Summer Insanity

It’s too nice to do anything. Which is an unusual statement from me. I love self-publishing. I love being my own boss, and I’m actually very good about keeping myself on task. I just wish I got paid. So for me to be daydreaming out the window about sunshine and taking warm, reading naps under […]

Father’s Day

Yet another day when I’m pretty sure I won’t get much writing done. Not that I mind. The husband needs a day off to recharge.  And a happy Father’s Day to any other dad’s reading this. I’ll be on the phone with mine soon. And since I’m resigned to no writing for until Wednesday afternoon […]

So I got some writing done

Just not the story I had intended to work on. Saturday night, more than a little buzzed, I got in a discussion with some folks about the second Monsters of Pittsburgh story. The middle is sagging, and every single critique has said so. I cut 800 words and still got the critique that there was […]

We do it to ourselves, ladies

I like writing characters. That sounds weird, but I like watching characters grow and change. Mina in The Hunted is not Mina in Hunter’s Moon. Oh, she’s still got a temper, and she has a few odd quirks about Speakers, but she’s in a very different place mentally and emotionally. So, I had a lot […]

New Challenge

Publishing Day has come and gone. Now the challenging part starts. Expanding my empire. The last of my stories will be coming off of KDP select and disseminated across the interwebs. I’ll be everywhere soon. All this will be happening as I format the omnibus edition. For an added challenge, I’ve decided to release through […]

Hunter’s Moon

It’s here! It’s here!   The seventh and final story in the Uncommon Animals series. Mina and Matty finally found the home they always wanted. They’ve settled into a routine of normalcy, working by day, hunting demons at night. But their lives are about to get complicated. The Tribes want them back, and they aren’t […]

The stressful part

The husband and I were discussing our plans for the day.  I mentioned that I needed to do one last proofreading run before the 1st, for my own piece of mind. “I can’t wait until I can afford editors and artists. Proofreading and creating covers is the stressful part of self-publishing.” He laughed. “I’d think […]

Freakin’ Warhol

I am not a graphic artist. I’m at best a passionate amatuer… emphasis on amatuer. I have however made my own covers. I’ve had fun with it, but the day I can turn it over to a pro, I will.  In the meantime, I do my best. Since the city of Pittsburgh is such a […]

FREE STUFF!

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Go here, and get free stories! Or here! Or here! You can get the first six Uncommon Animals stories for free this week. The grand finale, Hunter’s Moon will be released this Sunday for $0.99 on Amazon. But before you snag that, you can (and should!), get caught up on the first six stories… […]

Weekend brain drain

Memorial Day is dangerous. It’s the first taste of summer. Sunny and warm, and full of lazy hours. Neither the kids nor myself really wanted to get up and get ready for school. . But it’s just a few more weeks until we can relax. It can not get here fast enough for me. I […]