I’ve been meaning to post a writing update but it’s been crazy whacko here, what with a huge push to get my manuscript out to my beta readers so it can then go to my editor, plus some veterinary emergencies, plus some travel commitments, plus counting down to the 2024… Continue reading
Because, you know, it’s been almost three weeks since the spring equinox. Sure, the days are getting longer – and yay for that – but the weather? Grrrr! This morning I woke to 3 1/2 ” of snow. Okay, it’s really beautiful, but sometimes a girl needs to wake up… Continue reading
Spring is almost here, which is not to say that winter is over. But I have news! At least three tulip bulbs survived the winter, so that’s some kind of progress, isn’t it? On the other hand, an unidentified critter has been munching on the tulips and the crocus, so… Continue reading
See that book I’m holding in the photo (don’t look at my hair, please). That’s my novel DARK GREEN, the first in the Mangas County Mysteries series. When I published it last fall I didn’t know it was going to need a subtitle. I mean, I knew that it was… Continue reading
This writing business is hard on a person. The hours of sitting is hard on my back, focusing on the screen for so long messes up my neck and shoulders, typing and typing and typing—or, worse, not typing, but cursing instead. Writing is hard work! But really, the truly hard… Continue reading
Update: I’ll pass 30K words today on my first draft of the sequel to Dark Green. This will be the second book in the Mangas County Mysteries series As I’m writing I’m keeping the need for a catchy title in mind. I’ve come up with what seems to me to… Continue reading
It’s the heat. I’m losing my mind. It’s a dry heat, to be sure, but it’s still hot. It’s so hot even the weeds are wilted. It’s too hot to work in my studio. The thought of handling fabric when it’s this damn hot is a non-starter. Plus, in an… Continue reading
Tomorrow and Saturday I’ll be at the first annual Artists & Authors Expo at the Dome in Eagar AZ. I’m bringing a big box of Dark Green in hardcover and paperback, plus previously published books of mine. Hope to see lots of people there, and it wouldn’t make me feel… Continue reading
First thing this morning I saw the email snippet line of a review of Dark Green: Thank you for giving us the opportunity to review your book. Uh oh. I had a schedule today. If I read the review I might be late. If I read the review I might… Continue reading
I have been diligently promoting Dark Green on social media and I’ve paid for Dark Green promo as well, but is it doing any good? Hard to tell. People say they’re buying books but when I check the sales numbers I think what people mean is that they’re planning to… Continue reading