Quoth Og Mandino

"Many face each obstacle in their path with fear and doubt and consider them as enemies, when in truth, these obstructions are friends and helpers."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

My new credit union: Unitus!

So I’ve been on a tear to move my money out of Chase (whom I loathe and despite) and into a Credit Union. At first I thought I’d go with Northwest Credit Union because there’s a branch so close to where I live, but then I thought more about it … and I realized [...]

Today has been a very good day

To explain the travails that have surrounded my efforts this week would snap the last silken thread of my sanity.

So I’ll keep it simple: Today I managed to finish, and send to my editor, detailed outlines of the next 2 books in THE NATIVE STAR world.

They are tentatively titled THE WARLOCK’S [...]

Laboring over Labor Day Weekend

Well, we certainly labored this weekend, and my poor aching back is the proof. In the spirit of getting daughter ready for her big entrance into seventh grade, we finally convinced her (note that WE had to convince HER) that a wallpaper pattern of chubby hippos and cartoon birds was simply not appropriate for [...]

THE NATIVE STAR: Launch Day!

Oh my goodness, I can hardly believe this day is finally here. Launch day! Today my debut novel, THE NATIVE STAR, hits the shelves and the Internets nationwide. I am simply beside myself.

I couldn’t sleep last night, so I stayed up to watch my status in Amazon flip over from “coming soon” [...]

Bustlepunk haul from Goodwill

You know, even though they’ve become hideously overpriced in recent years, Goodwill does sometimes shake down with a few nice items. To wit, remember how I’ve been agonizing about whether or not to make a new costume for World Fantasy, and how I was going to be on the lookout for cheap fabric? Well, [...]