I know I've basically let this blog lie fallow in the last six months or so. Most of my creative blog posts were going over to the GeekDad blog on Wired.com and, now, for the GeekMom Blog which is now over on Wired.com

I wish ter369 were still here to see this because I've basically move from Lois Lane to Arianna Huffington, albeit on a much smaller scale ( Read more... )

The short story: we trapped a stray kitty and now he's with us but still very, very worried about *bad things* happening. He's healthy and allowing small pettings, however.

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This is how I know I have the right friends list because I clicked on it and saw four tributes to Anne McCaffrey on top.

I wrote my own for Wired/GeekDad tonight.

The White Dragon contains so many favorite scenes but the ones with MasterHarper Robinton nearly broke my heart.


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My youngest son says that should be the title of a book. He's absolutely right.

I know I've been absent on and off here as I pour my blogging energies into GeekMom and GeekDad and my personal updates at my new website but some things don't belong there. They belong here. :)


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It occurs to me I should add in the blurb and tagline:

The blurb elves at Samhain Publishing outdid themselves with this one.

Tagline: He was born to be a weapon. For her, he must learn to be a hero.

Blurb: Since birth, Alec Farley has been trained to be a living weapon. His firestarter and telekinetic abilities have been honed to deadly ( Read more... )

 Sadly, I've been so out of posting that I didn't even realize there was a great livejournal tech issue until popping in today ( Read more... )

 It's not so much a book trailer as it is making fun of book trailers....

And, natch, lots of geeky references...Chris writes some of the best regencies but my favorite book of hers is self-pubbed, featuring a modern-day librarian with the dewey decimal number of "The Right Stuff" tattooed on her ass. Said librarian gets into trouble when she runs ( Read more... )

 I saw something in the NY Times book review about Barbara Eden writing a book about "I Dream of Jeannie" and it finally occurred to me what a sick premise that was. Man finds bottle with beautiful, scantily-clad woman who then calls him "master ( Read more... )