LOOK, I’m it! The lovely Debra Kristi tagged me for the Look meme traveling the blogs. (Check out her sneak peak here: http://debrakristi.wordpress.com/) While I normally try to stay away from these sorts of things, I thought this one would be fun because it gives you a sneak peak of my debut novel. It’s just a tiny peak, but I’m excited to share it. The rules are, search for the word “look” in your work in progress and then share the...

Last weekend I unplugged for awhile to attend DFWCon, a writers’ conference in Dallas. I came away exhausted, exhilarated, refreshed, energized, recharged, intimidated, and overwhelmed. That’s a lot of emotions for one short person to hold all at once. I confess the first thing I did when I got home was play World of Warcraft in my PJs. You know, to decompress. I managed to get my druid to level 83! Two more levels and...

I don’t like cactus. I grew up in New Mexico, in the part of the state full of cactus and tumbleweeds. Have you ever fallen into a bed of cactus? It’s not a good time, let me tell you. Brushing up against one of them hurts. Even glancing at one might poke your eye out. Stepping on a nail is less painful than those prickly things. When I was out hunting bluebonnets last weekend, I came across a batch of them and made sure to tiptoe around...

Instead of my normal 50/50 update, today I have something special: an interview! I’ve asked Alica McKenna-Johnson to join me in my little corner of the intrawebs to talk about her new book, Phoenix Child, which debuted on Amazon a few days ago. In case you haven’t read it: Sara’s dream is to find her family, but she doesn’t count on discovering magical creatures or catching on fire. On her fourteenth birthday a surprise...

For those still suffering from winter’s scorn, I offer up this little reminder that it’s always summer somewhere in the world.