Tales from the Raven

February has so far been my worst month ever at getting blog posts up, and for the lamest reasons.  I’ve had lots to post about–it’s just all focused on my novel rewrites.  And, since repeating how grateful I am that the rewrites are going well and reporting that I’m still hard at work on 13 Demon Days gets boring, I’ve just ended up [...]

The blog’s been neglected, the Christmas is still stacked ramble-bamble in a corner of the kitchen and I’ve turned ‘what’s for dinner’ over to the almost fourteen-year-old. Scary?  Naw.  I couldn’t be happier.  In fact, I wax so effusive that my family, being the darling dears they are, has thrust this blog in front of me and suggested [...]

I’m typing on the floor of my bathroom because it’s really too early to be up, and I don’t want to wake the house.  On the other hand, I have chocolate-covered almonds beside me. I should be fine. Wednesday we had a lovely, sunny day, and I broke my strictly observed office hours to go [...]

I kept hoping that the super post would be accompanied by some really super-spectacular, save-the-world kind of news…but nothing earth-shattering came up.  On the other hand, no one has attempted to sabotage me with kryptonite of any color, either.  And, hey, absence of kryptonite is a good thing. We are having a super long break, which has [...]

Coming back from our Super Christmas vacation (inside joke which will be shared with my blog readers in the next post), I put up my new calendar(s) for 2011 and realized how much I’m looking forward to this next year.  And not just because 2010 had some really rough spots.  I’m also totally stoked for [...]

I’m almost afraid to blog today because I can’t trust my coherency, but given that it’s been roughly two weeks since a post went up, I figure I’d better reassure the blogosphere that I’m still alive and kicking. It’s even mostly true. Yesterday I celebrated having (finally!) kicked my sinus infection.  It had been a [...]

My body and brain are protesting the new school hours so this is going to be short…but I couldn’t pass up the chance to link to my first publication as Suzanne Warr–gotta love that Z! You can read the The Immortal Horse here, on Every Day Fiction, and be sure to leave a comment!

Today the kids were stung by a jellyfish.  First the R girl started jumping about in the water and yelping, then two seconds later her brother hollered and tried to jump out of the waves.  Somehow I managed to miss it, which I personally have no problem with, though the kids thought it sad I couldn’t brag [...]

We made it safely to our first stop on the road west–the lovely St. Louis.  Yesterday we defied the summer heat and chilled with our black and white feathered friends at the St. Louis zoo, then finished up an evening out with family at the one and only spot for truly divine frozen custard–Ted Drews. A relatively [...]

In the spirit of all writers who are waiting to hear back from agents, I’ve been obsessing over 13 Demon Days.  Specifically, over the first few pages.  I’m confident that if I can just pull the reader in, they’ll like the story.  They’ll laugh, take a couple hits to the heart for the team, and walk [...]