• Dragon adventures

    I just finished up edits on Broken.  And… drumroll please… I did it using Dragon for the most part. (Dragon equals Dragon NaturallySpeaking-voice to text software).  The good news is that Dragon works pretty well for edits and blog posts, as well as basic Web surfing. The bad news?  I’m…

  • PSA: Google Books-if you're opting out, tomorrow is the deadline

    If you’re opting out, time is running out. It’s tomorrow.  You CAN opt out online.  http://books.google.com/booksrightsholders/

  • 🙁 Wildlife Waystation

    Grabbed this from Karen’s blog…if you can help, I’m sure they’d appreciate it. Many of you have been following the progress of the California fires. We have friends or relatives in the area and are naturally concerned about their wellbeing. I confess that my focus on many natural disasters is…

  • The cost of piracy to readers

    Piracy comes with costs to readers.  Whether you pirate or not.  Those who don’t pirate may not realize the costs. The costs may include higher book costs which sucks because books aren’t cheap anyway. Who wants to pay higher than we have to?  But when publishers lose money, they are…

  • Carpal tunnel? No…. now it's cubital tunnel

    Writing can wreak havoc on your body.  Seriously.  And FYI…this havoc is part of the reason I get ticked off when people blithely steal and share my work.  The more I write, the more I damage my hands, and yet still… some people think it’s okay to just abuse a…

  • Title trouble no more

    Okay, I’ve selected a title for the next Veil book. Thanks for all the entries.  I’m going with Veil of Shadows.  This title wasn’t specifically named, however, Dani & Medumb both mentioned *shadows* and I’m going to offer them a prize as my way of saying thanks. If you two…