Photo by Jenny Rollo from FreeImages Happy New Year, all! Yes, I neglected my blog sadly last year. I realize I haven’t posted since March. Between having a small baby and having a toddler and struggling with massive depression related to the lockdowns, etc., I didn’t have a lot of energy to write posts. But I have been writing some,…
Recently, on Facebook, I saw a friend of mine objecting to a line from one of my all-time favorite movies, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. (Spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen it.) The line is near the end and happens to be one I absolutely love — in a moment of great sorrow, James T. Kirk says, referring to…
(I was going to write this post yesterday, but April was crying and wouldn’t get to sleep, so I couldn’t. You’ll see just how fitting… or perhaps ironic? that fact is…) Every afternoon, I make myself a yogurt shake. Blend 3/4 cups of plain yogurt, 1/4 cup milk, a packet of stevia, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, a tablespoon of stevia-sweetened…
I’m finally going over what I wrote of the next Firmament book, Eleftheria, and wanted to share an excerpt with you! It takes place in the first chapter of the book, after Olive (the nurse, and wife to the Surveyor‘s first engineer) has teased Andi about a boy that she thinks Andi might like. Andi is not amused, and the…
If where you are is much like where I am, it doesn’t seem much like springtime. And it isn’t — we’re still in the middle of winter. So what’s up with that title for this post? Because I want to introduce my own little piece of springtime to you all — my April Ruby! Born Thanksgiving Day, April is our…
Hello, friends! Anybody else enjoying the fall weather? This pregnant mama is so grateful for the cooler weather — plus my daughter is obsessed with leaves, so this is quickly becoming her favorite season! I had a bunch of things I wanted to show you all, so I thought I would do one big linky post to get it all…
So my latest book, Firmament: No Man released last week. Things, of course, did not go smoothly, although certain aspects did, and I’m grateful. But here are just a few of the things that went wrong: 1. Worst and foremost, the Firmament series website is down, and has been for about a year now. We have investigated and tried to…
I have been waiting over a year to share this cover with you! The beautiful artwork was finished by the talented Michael McDevitt in June of last year, but I didn’t put all the text and everything on until I had the book ready to publish. That happened this week, so I put the finishing touches on it. I also…
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.” ~ Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis Our last time together! It…
“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” ~ Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery Hey, friends! Thank you for joining me at the park on this fine autumn day! Isn’t this spot perfect? A few wooden benches, facing the lake, under the shade of…