This time last year my husband was on an emergency heat call at a Chinese restaurant in Vermont. I’d been reading a few blogs and, left to my own devices while the rest of the world partied, I set up my own blog. I did a test post on Dec 31, but my [...]

I have a 4-5″ thick stack of printouts from back when I was tinkering with my blog—the blogger templates and the switch to WordPress and all that jazz that came before I got smart and threw myself at the mercy of DreamForge Media.
Well, about three inches down, scribbled in tiny letters was not only the [...]

Dee from Joyfully Reviewed says:
Forever Again had some sexual tension that warred with the bitter tension between Gena and Travis, leaving me strung tight as a bowstring. This story had me in its grip to the point where I had to stop reading and come back to it so that I could be objective and [...]

Monday can’t come fast enough here. (Yes, our kids are going back on the Federal holiday. Bizarre.) Usually I get a lot done during school vacations because the kids occupy each other and the short kid has somebody to talk to besides me. Not this year. Not getting along doesn’t even [...]

So I took three insane children bearing gift cards to Walmart, and while I came home with many fewer marbles, I did get two books: Alison’s Goes Down Easy and Awaken to Danger by Catherine Mann.
You can’t even imagine my devastation when I opened Awaken to Danger and realized I’d MISSED one! Apparently [...]

I have to get a proposal in to my editor today. The Breakfast Bitches have been making very scary threats about what they’re going to do to me if I don’t. And Mel seems particularly violent this morning, even though she’s posting limericks on her blog to distract me.
In less frightening news, Forever Again [...]

Whew! :wipes brow: Another Christmas survived. I hope Santa was good to everybody!
Some random things overheard at the Stacey house Christmas Day:
* Mooooooooooom, Dad shot me!
* Stop shooting the damn ornaments!
* The robot burps!
* Uh-oh…you shouldn’t have shot Mom in the butt!
* Hey, Sleepyhead…weren’t you supposed to put the ham [...]

…from the Stacey family!

We’re heading out this afternoon to my sister’s house in Maine for Christmas Round 1. Six boys all—except for the tall child—five and under. Can you see the flying wrapping paper? It’ll be a great time. We love visiting, and nothing beats Christmas with small children. Plus she’s making pizza.
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Plus we’re going [...]

First off, I know y’all read the Smart Bitches, but I’ll post a link to the word count discussion anyway. Then absolutely go read Diana’s rant, which, quite frankly, is more of an excellent explanation than a rant. I mean, she didn’t even use the F word. *g*
I said I’d blog about [...]