I have always wanted to be in the spotlight. Well, not always, that's not quite true. I spent a good portion of my childhood trying to be invisible (a topic for another day), but in my teens discovered that I had a knack for the dramatic. A flair, if you will, and more importantly, a desire. Being highly visible became a shield, protection that ( Read more... )

 If I wasn't doing what I am doing now? That's a really good question. Over the years (and no, there's no way I'm telling you how old I am - if you dig around you can figure it out :P ), there have been many ideas, many choices, many things tried and discarded ( Read more... )

All right, folks. I'm sitting here with a box of copies of THE MIRROR OF YU-HUANG, and another box full of super-fun Chinese themed promotional stuff (including Chinese rubber ducks. Really.) and wondering how I should give them away ( Read more... )

 I passed the new year watching a marathon of Pawn Star and American Pickers. Really. I am fascinated by those shows, because I am amazed at what people keep in their barns and what people bring in to the pawn shop. I did switch the channel just in time to see the Times Square ball drop ( Read more... )

 I've kind of put the job thing out of my head for now. There's still a chance I can get it, I just have to be prepared NOT to get it, and I think it's better if I plan for that. I sent out three more resumes last week, and we'll see how they go. With all these other available jobs, there is a good chance that no one else will apply for the other ( Read more... )

 At long last, THE MIRROR OF YU-HUANG is available for purchase on Amazon! This probably wasn't the way the publisher or I envisioned the release, but yanno, Murphy's law being what it is, we gotta go with what we got. The LoC STILL hasn't fixed their software glitch, but there was no way we were losing the holiday season because of something ( Read more... )

 I am thinking of a new line of promo swag. This will be for the whole Library of Athena series, and I have some ideas. I'm thinking the logo will be a brass key - which is the key to the Library, and/or another symbol that shows up in THE MIRROR OF YU-HUANG, but which has been sprinkled throughout the series already. I don't want to spoil it by ( Read more... )

 If you've been following me on Facebook, you know that there have been big changes afoot. I talked a little about the job interview I got the call for just before Thanksgiving.  I went last Thursday night, and it was an odd sort of affair. Instead of a one-on-one interview, this was going to be by committee. I knew that, but imagined more of a ( Read more... )

 So it's Thanksgiving. I have made the world-famous famous in my family Spinach Goop. Which is just green bean casserole made with chopped spinach instead of green beans. We will take it on over to my cousin's in the city later, for family and turkey.

Another year has gone by and I'm thankful for the usual: that we have our health, and a home, and ( Read more... )

 Philcon is over for another year. It was a nice con, but small, as it has been every year I've been there. I appreciate the invitation - it's the only con I do all year due to monetary constraints (more on that later), but it's been getting smaller and smaller, and I think it will be in danger of disappearing if things don't change. Having it in ( Read more... )