Z.A. Maxfield's Blog, page 5
September 6, 2017
MY #RWA.
When I joined RWA I was a mildly successful multi-published author of gay romance. I made pan with my first paycheck, but that was long before I understood what RWA was, so I didn’t bother joining for a while. At that point I’d signed with an agent who loved my m/m books but did not […]
August 29, 2017
Weather. Or not.
In Los Angeles, we tend to think of weather in apocalyptic terms because we’re not that used to it. One drop of rain falls, and we go into crisis mode. It’s a stereotype that I freely admit has a basis in fact. I have seen weather on the ground in Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota, North […]
August 18, 2017
On the Plannerfront…
I coulda been a contender! I signed up to do the Best Self Planner Graduate Challenge where you show your planner every day on their Facebook group page, and right away, I ran into trouble. You see… I made a mistake in my planner. In ink. And it took me several days to figure out […]
August 3, 2017
Throwback Thursday
The Brothers Grime – Crime Scene Cleanup Because life is not a fairy tale – Available in Audiobook!
July 31, 2017
Home The Hard Way
Finishing up Bill’s story! Book 2 – House on Fire – Bill’s job is on the line, he’s lost his best friend (and erstwhile dom) to another man, his trailer burns to the ground with everything he owns in it, and his father is murdered. Through it all, Finn’s trying to palm him off on […]
July 29, 2017
De-cluttering week two.
Week Two – The kitchen. The good news? I have the ladies coming again, Deb and Sharon, and they will force me to keep only one of everything, I hope. I have a bit of a sickness for kitchen things and clothing. And the ladies are about to find out exactly how deep that runs […]
July 28, 2017
Some sad news…
I’ve been to all of the GRL retreats, and I love each and every one of the people I see there every year. There is no better group of people. My Tribe. No better reason to get together and spend some time sharing hugs and space and stories. But I’m experiencing some health issues (probably […]
July 26, 2017
I look at the world…
And today, I’m weeping.
July 24, 2017
I couldn’t do it!
I could not imagine doing this. Not by myself. It’s too much stuff, some of it has sentimental value. Things hold memories and some are painful to look at. This lot in the photograph are things we never got around to going through after the fire. There were thousands of neatly labeled TLC boxes–filled with […]
July 23, 2017
Today’s great adventure?
Today we’re decluttering the garage! This hasn’t been too long coming. We did have a massive fire in 2012, and since then, most of the things that have been stored there are things that were boxed up after the fire. Because the interior of our house was so badly smoke damaged our contractors gutted it […]
