Author’s Blog

It’s May

Tra La, it’s May, the, er…blessed month of May. My world has been exploding with birds, blossoms, and butterflies. I decided I was at the point I had to either move to one of those independent retirement apartments or hire help with the yard. I hired help. Flowers have been planted, and the squirrels are […]

The Fate of a Lady’s Companion

Juggling

Juggling two stories, two deadlines, and life works until it doesn’t. When the balls all fall on my head, I go a little brain dead for a while. The only thing for it is to take long walks and try to reboot my brain. My church project, a Trivia Night, went off with out a […]

Getting Started

Getting started on a new story—again—is never easy. I envisioned a story about Harry, the Magic Mouse for the Bluestocking Belles collection for October, Moonlight Madness. I could see my heroine seeking refuge (in a storm, of course) in a creepy house that belongs to a mysterious recluse with Harry in her pocket and no […]

I See

And I see well. I just had a follow up appointment. Post cataract surgery, my vision is 20-20 without glasses. My goodness! And I see my yard full of flowers and flowering trees. (Oh joy!) and beds with encroaching weeds (rats). I see my old vegetable bed going to weed (and more rats). A light-bulb […]