• Cooking Oregon – Applesauce Cake 1

    I have this 1964  cookbook that belonged to my grandmother or one of my aunties, I think.  The cover has fallen off and the spiral binding has disintegrated. It was printed here in Salem by a local press that is still  around (Your Town Press)…

  • Winners! Cold Copper ARCs

    The random number picker has spoken!  Here are the 6 winners of signed COLD COPPER ARCs.  Please contact me with your mailing address by clicking on the little envelope button in the upper right of this blog.  Congratulations, winners! If I don’t hear back from…

  • Cold Copper – Giveaway

    Winners have been announced! Click here to see if you’ve won! In yesterday’s news post, I mentioned all sorts of good news, including that I’d gotten ARCs of COLD COPPER and I want to give them away! COLD COPPER is the third book in the…

  • News and Whatnot

    Things You Can Read Soon HANG FIRE – Finally!  Thank you, everyone for being patient with me on this one.  HANG FIRE is the twenty-part serial short story I wrote that takes place between DEAD IRON and TIN SWIFT in the Age of Steam steampunk…

  • Vacation + Murder = bunny ears

    My best friend and I decided to get away for a couple days as a birthday gift to each other.  We thought the beach would be a relaxing place to get a room, knit, stare at the ocean, take walks, and catch up on Dr.…

  • Word-by-word

    Here we are almost at the end of February, and I thought I’d do a little recap of my writing year so far.   As of today, I have: Finished writing HELL BENT (although there will be revisions, copy edits and proofs yet to go) Finished…

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