Nice Mommy~Evil Editor

Early last week I had a phone conversation with one of my newer authors. She was telling me about all these partials she had going, and that she just didn’t know what to work on. Finally, at the end of the conversation, I told there was no way I was going to tell her which [...]

Yesterday it was around 80 degrees here, and we decided to take the dogs and Brianna to the beach. It was gorgeous weather for it, and I have a new camera that I bought for better portability when traveling, so I snapped a few pictures. We did walk along the water, but I didn’t snap [...]

Thanks to everyone who visited and participated in my Bloggy Giveaway. Even if you didn’t win, I hope you’ll look for Samhain Publishing books in print your local bookstore, or give us a try in ebook format. And come back to visit me often! The winner of the Bloggy Giveaway was Gina, of A Wrestling [...]

We went to a local festival last night, and Brianna decided to accessorize. In the first picture, you can see her glove. It’s a dress glove from Easter and she’s only wearing one. She said she was going to wear it to eat so her hands didn’t get dirty. Though she’s only got on one [...]

I mentioned in my last post that our new cleaning lady was here yesterday, so I thought I’d talk about that a little. Josh and I have ocassionally discussed having Merry Maids come in, but I was never hugely keen on the idea for some reason. If you ask me why, I probably wouldn’t be [...]

The dogs are nearing their six month mark now, and one thing that’s not getting better is the barking. It’s the beagle in them. I’m pretty sensitive to this, as I don’t want to be “that” neighbor, but there are times when they have to be outside for some reason or another (like today while [...]

Sometimes, authors have little quirks and things they don’t even realize they’re overusing. “And then” is something I particularly notice when it’s used a lot because it always puts me in mind of this scene from Dude, Where’s My Car (I am a huge fan of really stupid comedies and this one has some very [...]

So I’m going to take the opportunity to brag. This is today’s current bestseller list from today at My Bookstore and More. Six of the ten books on this list are mine. That used to happen a lot in the first year, when I was one of only a few editors, but since we’ve increased [...]

Oh so pretty. I feel pretty and witty and brighhhhhht. Look what I got today! Ignore the rather lame picture taken of myself with my iPhone. I won’t say this often, but look at my nose (clicking on the picture will make it easier to see). Now Brianna wants to know why there’s not one [...]