I've spent two days agonizing over the blurb for Death Comes to the Science Fair. It's definitely reached the Don't get it right, get it written stage. When Laurel, a new first-grade teacher at the local Catholic school, witnesses a random car crash on her way to work, she has no idea that it will [...]
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Blessed Fra Angelico
Diane Tucker’s blog, the Shy MuseumGoer, has a new posting about Blessed Fra Angelico. The pictures are beyond lovely and her descriptions are illuminating, as always. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/11/15/explore-fra-angelico-paintings/ Diane Tucker is the kind of person who takes a friend to the museum, and pretty soon has half a dozen other people following her around, pretending it’s [...]
State of the author November, 2025
I am still entering the last of the edits a very lovely person did for me. About 900 wandering commas need to be fixed and I don't seem able to do more than 100 at a time. Also, I lost track of various doctor appointments today so I am about out of time. However! Sunday [...]
Feast of Saint Martin, not coincidentally, Veteran’s Day and WWI Armistice
Saint Martin is one of the saints that everyone thinks they know. He was a Roman soldier who cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar. Then he discovers that the beggar was actually Jesus himself. Martin gives up his life in the army, becomes a hermit, a reluctant bishop, and a symbol [...]
My cup finally overflowed…
Today at 5:20 a.m. two little boys arrived at my bedside to tell me that the third one was crying for his mom. I've been cruising at warp speed ever since. So no real posting today though I will say that child number three was willing to be comforted. My novel is really and truly [...]