Hurrah! My (creepy) magical tea story "A Cup of Comfort" has been published at Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine, and it's free to read online or to listen to as an audio podcast.


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It's been a really nice half-term break so far. The kids are off school/childcare for a week, and I had a wonderful birthday with them. They took me to a nearby butterfly zoo, and I loved it! I may not be used to being 39 yet (why is this number so disconcerting to me? I don't know!), but I had a great time becoming it.


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Woot woot woot! The third and final Kat book is officially out now in the UK in both paperback and ebook editions, as A Reckless MagickKat battles smugglers, snobbery and spies, and finds out some deep, scary family secrets...including unexpected news about her own mother. Frederick and Angeline are finally ready to get married, if they can survive ( Read more... )

Because I can't resist, after seeing this meme all over the internet today...

The Meme:
1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they’re written. No cheating.

So here's mine, from page 7 of the (unrevised, first-draft) WIP currently known as Antonia O' ( Read more... )

Oof. Someday soon, I keep promising myself, I will start replying to my backlog of personal emails from people I care about. I will get to the post office to mail off everything I owe that is MONTHS late at this point. I will catch up with my lifeToday, though, as Aragorn might well say in my situation...well, today is Not That Day ( Read more... )