Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
I heard from the agent tonight. Decision time on the romantic comedy is pushed back to March 10th for various reasons having nothing to do with the acceptability or rejectability of my manuscript. As my mom says, it gives us…
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Kiddo#3 is still little enough to have cute verbal ticks, and he tends to slur the ends of his words. Recently he discovered that if you say “It’s not fair!” you can protest just about anything: from his brother taking…
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Julie from the Catholic Media Review has reviewed my novel Seven Archangels: Annihilation! And she liked it! One of the most wonderful things she says (non-story-wise) is that she incorporated some of the novel’s imagery into her prayers and found…
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In the Garden, Adam and Eve are told not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, or they will surely die. They chow down anyway. This morning, it occurred to me that the first person to die…
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This one’s amazing: check out Maya’s birth, which is a little more exciting than even Kiddo#2’s “bullet-baby” entrance to the world!
Chapter Seven is now up over at MindFlights. I think from now on I’ll put the favorite moments behind the “more” tag because they may contain spoilers, and I don’t want to spoil my own book. 🙂
I’ve managed to acquire some secret documentation! Minutes For the Second Meeting Of the Forbidden Words List of the Christian Booksellers Association (the CBA) OVERVIEW: Project Name: Forbidden Words List Meeting Date: January 19th, 2008 Subject: validation of intent plus…
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I hereby end the rejection deathwatch for two reasons. The first is simple, and users of Common Household Magic will understand completely. Just as the magic for making a friend call is to go do yardwork, and the magic for…
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Kiddo#3 has radar. He knows when Daddy and I hug.It could be in the middle of cooking, with the radio playing in the kitchen and the kids wrestling clear across the house. Doesn’t matter. My Patient Husband hugs me, and…
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Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, as a ton of incoming spam informs me. Consequently, after my Boring Prenatal Appointment yesterday (boring = good) I stopped with Kiddo#3 on the way home to get something special for my Patient Husband, who reads…
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