Let me start with the progress bar: I was hoping to crack the 76k mark during this sitting. Almost made it. :) Still, maybe I'll get the chance to do that later on. Though there are a bunch of other (writing) things I need to do. Who would've thought that 24 hours just wasn…

I have a lot of stuff jam-packed into my head at the moment. There are too many things I want to tackle. This makes it twice as hard when the first draft of this novel is so close to being done. Here's where I'm at right now: It's a good place to be, in word count. B…

On Saturday, the hubby and I introduced our daughter to Monopoly . We've got the Millenium Edition , which looks very different to the board I used to have when I was a kid. Man, I loved playing this. And I thought it would be a cool idea to introduce her to the game and get her use…

M.J., her partner Gilley, and their client, the wealthy, de-lish Dr. Steven Sable, are at his family's lodge, where his grandfather allegedly jumped to his death from the roof-although Sable says it was foul play. But the patriarch's isn't the only ghost around. The place is l…

Last night I started reading another great book. It's the new series by Victoria Laurie. She's such a cool writer, and I already love her Abby Cooper mystery series, so I wanted to give this one a go. I wound up reading the first 70 pages, before the hubby got home. I&#…

Everything's changed for Claire Danvers, with a single signature. Oh, she's still got her friends, but for how long? Can she really tell them the truth about what she's done to protect them? And now she's working for a terrifyingly unpredictable vampire with the biggest se…

You know, when I sat down this morning and started writing, I knew where the story was going because I'd purposely stopped in the middle of an action last night. But just as I was wrapping the chapter up, a bunch of things clicked into place. Not just the sequence of events left in …

Too bad I had a hell of a time falling asleep last night. :( Honestly, I thought I'd be out as soon as my head hit the pillow, because we went for a lovely walk and cleaned out the garage yesterday... but I didn't. And the reason? I couldn't breathe. You know, not being able…

These characters are really speaking to me. So that's cool. :) Yesterday, my daughter was home from school. She woke up with a fever. So I only added about 2k. Still, got back into the groove today. Here's the progress meter for now: I'm moving at a steady p…

So far, Claire and her friends have managed to survive getting on the wrong side of some Morganville VIPs ... Vampire Important Persons. But their temporary peace is in danger of collapsing, thanks to the arrival of Shane's scary father and his vampire-fighting supporters. Throw in …

Last night we watched Stardust . Wow. I loved it. I thought it was visually beautiful. The story was great, too. Ah . Honestly, the best word to describe what I thought of this movie is: beautiful. I laughed. I felt sad. I loved their journey together. And most of all I loved the idea o…

Yeah, just bitchin' about the rain again. I think we've had too much rain during the last four days. :/ I don't like rainy weather, but I know we need it. Still, I enjoy a break in between. I miss the sun. Maybe it's because the novel I'm writing at the moment ha…

Welcome to Morganville, Texas. Just don't stay out after dark. College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. When Claire he…

Oh. Hold on. We're in the middle of summer at the moment. That's right. For a second I forgot. You wouldn't know which season it is at the moment by looking out the window. Y'know, I reckon that one of these days, seasons are going to be nothing more than a name. A …