I haven't posted much because I have a couple of hard deadlines for projects coming up in the next few weeks. However, I do have progres...

One of my writer friends, Susan Kaye Quinn, recently won third place in Imagine 2200's climate fiction contest. You can read her story, ...

Another month begins and brings with it the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Learn more about the IWSG on their website , Facebook page...

It doesn't feel like I made as much progress as I wanted to this month. (Of course, I can say that every month.) However, I did get a sh...

Since fall starts tomorrow here, I thought I'd celebrate by sharing some of my writing for The Season Between . This will be a short sto...

I've been posting here regularly about how slow my writing progress has been on my main projects: writing a Season Avatars short story c...

Happy September! It feels like the rest of the year is going to fly by now that my son is back in school and busy with activities. I hope yo...

 After a rough July, my writing seems to be back on track. I wound up finishing the rough draft of Kay's story (no title yet) for The Se...

One of our favorite annual family traditions is attending the Bristol Renaissance Festival in Wisconsin. Ever since my son was tall enough,...

I don't have a lot of time for TV, so it took me a while to finish watching Ms. Marvel . Be warned; spoilers abound!     My feelings abo...

Just a brief note that my father-in-law, Aurelio Almazan, passed away last Friday. He will be missed. You can read his obituary here . We wi...

How is it August already? It feels like July just started, but I've already started preparing for my son's return to school. (Of co...

 I'm going to keep my blog post brief this week: 1. The main writing I'm doing is working on a short story featuring Kay for the The...

It seems like July just started, but we're already heading into late July. Hopefully it's not too late for a Mid-Month Mysteries fea...

If you like books, you're probably a fan of libraries as well. When I saw The Library: A Fragile History , by Andrew Pettegree and Arthu...

 Here we are at the beginning of another month, so it must be time to encourage other writers with an Insecure Writer's Support Group po...

June was another slow month for me writing-wise. Part of that is because I still have so many household chores when I get home from work tha...

I usually post a semiannual reading update at the end of June, but I'll post it a little early this year so I can talk about writing nex...

Sunday is a special day. Not only is it Father's Day, it's also my mother's 90th birthday. (I plan to visit her this Friday with...

I decided to change the Mid-Month Mysteries blog series to focus on individual authors instead of books with specific subjects. Let's st...