So the appropriately named Rock-pocalypse (thank you,  gnibbles!) that devoured my sister's new-home experience also ate nearly two weeks of my life because... well, because someone tried to screw over my family member and that Will Not Stand. Everything in me that is Scots-Irish Sicilian came out in force, and there wasn't room for elsemuch ( Read more... )

Thank you for buying Breath of Stone!  I hope you’re enjoying it.  If you’re so inclined to leave a review at the point of purchase, Goodreads, or both, I’d much appreciate it.

The next in the series is solidly underway.  There’s some plotting left to do, and a couple nifty ideas popped up to bump up my excitement level, too.  One cool aspect is ( Read more... )

Breath of Stone, the second novel of Desert Rising, is available now!


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So the last couple weeks have been spent enacting the latest chapter of, "What Happens When Your Immune System Meets New Germs, Colorado Transplant Edition." I couldn't work at all for a week. I still have to monitor my screen time because of my eyes. Blargh ( Read more... )

As you might or might not know, my darling wonderful and faithful Hyundai has needed some work for awhile now. I garaged it about two months ago, knowing I'd have fix-it funds by the end of July, and began driving the Jeep. No biggie ( Read more... )

If I haven’t made huge mistakes in the trauma/recovery area, I’m thinking I can wrap up revisions on Breath of Stone by the end of the weekend. I’d like to say sooner, but I’ve perhaps a couple hours a day for it through the next seven days. (When I sell more books, I’ll get to do fewer non-fiction projects…)  Then I must draft cover copy, and that ( Read more... )

Just a few days ago, I had the pleasure of spending an evening with Cat Rambo, marvelous writer and president of SFWA (who also has a Patreon you can find here).

She is an absolute delight!  The kind of writer who knows her craft and her business, and is excited about sharing her knowledge and connections with others.  The sort of person who is ( Read more... )

My Darlings Most Patient and Understanding,

I awoke one morning last week with a solution to the writing logjam I've been hammering at for a couple, three weeks now.  So I spent some hours playing with it--sketching dialog (that's always my Step One), writing bridges, checking timelines--and determined that, yes indeed, it would work.

And there was ( Read more... )

Most of yesterday was spent attempting to hunt down my primary Breath of Stone file. According to my computer, no copy of the file exists post-October 30, which is... quite incorrect. It isn't the only file missing. Yes, I've done searches. Yes, I've looked here, thither, and yon. I think there's a copy on my most recent Carbonite backup (yesterday ( Read more... )

We are closing in on a draft worth showing to other people.  This is good news.
And yet, as you know, I’m readying to move over a thousand miles west of my current location.  I’m wrapping up my karate commitments-working with upcoming instructors on their teaching methods, adding more private lessons-investing additional time with the remaining ( Read more... )