I’ve mentioned that the last few months have been a bit challenging here in our household. I hate to jinx it, but it feels like we might be headed into a stretch of smoother sailing finally. I have so say I’m glad. It’s been pretty stressful, which makes it hard to be creative, so I haven’t been accomplishing as much as I would like. If I cram the rest of the month, I might get caught up on this month’s writing goals. Maybe. I’m going to try, anyway, because I don’t want to b

As I’m posting this, it’s Mother’s Day here in the U.S., and I’ve just come from having my second vaccine while my hubs was finally able to get his first. The boys are also mid-vaccine, and by mid-June, our direct family will all be fully vaccinated, which is a huge relief for me. For me, not a bad Mother’s Day gift, though there are some pretty pink lilies and some delicious chocolate covered cherries in the kitchen right now, too. Since the boys will be here soon, I’ll keep

I hope you’re not getting tired of seeing the pretty guy who is going to adorn the cover for Protecting Medusa yet, because I have more pics of him to share with you between now and release day. Not every week, but still more. Today is going to be a fly-by post, because I am packing up dinner and dessert to take to the boys’ for family dinner #1 this month. I have a little snippet for you from Protecting Medusa. ================ Ryder knew they needed to get out of the tub be

As long as things continue to move ahead on schedule, I will have some release dates to share with you before too long: the re-release for Hunting Medusa, and the release dates for Protecting Medusa and Freeing Medusa. Probably sometime in that same stretch, I’ll have the final-final cover of Protecting Medusa to share with you as well. I have the cover, but I’m not quite ready to share with the world yet. You will likely see more of this guy, though, who is on that cover. He

It’s been another crazy week here in our household, but I think things are finally heading in the right direction, which is a huge relief. Plus I started the new week this morning with shot #1 of my vaccine and the second is already scheduled, so I feel good about doing my part to keep my family and friends safe, especially since I have a friend who cannot be vaccinated due to her allergies. I would like no more of my family or friends to get sick with this wretched virus, so

I’ve been thinking about ‘normal’, or at least what passed for normal pre-covid. I know there are a lot of people who want to go back to that, and the sooner the better. Others are not as eager to go back to the way things were before this plague. For me, there are some things I miss, and other things that are far different now that I would prefer to keep. This week, I will settle for new-normal returning to our household. The past couple of weeks have not been at all normal,

The daffodils weren’t quite to this stage when I was at the boys’ last weekend, but with the warm temps we had here all week, they probably are now. They certainly were last year at this time. I’ll find out at the end of the week when I go up again. I’m always torn between whether spring or fall is my favorite season, and I can never decide. But right now, I’ll be happy to see spring. I think we could all use some pretty flowers blooming about now, am I right? I have an added

How are all of you doing on your goals for the year? On track? A little behind? Given up? I hope none of you answered ‘given up’ already. It’s only the beginning of March, you have plenty of time to work on the year’s goals you set. I’m a little behind where I wanted to be right now, but am determined to make it up this month. So far, so good, but it’s only the seventh when I’m writing this. Before I get back to work so I can keep making forward progress on those goals, I hav

It’s the last day of February as I write this, and I’m fine-tuning my March writing goals for my accountability group, plus working on wrapping up my weekend to-do list, which included assembling a shiny new office chair. It occurred to me earlier that this time last year, I was prepping for a book release in a few weeks, and we had no idea the world was about to shut down indefinitely. It seems like a whole lifetime ago. And strange. I joked to my husband when we heard the f

I don’t know about all of you, but it felt like the past week lasted about a month. It wasn’t that things were insanely busy without sufficient time to do everything either. It was just a very weird week. I did get some lovely graphics this week from the designer who is doing the covers for the second and third books in the Medusa trilogy, of the new series logo. I love them, and I can’t wait to share them with you, but that will happen a little later…when I have release date

We’re midway through the month, and about midway through the winter season now, aren’t we? That point where, especially for those who don’t enjoy the season, it feels like time is standing still. I actually love winter and haven’t had nearly enough snow to suit me yet, but it does feel like this month has lasted an eternity. On top of that, I feel like I haven’t made enough progress on my writing goals for the month either. The good news there is when I was figuring out time

It is finally actually not just feeling like winter, but looking like it, too. We had a bit of snow last week, though not nearly as much as the weather-guessers told us to expect, and it is snowing again today as I write this…with more in the forecast for us this week. When I got up this morning, there were footprints in the fresh snow from the neighborhood cats, but those have since been covered up by big, fat, fluffy snowflakes to the tune of a couple inches of snow. Our lo

No, I’m not talking about books (quite yet). We’re at the start of February this week, which means Valentine’s Day is coming up, the one holiday devoted to romance. I know some people don’t like it, but I’m a romance write and reader, so it’s one of my favorite holidays. One of the complaints I hear about it is that it’s so commercial. Sure, cards and presents are nice, but it doesn’t have to mean spending too much money on a gift at the last minute. It can mean doing somethi

We’re closing in on the end of the month this week, so I’m looking at the writing goals I set for myself to make sure I’m off to a good start toward the year’s goals. So far, so good, I think. I should be able to wrap up my January goals this week, as long as I have some success with cover art. I have looked at so many premade book covers in the last four weeks, it’s hard to keep track at this point, but I am determined to find the covers I need for the second and third Medus

It feels like a tea day today, and I’ve only had one cup instead of my usual two or three. It was clear and sunny earlier after some morning snow flurries, but now there are dark clouds blowing in. I’ve also knocked out all of the non-writing tasks on today’s to-do list, so tea would be a nice reward while I work on the writing things that are left on the list. The last load of laundry is in the dryer, dishes are clean, and dinner foods for today and a good portion of the wee

I talk a lot about my plans. I like to have my goals plotted out and broken down so I know how to get to the end-point. My 2021 writing goals in their broad form fill an entire sheet of paper, printed and posted on my bulletin board, and broken down by month, almost 3 pages (to be fair the third page is mostly because one of the projects on my writing goals list for 2021 involves publishing dates that will start in 2022). I post a new goal sheet on the bulletin board beside m

Happy New Year, everyone! I don’t know about you, but 2020 seemed like the longest year ever. I’m looking ahead to the new year, as I think most others are. New years are always full of possibility, aren’t they? This time, it feels even more so to me. It took me a while to work out my 2021 writing goals, trying to make them achievable, but not too easy. I think I’ve settled on a good list, but I guess I’ll find out as we get further into the year. That said, I think I have a

I think most of us are ready for the new year after the year we’ve had. We are here, anyway. 2020 was a difficult year, particularly for those who have been sick or had someone close to them sick from this wretched virus. Even for those who have stayed healthy, there have been challenges–kids learning from home, people working from home, businesses affected by shutdowns… It’s a long list, and I doubt anyone is unaffected in some way by the events of this year, coronavirus and

The month of December is full of holidays and religious observances. I missed wishing people a lovely Hanukkah, and I’m sorry for that. This week kicks off with the Winter Solstice or Yule, followed by Christmas and then Kwanzaa. I hope that no matter what holiday you celebrate that it’s safe and wonderful, in spite of the weirdness and horror that has been 2020. Our holidays here the last few years have been small events since the people we celebrated with has left this worl

There is snow in our forecast this week, and I really hope the weather guessers are right for a change. We had an unexpected snow on Wednesday, but it didn’t last even a couple of hours. It sure was pretty coming down, though. Since I’ve been working from home, the desk I work from for the day-job faces windows (which is nice, since at the office, we’re nowhere near a window), so being able to see outside all day is a lovely bonus. The snow on Wednesday started as just a few