Twenty pounds of cat just landed hard on my chest.  I was—am—on the couch, writing, which apparently was a landing pad too good to pass up.  And me, being distracted, was not fast enough to block the falling orange bomb.  So I’m writing this blog … [Read more...]

The title of the next Hunter Kiss novel (8/10) will be...A WILD LIGHT. … [Read more...]

Carl Jung gave me my breakthrough moment today.  We’ll see how long that lasts.  In other not-so-news, it finally hit me that Autumn is almost upon on.  It’ll be October next week.  The leaves are beginning to turn.  I’m seeing wreaths … [Read more...]

While the house was being built I would occasionally find little scribbles here and there—work-related phone numbers, purchase notes, reminders—and love letters.  Or rather, love graffiti.  The Amish built the house, and the young man who did the tile work … [Read more...]

I’m still, you know, chugging away.  Having trouble writing the hero.  The heroine is in full bloom, but the hero...I’m overthinking him.  I think that must be it.  Last night I told my dad that I was having trouble getting into the hero’s … [Read more...]

It’s only 7:30 AM, and it has already been a long, long, morning.  Let’s see what happens next, shall we? … [Read more...]

There comes a time in the writing of every book when a good poem can do more for your mind than meditation, procrastination, solitude...or even chocolate.  This is one of those times. But I’m still going to look for some chocolate. Poetry by Pablo Neruda And it … [Read more...]

“...when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all … [Read more...]

Taken just an hour ago, on my walk. … [Read more...]

So, I was going to do a small giveaway of NYX: No Way Home, as the trade paperback is shipping from Amazon—and while I was over at the website, I noticed that some used copies were already being sold.  For $8,181.61. In case you don’t believe me: Yes, … [Read more...]