If you pledged for our charity fundraiser, please remember to make your contribution to Doctors Without Borders. If you didn’t pledge, there’s still time to join us! We are so close, but not quite to, our goal of $1,500. Fun fact: Your US dollars can count for more because it’s… Continue reading
Well, at least I made the error in the moral-high-ground direction. Continue reading
Here in the US of A, we have a modern tradition of Black Friday sales and corresponding Black Friday alert emails to fill your inbox. Yeah, we’re doing that here, too. 20% off! That’s right, 20% off nearly the entire web store! Ebooks, paperbacks, hardbacks, stickers, pins, nearly everything! Continue reading
Every year, I offer to send Christmas cards to anyone who wants one. It’s been so much fun to send cards all over the world! After the card requests really took off, I started considering how I could manage costs while still making cards available to anyone who wanted one,… Continue reading
Many of you will remember that I typically participate in Giftmas each year, a writers’ fundraising event for a food bank. This year, we’re doing something a little different! A bunch of writers and creators are working toward various goals, and we’re asking for your pledges to support Doctors Without… Continue reading
The husband and I have been tackling invasive species on our property. The primary offender and target is Amur Honeysuckle, also called Asian Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). It looks nothing like a native honeysuckle, but some people deliberately planted it in gardens, and that was a terrible idea. Now, it’s… Continue reading
I got an email today from the National Novel Writing Month head office, as I suspect many did. I have feelings. And questions. First, I genuinely believe someone in the office is panicking and backtracking and did not endorse all that was said and done in the last month. From… Continue reading
I’m currently at Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Colorado Gold conference, both speaking and learning from some awesome authors and publishers. But also, we just wrapped up BackerKit’s first ever Booktopia, with my new epic fantasy series The Eyes of Mandoral, and we rocked it! Continue reading
Today’s the day! The #Booktopia campaign for The Eyes of Mandoral will go live at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern. Continue reading
On relatively short notice (just less than a month), I decided with two friends to climb Mt. Fuji. This wasn’t quite as ridiculous as it sounds. I had traveled with these friends in Japan before, specifically for a week of mountain hiking on the Kumano Kodō. While I live in… Continue reading
