The work begins

Jan 23 , 2008
It’s been too long since I was working on the next Merry book, SWALLOWING DARKNESS. So I printed off the first fifty pages, which is what I’ve got. I reread them, made [...]
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We have a new favorite zombie movie

Jan 22 , 2008
I have a new favorite zombie movie. It’s called “Fido”. No, that’s not a mistype. Think an old-fashioned boy and his dog movie but the dog isn’t [...]
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Some wounds never heal

Jan 21 , 2008
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. Robert Frost Frost is one of my favorite American poets. There are poems of his that I reread periodically. It’s always nice [...]
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Feed the birds

Jan 20 , 2008
Just finished filling the bird feeders. Didn’t want to do it. It’s so cold that going outside for any reasons looms like some sort of epic quest where you know there [...]
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Gremlins

Jan 19 , 2008
Okay, the title of this post says it all. This was our day yesterday. First, the hot tub broke. The workmen are here fixing it now. Second, the door knob fell off my door. I [...]
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Laurell K Hamilton’s Anita Blake Must Fight For Her Life!

Jan 17 , 2008
From the pages of New York Times best-selling author Laurell K Hamilton’s acclaimed novels comes Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures 8 (of 12)! As her first visit [...]
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What Love Means

Jan 17 , 2008
Jon and I had everyone work from home today. We have the house to ourselves, so rare a happening. It’s so peaceful. We’ve just done lunch, and now it’s time for [...]
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Driving the Foose, and a boo-boo

Jan 16 , 2008
I drove the Foose to lunch for the first time. Not practice, but actual driving in traffic, parking, the whole nine yards. I did pretty good. I didn’t kill it in traffic. I [...]
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Hot off the Press

Jan 14 , 2008
Hot off the press isn’t just a saying for us today. We are printing off the final draft, for now, of BLOOD NOIR, and the pages are literally hot as I lift them from the [...]
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Research buddies

Jan 13 , 2008
The last time I did a book where I had to go out of town to a place I’d never been to research I had my friend Deborah Millitello with me. She braved New Mexico with me to [...]
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