliche when I do, but seriously, it is darn funny how we (humans) can find something to complain about no matter how NOT bad things are. So, when my kids whine "I'm hot."...
I grew up in southern Missouri and Decoration Day was one of my favorite holidays. Never heard of it? Maybe you call it Memorial Day. Technically today at least, Decoration Day might not be held ON Memorial Day, but it's right around there and the sentiment is the...
