Guilt

How many of you have used guilt as a weapon? It’s not one of my favorites when dealing with most people, but it has been known to come in handy from time to time. I’ve been editing The Hunter, getting it ready, and there is a big guilt scene in one part. The reader gets…

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The Hunter

After many false starts and lots of rattled nerves, Jo, my first and favorite editor is back to work on book 7. It has been so long and I felt that the story might have gotten scattered and disjointed, I have been taking some time to go through it. Under the circumstances, with our pandemic…

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Refuge

Moving was hard when we left Alaska, leaving all our friends even as we moved closer to family. Making new friends has been hard because we are so busy all the time, but we have made a few inroads. Mostly situational friends, which are wonderful, but not like the friends we left behind. But as…

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Pia and Nyaseth

The thing about Grabon’s Nest that makes it different from most romances, isn’t that Pia is a dragon, although that might raise a few eyebrows. Of course, Grabon is also a dragon, so that shouldn’t really signify. It isn’t the color bigotry- as humans we see that along with false myths about people who might…

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Gordon

An image of Gordon and Hannah on the farm

Watching the news, following the pandemic, because really what choice do we have, I gave myself a giggle wondering how Gordon and his Farmer’s wisdom would deal with covid19 and all the idiocy that surfaces around a disaster here on old earth. Here are a few of my thoughts… feel free to add your own.…

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Solar, Clean but Complicated

The solar conversion continues. It is a long process, don’t let anyone fool you, but we take one step at a time. Today the electric company pulled up, an hour before scheduled, to set up the net metering. That is the monitoring of power going to the house from the grid and the feeding of…

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My most recent book

No, not the one I’m writing but the one I am reading. Anne Bishop is a wonderful fantasy writer and I am indulging in my favorite, her Black Jewels Trilogy. If you enjoy different versions of society, exploring irony, contradictions, and strong emotions on both side of the spectrum, check out her amazing books. Of…

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Editing is going on

As many of you probably know, I had given The Hunter, the NewEarth 7 novel to Jo, my editor, and she finally gave part of it back to me. I am going to slowly make my way through a mountain of suggestions and get that book ready for formatting and release. It is too soon…

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Dragon Wisdom

Some of my dragons dispense advice, others both receive it and offer it in equal measures. Some of the advice is helpful, while other bits of wisdom are not as useful at the time. All of it helps my characters think more clearly, which is the purpose of dragon wisdom. You see, dragons know that…

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9/11 Remember

We were asleep when it all started. Or rather I was doing something, kids were asleep, Shawn was still in bed and the phone rang. A fellow teacher called to let me know that someone had bombed NewYork. My head spun and I did what Americans do, I turned on the News. I called my…

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