Missing, Assumed Dead

Prejudice, murder, insanity, suicide: Every small town has its secrets. And Marva Dasef’s book Missing, Assumed Dead – released today from M...

Jury Duty

I got lucky! I was assigned to jury duty today and tomorrow, but when I called the "jury hotline" last night, I was told not to c...

Gina Review: The Kane Chronicles

I have my daughter Gina here today reviewing the first book in The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. The Red Pyramid -- rev...

Show-n-Tell

Two weeks ago, my sister’s family drove in from Kansas for their yearly summer visit, and the week was capped off by a barbecue at my parent...

The Return of the Hound

Last fall, my brother-in-law Larry did some dog-sitting for Sorcia and wrote a brilliant account of it in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyl...

Does YOUR Refrigerator Tweet?

Dagnabbit! The refrigerator that came with our house gave up the ghost last year, and we bought a new one. It keeps food cold and also d...

Character Mannerisms

Whether it’s a matter of consciously choosing them, or visualizing my characters and letting them naturally develop, I try to give each of m...