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Saturday!

The link is a chance for If I Mustto win Book of the Month at Whipped Cream Reviews! All you have to do is go to that link on Saturday or Sunday, and place your vote--but not today. And not Friday, either. (See, I'm going out of town, right? With my family, right? Because I was spending all this time at the computer--imagine! and I needed some vacation time, right? Anyway... won't be here. But I really want to win. So, well, vote for me... please?)

And the picture? Well, tha...

Gambling Men Part Six

Guess what's out tomorrow!

No, not Making Promises,

although it IS available for pre-order and is on the Coming Soon page!

No, no-- this is a much smaller release, but it is still sort of special, because,

A. I just finished another shorty in the sequence, and so you know it's not the last one.

and

B. It's the first couple I ever wrote for DSP, Jace and Quent, the two guys who showed up in the shorts in Curious.

You may remember these guys-- they're the ones inspired by this video:



and I still f...

Feeling a little bookish...

(Okay-- Truth in the Dark is getting LOTS of attention... I thought I'd point out that it wasn't the ONLY thing I released in June. You know. In case anyone was wondering if there was something out there that I'd written and maybe, uhm, they hadn't read? Well, this is probably that work. Just, like, if you were wondering or anything:-)

The Quinceanara was lovely-- truly lovely.

For those of you who have never been, a Quinceanara (sic!) is a fifteenth birthday party--except, well, bigger.

Try...

Shopping! (Not on a budget!)

I took the kids to the pool today, which means that I go to my water aerobics class, then get the short people (and Chicken to help) and play for another hour. I came home and slept. I was supposed to take Chicken shopping for a dress for her friend's Quincinara (sic) and I went to get myself something to wear. Now, this was the second time i went looking for an outfit expressly for a specific occasion, and for a moment I was a little disgusted. Wasn't it possible I had something to wear ...

Good bye, buddy.

You all saw this coming, didn't you? I mean, we blew a royalty check on the fucking cat, and all it turned out to be was a pathetic gamble with more money than we really had that maybe, he'd get to live the full cat allotment and not have to check out early.

But it was not to be.

That thing on his face got really big, and then it had some sort of internal explosion, and I don't care how much that beastie is horking down, when he's literally weeping blood, it's time to call the game.

I called i...

Happy 4th... now stop touching me!

lolol! Okay-- for some reason the title tickles me, even though it sort of blends a couple of things about my weekend.

On Sunday, we cleaned the house. (Pauses for cheers and applause.) Yes, you heard me. We sort of had an agenda-- company for Sunday night. Probably THE most boring 4th of July ever-- but we liked it. My goal was to have friends over and watch brain candy movies. I know, I know-- 4th of July? Barbecues? Swimming? Anyone?

Okay-- our back porch is nice for kids to pl...

The dark small hours of the morning...

*Yawn*

One of the sad things about my hours in the summer is that I'm still up during the dark, small hours of the morning, doing writing business (as I call it) and often writing as well. Of course, one of the not-so-sad things, is that I often go back to sleep around six-thirty in the morning!

Thank you, everybody, for your good wishes about grandpa. I've seen this a lot on Donna Lee's blog--sometimes it just seems like the Time Bitch is running us down at a dreadful rate, and I think grand...

Ken Chaney

Look at him-- I mean, you know... *Jesus*! Doesn't he look like a Dashiell Hammett hero?

Yeah. I always thought so. And if you read his obituary you'll see that Dashiell Hammett had nothing on Grandpa.

There has been some argument in the family as to where I got my eyes--are those Rau eyes or Chaney eyes? There has also been some argument as to where I got my ability to tell a good story. Is that a Pete Rau thing or a Ken Chaney thing? But there are some things that I got from grandpa t...

WE HAS COVER ART!

Is pretty, yes?

Yes, Amy. Is so very very pretty. You should be pleased.

Why thank you, Mikhail. I think the artist captured the expression on your face perfectly!

That's supposed to be me? Is horrible. I look nothing like that! It makes my mouth look sulky!

Well, your mouth DOES look sulky. It's one of the reasons Shane loves you.

Pfaw. He loves me because I give professional quality blow job. Sulky mouth, lean mouth, makes no difference. It is the BLOW JOB that counts!

*blushes* Uh...

A short post begging for shameless self-promotion...

This website: Mantastic fiction has made Truth in the Dark their book of the week... if anyone who has read the book has a comment, that would be REALLY cool:-)