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

It’s a good morning.  I’m having a professional-sale short story published in Crossed Genres Magazine.  I’m having another short story accepted in eFiction magazine.  I’m walking around the house, barefoot, pantsless, making another cup of tea and putting on shorts while the water heats in the microwave.  I have long since made my peace with

Nobody knows what really happened when Rachael Baptiste’s mom disappeared a week ago. So when Rachael’s second-grade classmate Raul tries to break into her mom’s computer only to be chased away by giant talking dogs, she follows him into the night and discovers that Raul—and her mom—have caught a magical sickness that lets them turn