Monthly Archive: August 2011

Aug 31

Reality as a Love Song, Part 1: Doing the Dishes

A couple months ago, my husband decided to go watch TV while I cleaned up after dinner. I’d been cooking for an hour plus, and I was not amused. It didn’t help that this had kind of become his MO of late. But I took a few deep breaths and reminded myself that he works …

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Aug 17

Purgatory Is An Unedited Manuscript

Anyone who follows my ranting and moaning on Twitter knows that I’ve spent the better part of a week now looking at edits for Unacceptable Risk, ignoring edits for Unacceptable Risk, procrastinating in order to avoid looking at edits for Unacceptable Risk, and occasionally, in rare fits of productivity actually working on edits for Unacceptable …

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Aug 09

New Free Read : Heart and Soul

Now that we’re halfway through August, I finally got around to posting Heart and Soul, my Hot July Days story, as a free read. It’s up on my website, or you can download the free ebook from SmashWords to view on your eReader. Summary: The tattoos on Duke’s body tell the stories of all the …

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Aug 05

Wire :: Friday Ficlet

This began as a post for Aisling Weaver‘s FuckMeFriday prompt, “Wire.” But it turned into something rather different. I’m posting it anyway. … Wire “There are so many options,” he said. As he spoke, he selected one bright bloom and then another. “Jasmine for grace and lilac for love.” She looked on, more intent on …

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Aug 01

Words in Print!

Looky what I got in the mail this weekend! Yup, that’s right, an actual, physical, paper copy of Power Play! And look at what’s inside! Okay, okay, it’s actually kinda hard to see, but that’s my name! In a book! On paper! Here’s a close-up: Oh wait, that was a close-up of me, not of …

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