January recap ( Read more... )

I'm back from the hospital. I'm tired and sore but I'm home.

Dad is doing really well after the surgery. We won't know the success of the surgery for a while. If you would like to speak with him, please call 1-801-501-4632. He's in great spirits and would love to hear from you.

Molly (daughter)

I haven't written anything here because ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I got an ARC of Where Angels Fear, my short story collection. Thankee, Patrick. Good looking book. I'm preased and plowed to be a Fairwood Press writer. Most of y'all're already aware of how important Patrick is in our professional and personal lives (them of you which ain't, pay attention) and I'm sure we do occasionally let him know ( Read more... )

Y'all, Joselle Vanderhooft has posted her review of Pax Dakota at http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/Secure/Content/cb.asp?cbid=5287.

Joselle Vanderhooft is reviewing my novel Pax Dakota for Pedestal Magazine. Today, she forwarded this URL...http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/12/20/news/local/doc476a99630633e335271152.txtRead more... )

2007 in review ( Read more... )

Today, in the shower (where else?) I finally realized something I'd been pondering since August 2004. (Gawd, I'm slow.) See, I'd sent an agent my mainstream novel DARE and she responded that she didn't think she could sell it, but she might be persuaded to look at a revision--make it a mystery (somebody gets murdered during a show) or a romance ( ( Read more... )

Couple days ago, Dave Wolverton, wis acting as my agent for my mainstream novel DARE, gives me a name and address and says send the ms there. Slushreader wants to see it. So I do and I've been rereading the book since, doing some minor tinkering since I haven't looked at it in a long time, and I discover something pretty interesting: I'm not just a ( Read more... )