I meant to post this up on Halloween. I meant to do several things. I was distracted by a costume party and knitting, in that order. Whoops. And of course, all of the regular things that need doing, such as work and sleep and food. However now I have set of spooky (but not too spooky) book reviews to get to, so let’s get to gettin’. Better late ( Read more... )

It's October. How did that happen? Wasn't it August not two minutes ago? It was a less fraught and busy September, and yet it still ran by on legs of fastiness, and I am, as always, rushing to catch up. We did manage to get child safety equipment on a good many things in our house, but the drawers (stupid drawers) are vexing us. I have ordered more ( Read more... )

OK, so it turns out Scott and I ARE going to World Fantasy in San Diego this year. (Oct 27-31) Thanks Jak and Karawyn! So my plans for world domination to finish this rough draft just reached a new urgency. I would really like to have a finished rough draft of this novel to show around at World Fantasy, for many reasons. Not the least is so I can ( Read more... )

Boo.

For those of you who were wanting to see pictures of the bouncy house and the Halloween party from a couple-ten days ago, you can now go to my flickr account and check it out. They are other people's pics that I totally stole and put on my account, so I can't vouch or complain for any quality or lack of certain types of pictures. You guys can ( Read more... )

So I went to a Halloween party this weekend, with my husband and a bunch of friends. Sean was a priest with a knife (now with oozy blood action!) and a bible (pronounced "bib-lee"). I was his punk girlfriend, Lisa. If I'd had more forethought, I'd have bought a black wig and been Joan Jett, because I got pleather pants (on sale!) and a bustier-type ( Read more... )