Still javascript:void(0)

by | Oct 4, 2013 | Uncategorized

Does anyone know what that means? I’ve tried to edit my little wordcount box over on the right using Firefox, Chrome, and (shudder) IE, I’ve tried on my desktop running Windows 7 and my netbook running Windows 8, and that’s all I get. The change...

Blogger is Misbehaving

by | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

See that little box over on the right that says Current Work In Progress? I was happily editing it daily, watching the number go up with a lot of satisfaction, and yesterday, it stopped working. In the editing popup, I can click the Save button until the sun goes...

The Night of the Drunk Guy

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m trying to write with a loud and obnoxious neighbor, and since we’re renting the house we’re living in, we are seriously considering moving when the lease is up end of November. I mean really. Houses in this part of the country are notoriously...

A Week at the Races

by | Sep 14, 2013 | Uncategorized

I seem to have neglected my blog again. Not because I forget about it — I don’t — but because I’ve been so focused on writing book 3 of the Tales of Tolari Space that I just didn’t have any creative energy left over to write much of...

Vertigo

by | Sep 2, 2013 | Uncategorized

Here at WorldCon, I’ve been staying at the Marriott Riverwalk. It’s a … um … 30 or so stories? … building, and our room is … shall we say … pretty high up. When we arrived, they upgraded our room for free to one with a...

Perfume: Just Say No

by | Aug 28, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m angry.Read this for background, and pay attention to the statistics.The problem of people being allergic to what’s in perfume is on the rise, and I have it. I keep my home as scent-free as possible. We use organic and/or unscented soaps, dish soaps,...

War – What Is It Good For?

by | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized

Well, nothing, really. Although some might argue that many advances in science happen when one group of people is trying to figure out how to kill another group of people. You could argue, however, that we also make advances in science when peaceful people get excited...
In Which A Husband Surprises His Wife

In Which A Husband Surprises His Wife

by | Aug 24, 2013 | Uncategorized

I continue to work hard on The Fall. The weird thing is, I can see the whole thing in my head. I just can’t get it out. So my husband interrupted my hard-scrabble attempt to finish another chapter by dragging me off to a car dealership. It seems my hardened...

Relativity, and Other Fine Tales

by | Aug 21, 2013 | Uncategorized

The more scientifically geeky of my readers may have noticed that in my books, I have people talking to each other across interstellar distances. In real time. Sometimes one of them is on a ship traveling at relativistic speeds, and no one is the wiser. They might as...