And lo, after much waiting… okay, it’s been eight months since FIXED, I’m hoping you’ve been waiting! It’s here! When Ginny Mallard and her sometimes-partner Teddy Tonica are asked to look into the situation of an old man about to be evicted, the part-time investigators think it’s just a matter of sorting out misunderstandings.  But this is […]
Pour yourself some Gin & Tonic and settle down with DOGHOUSE! Read More »
So yeah, the weekend was spent dealing with paperwork and filing (did you know that 8+ years of royalty statements = Â a LOT of paper? Â It does. Â I probably should get that stuff scanned in at some point, and coldfile the paperwork….) and the aforementioned culling of the shelves. Â So I woke this morning to
Ah Monday, we meet again! Read More »
For those who’ve read the earlier Gin & Tonic books, I’m pleased to say that Agent Asuri is back. And she and Ginny are just as much fun to write in-conversation as ever. “I know that you would not interfere with a police investigation. And I know that you have at least enough sense to
*buffs nails, smirks* Read More »
Writers are boring when we’re actually writing. I don’t even have any interesting bits of new research to share, or even any cat photos (Boomer, after a rough evening on Wednesday, has been spending most of his time sleeping in the bedroom. Castiel has discovered that Spring! means Birds! and has spent most of the
Friday No-Report (with snippet) Read More »
This week’s proof-of-work is a small snippet, because anything before/after requires more context than I can explain without, well, explaining… “I’m not your enemy†the magician said. “I don’t have to be a friend; in fact you’re wise to keep in mind that I’m nobody’s friend. But I’m not your enemy. Not here, now, in
Proof-of-work, and someone else’s words…. Read More »
Some days, Twitter, I just don’t know. Meanwhile, for those of you who were offline this weekend… Publishers Weekly reviewed FIXED – a few months late, but they said nice enough things (“well-crafted” and “(a) comfort-reading cozy.”) that we’ll forgive them. :-) And there may have been a drive-by snippeting for the WiP on Friday. And who watched Cosmos last night?
Monday’s State of the Meerkat roundup Read More »
“Perhaps indeed I was, and perhaps I wasn’t and what’s dead to the wind and bones?†He spoke lightly, but there was a deepness to it that Izzy felt, the way she thought she’d feel loneliness or sorrow, an ache that stretched from her mouth to her ribs, a twisting line of darkness, hard and
A snippet! A snippet for the hounds! Read More »
Every Tuesday I take a small chunk of something I’m working on – fantasy, mystery, mainstream, whatever… and post it.  No titles, no other info, utterly random. There will be no prizes for nitpicking typos: all teases are from works in progress, which means typos are a natural side-effect of production. ——————– The girl I
Tease Tuesday for December 10th Read More »
Every Tuesday I take a small chunk of something I’m working on – fantasy, mystery, mainstream, whatever… and post it.  No titles, no other info, utterly random. Y’all can give feedback or not, as you wish.  Or even try to guess what it’s from, if you’re so inclined.  There may or may not be a
Tease Tuesday for November 19th Read More »
Every Tuesday I take a small chunk of something I’m working on – fantasy, mystery, mainstream, whatever… and post it.  No titles, no other info, utterly random. Y’all can give feedback or not, as you wish.  Or even try to guess what it’s from, if you’re so inclined.  There may or may not be a
Tease Tuesday for October 22 Read More »