Writing Update . . . The Lazy Edition

It's been awhile since I've done one of these, but tonight I'm too tired to do word counts and progress bars and other such bells and whistles, so welcome to the lazy edition.

"Of Murder and Minidonuts," the follow-up to my anthologized mystery story "Out of the Jacuzzi, Into the Sauna," is still out there in spec-submission land. It marks the return of wise-cracking Kate Sheridan, civilian private eye.

"An Accidental Life," a time travel story, was hung up on the last scene, so I took a break ...