• Cover Reveal – A Cup of Normal

    I am so excited to share the new cover for my short story collection: A CUP OF NORMAL. My publisher, Patrick Swenson at Fairwood Press (and fellow author, check out his noir sf THE ULTRA THIN MAN) has quite an eye for this kind of…

  • The Short and Long of It

    This is my week to post on the Deadline Dames, so this post can also be found there. 🙂 Today, I’m feeling chatty. The first book in my new series, HOUSE IMMORTAL came out about a month ago, and I wanted to extend a big…

  • Looking Back at 2013

    Here’s how 2013 shook out for me: Writing Books written: 3               — Hell Bent, Stone Cold, House Immortal Short stories written: 2   — Life Between Dreams, The Lost The Found Books revised: 2               — Hell Bent, Stone Cold Books copy edited: 3       — Cold Copper,…

  • A Cup Of Normal – Ebook

    This is my short story collection, A CUP OF NORMAL.  It came out in print format in 2010: Inside are twenty-three short stories, some that have been printed in magazines and anthologies, some that have not. The collection was nominated for both an Endeavour Award,…

  • Flowers and Giant Robots

    This is one of the sunflowers my son and I planted this spring.  It’s about nine feet tall, and stands in a row with other sunflowers along the south side of the house.  I’m sort of in love with these big, happy flowers, the tallest…

  • Meanwhile at the Monk house…

    …Things have been busy!  Let’s get the important stuff out of the way: Growing… My herb garden is no more.  For whatever reason *cough-lackofwatering-cough* all the herbs have shriveled up and died.  I have decided I am not a very good grower nor harvester of…

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