Tales from the Raven

Friday night we tried to get out.  Might’ve worked, too, but someone slipped word to the world so it went and hid.  Tomorrow we’re going to try again, so mum’s the word.  We’re going to see one of the big exotic films of the season–
The Frog and the Princess.
What were you thinking?  Surely not a [...]

I really never expected myself to become a yarn enthusiast, but, here I am.  Not only did I make a pretty good purse out of yarn (pics coming soon) but I’m now making a scarf.
We go in for the really over-the-top projects around here.
Only trouble is, I only have one skein of the yarn…and I’m going [...]

I still haven’t actually, quite, managed to start a rewrite on Popcorn that lasted for more than a day.  Every time I think I’ve had my Eureka moment I change my mind two days later when some part of the plotting equation proves to be so much sludge.
One part of the problem was that I [...]

No worries, I haven’t adopted someone elses toddler.  For all that I love my kids, I really don’t miss the potty-training stage, and the screaming tantrums because I forgot to slice the apple the right way can remain distant memories, as well.
What I’m attempting is to teach our dog, Zeke, to walk on leash.  We [...]

Every year for it seems like an eon I’ve come up with new goals sometime in early January.  Sometimes even on the first.  And I’ve noticed a pattern.
Some of my goals will be met over the course of the year, but often the goals for the year change as the year progresses–which is a nice way to [...]

You know, the day before Christmas Eve!
Our budget has been a bit tighter than usual this year, so several of the kids’ presents were homemade by yours truly.  What’s even more amazing, they turned out pretty good.  My personal favorite may be a stack of wash cloths for our son that were personalized so they wouldn’t be [...]

As you can see from this pic, we got snow–but nothing like our neighbors to the north.

And while my friends in DC were quick to exclaim over the fun we were missing, I find that I’m quite content with exactly the snow we got.  I suspect that old man winter is going to be all tuckered out [...]

This is Thursday am, not Wednesday, but I’m working on learning my days of the week.  Honest.  Expect to have them down anytime now.
Lately I’m working on my bread and butter writing gigs more than my urban fantasy novel and must be missing the fun and whimsy of the fantasy writing.  When I walked past [...]

No pun intended, unless the reader is currently querying a humor novel.
After testing the waters with a few queries for The Popcorn Potion, I discovered a new and fascinating obsession: that of attempting to extract from a single nondescript sentence why oh why the rejecting agent would pass on my manuscript.  And without [...]

If one were ever so lucky as to find oneself amongst the audience for a jazz band school performance, I really hope that privileged individual would know better than to whistle along–especially when the whistler doesn’t know the tune!–or try to keep the kids on tempo by loudly tapping out the beat.
Cause that would be really annoying.