the “Kit and Ted Are Moving” commission

In the “it never rains but it pours” department of major life changes, it looks like we’ll be moving to Dublin in the next few weeks. Ted’s gotten a job there, and a commute from our current location is out of the question. (He’ll be doing X-Box tech support; the hours and pay are better than chefing!) However, as moving is expensive and we’re caught a bit flat-footed financially in the face of suddenly needing to, I’m doing a “help Kit and Ted move” novella (in all likelihood, anyway, as…

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the BP oil spill

Cherie Priest says it all about the BP oil spill, a disaster of such magnitude I couldn’t hear anything about it for two weeks after Young Indiana was born because just knowing it had happened/was happening was enough to break my fragile-from-exhaustion mental state. I can still barely stand to hear about it, which is why I’m grateful for Cherie’s beautiful, poignant response: I couldn’t have written it myself.

Happy Birthday & Five Years

Well, it’s still June 1 in Alaska and Hawaii (if barely), so I guess I’ll go ahead and post this: Happy birthday to *takes a deep breath* Michelle, Lynette, Fahri, Superman, Marilyn Monroe, Morgan Freeman and ME! Also, today is the official release date for DEMON HUNTS. This means the Five Year Plan is well and truly done: URBAN SHAMAN came out five years ago today. And I was going to post a picture of the Five Year Shelf, except my copy of DRAGON’S LURE hasn’t gotten here yet, so…

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