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Release Day: ROADSIDE MAGIC

That’s right, chickadees–Gallow and Ragged are back, and the stakes just keep getting higher. Robin Ragged has revenge to wreak and redemption to steal. As for Jeremiah Gallow, the poison in his wound is slowly killing him, while old friends turn traitor and long-lost enemies return to haunt him. In the dive bars and trailer […]

My Poor Corpse

So I burned myself on the toaster, banged my head on a cupboard, tripped twice…but at least Miss B didn’t try to kill me on our morning run. Small mercies. Monday proceeds apace. Three projects to achieve wordcount on, after a weekend of chores and activities. I need a weekend to recover from my weekend, […]

Bloodstone

Learning that high emotion can short out electrical equipment was an expensive lesson. Fortunately, chunks of bloodstone ameliorate the effect. This particular stone is courtesy of Dina James, my beloved Left Hoof of Darkness. It has its work cut out for it. At least the light bulbs aren’t exploding anymore. That was always a bitch […]

Rinse the Tolstoy Off

It’s Tuesday, and the kids are back at school. I should catch up on laundry I didn’t do over the long weekend, I should load the dishwasher, I know as soon as breakfast settles I’m sure for a run in the rain. So much to do, an empty house to do it in… …but all […]

Reasonably Awesome

This morning, the Princess brought me coffee in bed. “I was just up,” she said when I thanked her, “and I thought, how can I do something nice for Mum?” She sat at the breakfast table with me, just because she wanted to talk. Right now she’s into Steven Universe. “You’d like it,” she says, […]

Shifting Gears

So when you sit down to write a particular story, and it makes you physically ill, and you keep trying, how long do you go before you decide the sheer misery isn’t worth it? I’m not asking for a friend. It appears my particular answer is “about a month, all told.” About a month of […]

Find the Funny

Well, I’m feeling better. Partly because the damn holidays are over, partly because the high-level anxiety and huge black hole of depression have both retreated, partly because I’m back at work, and partly because the Selkie visited recently for a cuppa and a long chat. It’s nice to be able to trust someone. (By the […]

Ground Control Is Silent Now

Want to know something awful and funny at the same time? Yesterday, thinking about writing Monday’s blog post, I was going to title it “Ch-ch-ch-changes.” I woke up to find out David Bowie has died. I’d like to claim it as a psychic tickle, but the truth is, Bowie has so saturated so many creative […]

Trueheart

Hey, you. You with the eyes and the literacy. Wanna read something awesome? My writing partner, Mel Sterling, has a book on preorder, and I am BESIDE MYSELF WITH GLEE. Here, have a look. Loyalty. Desperation. Grief. Eight months ago a mysterious drug killed Tess Gordon’s brother, and now it’s spreading through her rehab counseling […]

REVIEW: War & Peace

Over the holiday I read War & Peace, so I can check that off my Lifetime Accomplishments List. It even kept me occupied. (Thank goodness for Norton Critical editions. I love their footnotes.) Tolstoy’s resolute misogyny irritated me as much as misogyny ever does–and you know, next time I read, I’m going to be marking […]