I've been quiet for both good and bad reasons. First I was quiet because I started a new book, something fun and different my subconscious insisted on, and I'm 80,000 words into it. Then I was quiet because the heat of an Arizona summer hammered me flat, and I was trying not to lose the ground I'd gained earlier in the year ( Read more... )

Sorry to be so silent -- my father's computer has so many security features, Live Journal would not let me in. Depending on your point of view, it did or did not end well. Dad passed the evening of Thanksgiving, having waited until Mom was asleep and we were out of the room. Once hospice took over and he refused his meds, he lived six days, most ( Read more... )

I'm shocked to pass along that David Thompson, Publicity Manager at Murder By the Book of Houston, Texas, died suddenly Monday night. It was unexpected, and as of now the cause is unknown. David was just shy of 39. He leaves behind his beloved wife McKenna Jordan, as well as extended family, friends, and the many people he has served and worked ( Read more... )

I got a call or two that indicated there was concern that 1MinnesotaGirl and I had vanished off the face of the earth. Not to worry -- we have made it back, part of our list accomplished, and now are frantically dealing with the fallout of 10 days gone without web access (basically, when we reached a hotel with wireless, we were too whipped to ( Read more... )

The world has lost David Stemple, and is poorer for his passing. He is known to me as the husband of writer Jane Yolen, and the father of musician and writer Adam Stemple. I never had the privilege of meeting him, but a woman like Jane Yolen doesn't spend 46 years with a man who is not worth meeting. I'm sorry I will never get the chance to talk ( Read more... )