The Lecture

My older daughter is a university senior this year. She’s a brilliant and accomplished young woman who’s amazingly adaptable, passionate about social justice, and skilled in the kitchen (we call her the Midnight Baker). She’s also competitive and a perfectionist. Read more

Release Day Book Review: Caroled (The Bureau #7) by Kim Fielding

Reviewed by Sadonna   TITLE:  Caroled SERIES:  The Bureau AUTHOR:  Kim Fielding PUBLISHER:  Tin Box Press LENGTH:  119 pages RELEASE DATE:  November 19, 2020 BLURB: Charles Grimes hasn’t celebrated Christmas in years, so spending December in San Francisco while keeping an eye out for monsters Read more

What to do with the now

I’m writing this on November 7, when it’s hard to concentrate on anything but current events. It’s been quite a week for those of us in the US, and I’m guessing many of you in the rest of the world Read more

The Feast

I just reached an interesting point in my writing cycle. I have a slew of books all set to go—all I have to do with those is wait for release dates and then celebrate. I have two more books currently Read more

Wild Kingdom

This month I’m telling you a story about my glamorous life as an author. I recommend you not eat anything while you read this. Two things you need to know. First, I live literally a block from the edge of Read more

Genre bending

Recently, I was filling out a questionnaire that required me to specify the genre of one of my books. Doing so was more difficult than it sounds, mostly because a lot of my stories are completely disrespectful of genre boundaries. Read more