Didn't realize I'd been living it up so much that my online life languished in obscurity.
Never fear, I'm still around.

I'm also still dealing with dental issues and working on nano and editing and all the other things I thought I'd be done with long before this. Go figure. One thing at a time, right? Maybe...eventually.

In a weird twist of fate, I've decided to do nano again...only not the book I meant to write. Charity Girl lost out due to my muse's insistence that he wants a sequel to the story that birthed him.

Dear Trey, get ready, your brother fights for you.

Tomorrow is surgery day again. Hopefully it's the last one; I'm not looking forward to the pain, the ice, the mushy foods, the blood, the gore...oh the humanity!
It will be worth it all when my smile is once again rock solid, though.

In the meantime, I have to finish cleaning the house. Ugh. so.much.fun.

I finally updated my profile to reflect the Quechop characters as they really are. Can't believe how much these four actually could be a family.

So there I was, innocently eating walnuts...

Does anyone else see this:

( Read more... )

I must be in editing mode (and suffering from insomnia). Poor writing is popping up everywhere these days.

Nonfiction and the wth sentence that's just tacked on:

"Early detection helps many athletes with diabetes enjoy rigorous training."

If you really think about that sentence, it's missing some key information/correlation to make it a true statement ( Read more... )

Whenever we get together with family or friends now, they ask how the book is going. I invariably answer, "It's going".
It's January. I've been editing this particular version of the monster for 10 months now. I'm so ready for it to be done.

But there are other changes that need to be made as well: more sleep, more sunlight, less food, more motion, ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make: I'm addicted to downloading free books to my Kindle.

In November 2009, a short prequel to a book series I was reading became available for free on Amazon. Since the Amazon for PC app was also free, I downloaded both.
A couple of months later, I scrolled through the top 100 books (before they split them out) and found ( Read more... )

So, thanks to my sister and a friend, the Christmas tree is now sparkling shining in our living room. Still have tons to do before the hordes descend on us in less than 10 days.

Eureka Christmas special was great.

And that's about the extent of life in the big city.

Two people I knew died yesterday ( Read more... )