Yesterday ended my weekend at SoonerCon 26, a local science-fiction/fantasy/writer’s convention in Midwest City, Oklahoma within a short driving distance of my house. This was my second year being invited as a media guest, which means I’ve written a few books and have done some podcasting, so they allow me to come be part ofContinue reading “SoonerCon: A Media Guest’s Retrospective”
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The U.S. of After Chapter 30
Amy Standing a few feet behind Ethan in the crowd, waiting for access to the water that somehow poured out of the large boulder, I couldn’t breathe knowing what that liar had just told that poor woman. Other people had heard it, too, and were moving toward him, all of them looking sour. I wasContinue reading “The U.S. of After Chapter 30”
The U.S. of After Chapter 29
Kelly I felt like killing him. I had to know why he wore my husband’s uniform, but the words wouldn’t form in my mouth. I just stood there next to him as he waited in line for water and glared at him. He finally turned around to see me and smiled a bit. It wasContinue reading “The U.S. of After Chapter 29”
Went to Sea World and Wrote Anyway: Travelog Day 3
Today we arrived at the San Antonio river walk and spent the better part of a day exploring it. We traveled to the Alamo, where I explained to my children about the sacrifices made by the brave people who occupied that famous fort so many years ago. We looked at the chips in the stoneContinue reading “Went to Sea World and Wrote Anyway: Travelog Day 3”
Went to Sea World and Wrote Anyway: Travelog Day 2
We arrived at Sea World yesterday morning, and the kids were extremely excited to see all the great shows and ride all the rides. Due to my horrible case of vertigo (yeah, just like Jimmy Stewart in the movie) I could not ride any of the rides that went very high. This was a bummerContinue reading “Went to Sea World and Wrote Anyway: Travelog Day 2”
Went to Sea World and Wrote Anyway: Travelog Day 1
This week my family and I have traveled to San Antonio, Texas in order to take the kids to Sea World and then enjoy the San Antonio river walk the next day. We are driving back Wednesday. I also have 8 chapters of the first book of This Broken Earth, due out August 1st to finishContinue reading “Went to Sea World and Wrote Anyway: Travelog Day 1”
5 Ways to Work With Stubborn Writing
I spent last week with my son at camp and then visiting my uncle, and today it’s back to the laptop to start working on the novel again. My only problem is that this scene I am about to write just doesn’t flow out of my head and through my keyboard like I’d prefer. ItContinue reading “5 Ways to Work With Stubborn Writing”
What Boy Scouts Inadvertently Taught Me About Being a Dad
I returned early from the Boy Scout campout at Slippery Falls Ranch in Tishomingo, and I’ll have to say that my son and I were disappointed in the experience (at least the part involving Boy Scouts). For example, in order for a scout to carry a pocket knife around, he has to endure a 3Continue reading “What Boy Scouts Inadvertently Taught Me About Being a Dad”
Guest Post: A Series of Potentially Dangerous Experiments by Amy Paulussen
The television season finales were a month ago, and for a month now nothing new has aired. We have two (or three) more months until new content is added. What will I do with myself? I recently moved to the Northern Hemisphere, where this tragedy occurs at the beginning of summer, not winter. InsteadContinue reading “Guest Post: A Series of Potentially Dangerous Experiments by Amy Paulussen”
Finding Time To Write on Vacation
The first installment of my latest novel This Broken Earth is due out on August 1st, and I am feverishly working on it, but I also have vacation plans this summer…or rather my family does, and I’m going along. I say this with tongue in cheek. Of course I like to spend time with myContinue reading “Finding Time To Write on Vacation”
Writing Is Hard Work 