Category Archives: Gardening

Authors in Bloom Blog Hop

Yep, it’s springtime and that means we’re growing, er, books?  Okay, so it’s a blog hop and each author on the list is posting about gardening. I planted my garden at the end of February and that was late. My … Continue reading

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A Tale of Three Vegetable Beds

I like growing things. I like to plunge my hands into the soil and sift it through my fingers. It does, of course, go without saying that I love food–good food. It is this obsession that results in $80 tomatoes. You know … Continue reading

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Update on Goals for 2012

Here it is the first day of the new quarter and I thought I do an update of my goals for 2012. 1.) Publish the first book in my urban scifi/fantasy Blue Manuever Done! 2.) Finish the Valentine’s Day sequel … Continue reading

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The red Menace

Among scientists there is some debate of the power of nature versus nuture. While, there are some mannerisms that fall firmly under the nuture category, for some things there is no doubt in my mind that nature has the upper … Continue reading

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A Life in Balance

I write for the challenge. To put it another way, writing is not easy for me, painting those word pictures requires digging deep and dredging up emotions that my characters need to have in order for the story to come … Continue reading

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Confessions of an Introvert

I am by nature a hardwired introvert. In fact, I’m pretty sure I practice Extreme introvertion. I lived next to one neighbor for 5 years before I talked to her. She claims she tried multiple times to yell at me … Continue reading

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