I just realized that I’m going to Oregon for a writing class that starts THIS Saturday, not on the 21st!!!!! I’ve apparently had the wrong dates on my calendar for at least six months. Wow. And OMG. And ack! This is the most exciting start to a week I’ve had in a very long time……
My short story “Ilsa and the Dragon” is available in the brand new anthology Beauty and Wickedness!!! This is a collection of sixteen fairy tale retellings and brand new fairy tales. I didn’t base my story off of a traditional fairy tale this time. I had a clear picture of the dragon in the story,…
Jasper is hanging in there with his month of no hiking and no ball-playing. He’s learned one new trick: ‘hide your eyes,’ where he covers one eye with a paw. It’s very charming, and apparently very difficult to capture in a photo. 🙂 I’ve been working on teaching him to identify his toys by name,…