August 2013

…or why we quote anything, really. Dave Hill has this site, Wish I’d Said That (WIST), in which he collects quotes, so I should be really consulting him on this.  Dave, why do you quote things?  How do you choose the things you quote? But I have this feeling that he’d say something direct and […]

“Oracle of Strangers” is available at  B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, Powell’s and more. Didi can find anything she wants…except friendship.  Wherever she goes, strangers tell her how to locate anything, from the perfect pair of jeans to carrying out the perfect crime.  But love?  Friendship?  Her power can’t seem to handle things that most people find easy. When her

Didi can find anything she wants…except friendship.  Wherever she goes, strangers tell her how to locate anything, from the perfect pair of jeans to carrying out the perfect crime.  But love?  Friendship?  Her power can’t seem to handle things that most people find easy. When her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend figures out Didi’s power, Didi gets

I went to a wedding recently.   It was a good wedding, as those kinds of things go.  The couple got hitched, the bride was happy, there were no fist fights.  But I’m not here to write about the wedding, just about my first impression of one of the people I met there. I saw

Now (or soon) available at B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, Powell’s and more. The print book will be available at Amazon.com and more. Check it out!  I think this is going to work as a design – the cover here took much less time to put together than the first one.  If you want to read the sample

Now (or soon) available at B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, Powell’s and more. The print book will be available at Amazon.com and more. Check it out!  I think this is going to work as a design – the cover here took much less time to put together than the first one.  If you want to

Rachael survived her adventures on The Floating Menagerie and went back to her normal life…except that her mom is still missing. Now she’s coming down with the Exotics virus herself and is changing into a half-human, half-animal Exotic, just like her friends. As a new Exotic, Rachael can’t control the change, so she travels to

If I had it to do it all over again, if I could put a message in an envelope and send it back to my past self, I would pick one thing to change:  drive. Here’s the thing.  When I was younger I was shy.  I’m not shy now.  I’m an introvert.  Say what you

“In the Groves of Lord Satsuma” is available at B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo,  Powell’s and more. Even more than she wishes to destroy the celestial invaders who have killed her husband, wrecked her fields, and killed hundreds of her peasants, Lady Satsuma wishes to destroy the peasant who usurped his place, even over her own sons. But now

Even more than she wishes to destroy the celestial invaders who have killed her husband, wrecked her fields, and killed hundreds of her peasants, Lady Satsuma wishes to destroy the peasant who usurped his place, even over her own sons. But now that they know that Heaven did not send the invaders, but that they