[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqJudLmFkK0[/youtube] This is, once again, the video my daughter made for The Long Way Home. This book was kind of a labor of love for me. It’s long, for one thing, and takes place in all the California beach cities where I grew up. I used to stay at the beach with my family, mostly … Continue reading »
Nov
29
Nov
28
Hey WOW!
I’m available for sale at Aspen Mountain Press… Here. This has been so strange! I had this day as a release date, but edits got lost and things went awry. Murphy’s law seemed to prevail. And yet there it is! Right on schedule! And Here’s a little excerpt, just a bit, to go with it! … Continue reading »
Nov
26
I WON!
Okay, so you don’t really win anything. It’s more like, I BEAT IT! But then I think, no, given what I write, perhaps that’s not the wisest choice of words out there either. Whatever it is, sound the trumpets, let the festivities commence, I have completed my 50,256 word, and while I still have a … Continue reading »
Nov
20
WOW! This video was made for me
By my very awesome daughter, Zoe! She took pics I purchased from iStock Photo, music I downloaded from Incomptech, and a script from me and came up with this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqJudLmFkK0[/youtube] She’s completely amazing, as far as I’m concerned.
Nov
19
I Have New Cover Art!
I couldn’t wait to share this! It’s the cover of my new novel, “The Long Way Home”, coming soon from Aspen Mountain Press… Isn’t that cool? My daughter is making me a book trailer for it, which will debut RIGHT HERE on my blog as soon as she gets it done. In the meantime, here’s … Continue reading »
Nov
15
Oh Boy, Hug a Firefighter…
I love me some California Firefighters! During the season of wildfires in California, it never fails to amaze me the almost unbelievable dedication of the firefighters who work so tirelessly to keep us safe… I found this from the YouTube channel of calcdffirefighter. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaOKU76DO7o[/youtube] Thank you so very, very much!
Nov
14
Whoa!
From Nasa, This Just In… I love the Hubble telescope and all the wonderful space pix, but this one just makes me feel like the eye of Sauron is upon us. It gives NaNoWriMo a whole new, and if I may be so bold, deliciously spine-tingling flavor of impending doom. On the NaNo front though, … Continue reading »
Nov
07
Look at what my daughter made for me!!!
My baby girl’s a really cool kid who makes Animated Music Videos from her favorite anime series Naruto. When I decided to make a book trailer for “Crossing Borders”. I spent about a day trying to figure out how to write a script and it became pretty clear that it was going to be a … Continue reading »
Nov
01
Let the tournament begin!
Welcome to November, the month of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. Five people in my family, aged ten through, well… my age, are signed up to participate, and we began at midnight last night PST, with a Halloween candy infused burst of creativity that left us surly and dragging and kvetchy when SOMEBODY set off … Continue reading »