I started this post months ago, and then forgot all about it until a NY Times article my agent sent me reminded me about it. One of the first acts of the Obama administration was to push forward an economic stimulus bill in an attempt to kickstart a recessing economy. Many detractors said that this […]
Worlds Collide
So this is odd. Some of you may know that before I started writing fantasy professionally, I worked in medical publishing for 10 years. I wore a lot of hats in that career: editor, project manager, copyeditor, proofreader, art director, print production supervisor, vendor manager, and probably a bunch I’m forgetting. One of my regular […]
More Overwhelming Adorableness
People down in DC were completely losing their minds over the snowpocalypse earlier this week, hoarding firearms and dry goods while watching the movie Alive to help themselves make peace with the concept of cannibalism. Having spent 4 years living in Buffalo, NY, I doubt it was really all that impressive. A dusting, we would […]
Superhero Naptime
Been a while since I posted some Cassie pix/vids, so I thought I’d rectify that quickly, starting with this adorable video. Cassie likes to spread out her blanket on the floor each day and put her toys down for an afternoon nap. Here you can see her starting naptime for her superhero action figures, including […]
Polish Fan Art
Sometimes my readers are so awesome I can’t stand it. I’ll be sitting in my office, chipping away at the mountain of one novel or another, feeling alone and unloved, when suddenly my e-mail will chime and someone, often from the other side of the planet, will tell me how my work has touched them. […]