• Afraid to Hope

    Finished work at 2AM went to sleep at 3AM. Alarm sounded at 6AM. Getting up after only three hours of…

  • In the Bright Light of Day

    Sometimes I’m too hard on myself and that makes my character Anita Blake too hard on herself. Merry Gentry cuts…

  • Atlanta Signing Tonight, Imbolc, and Ground Hog’s Day

    Flirt, the newest Anita Blake novel, is out today! Thanks to everyone that have already told me they’ve gotten it,…

  • Counting Blessings instead of Chores

    I did an amazing, even by my standards, 27 pages today. Oddly, I did the same number last Sunday, but…

  • Tempted

    One of the things I like best about fiction is being able to rewrite. It allows you to fix all…

  • The Funeral was Yesterday

    We had a funeral yesterday. Great-Grandma Helen was nearly a hundred so her death was not unexpected, but in the…

  • Crystals

    I’ve heard from a lot of you that shared similar, or different, early life traumas. First, thanks for sharing, and…

  • Monsters

    I’ve tried to pretend my mood was better than it truly was today. Sometimes it works to act as if.…

  • Emotional Distance and a Spoiler

    Spoiler Alert: Read with caution In an effort to try and get me out of the deep, blue funk that…

  • To be left in Suspense, or Not? You Decide.

    Just wanted to let everyone know that I slept well last night. No bad dreams, in fact, no dreams at…