the quiet season

It's Labor Day weekend, and out here that marks the end of the tourist season. Soon this little town will settle back into its sleepy rhythms, the Friday night high school football games and the storms that sweep in...

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a spider’s a cipher

The descent towards Samhain and the new year is one of my favorite times of year; the weather cools off, the rain returns, Trader Joe's has everything pumpkin, and things get quiet on the personal front. I've recovered from the...

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a bit from the book

Still working on 7Red. As a teaser, here's a bit from near the beginning, and a picture of my main POV character, Gemma! Gemma sat cross-legged on the floor of the cabin she shared with Qati, the rig haloing her face...

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making room

I am making room. It's sort of a strange process, this making room stuff. I am not exactly making anything, truly; I am emptying space. I'm calling it spring cleaning, even though it's still winter. (Granted, in my valley between two...

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Port Townsend, WA

I went out to Port Townsend with some friends for a writing retreat this weekend.  It's always good to get out and away, and in this case it was a much-needed kick in the pants for the novel revisions...

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