New Meaning to Red Eye

Note to self: Red means danger.  Red means stop.  Red means don’t-put-it-in-your-eye. I have the kind of contacts which soak overnight in a peroxide solution.  They get nicely cleaned, and by morning the peroxide’s neutralized.  Then, I keep a saline solution at hand, and squirt a bit of that in the contacts before putting them

Stellercon Report

We only caught the last four hours, but Stellercon was great! I definitely like the relaxed, intimate atmosphere. If felt like the lines between categories of people were blurred, so guests could mingle and people could chat without nerves getting in the way. This was my first time watching the Baen Traveling Roadshow. Toni kept

Running for the Finish Line

At last, the house is almost ready to go on the market, and will drop within the next day or so.  It feels like we’ve run a marathon at a sprinting pace, but my main hope was we could get it ready before we headed into spring break time, and we’ll make that.  I was also crossing

News of the Boring Sort

Well, we’re moving again. This officially enters us in the ‘most nomadic family’ contest.   Of course, given that we buy a home with each move, this puts us at a disadvantage when pitted against contestants who live in homes that can move. 😉 The scheme to get a house with land, like the new one, has

WOTF Semi-Finalist

I got the call today on my latest entry, Shards of Honor.  Here’s the list on the wotf blog.  I’m honored to find myself initiated into this group, and also into the prestigious group of writers who can say they’ve had their name misspelled.  We’re a very selective group, you know.  [edit: My name has

Submission Blues

While watching myself and friends go through the hectic time of bringing home a newborn, I was always struck by the irony that just when a woman is most exhausted from childbirth and often at a low point physically, she must have her sleep disrupted several times a night by a baby. You’re wondering what