Snakes Not on a Plane!

 This is not Europe. Now, hold that thought. We’ll get back to it.         More pleasant things first! My thirteenth novel, Rattlesnake, has just released from Dreamspinner Press. You can buy it in print or ebook versions. I’ve told you already–probably repeatedly–that I’m extra excited about this one. Some characters strike a …

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Please welcome Jana Denardo!

Soldiers of the Sun is technically the third in the series but it’s a stand alone and the first full-length story. The original inspiration for the whole Soldiers of the Sun series was Dreamspinner’s Necking anthology, looking for polyamorous relationships. Simple enough, so very open ended. I have a thing for groups of warriors fighting …

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Rattlesnake Blog Tour

Can you tell I’m just a wee bit excited about Rattlesnake? You can preorder now, and it releases August 31. Trust me–you’ll like it. Pride Promotions has helped arrange a wonderful blog tour to celebrate! It begins with a bang today. Each blog stop has a different interview or other goodies, plus there’s a giveaway. …

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Perspective

So I just had a crappy day at the day job. I’m a university professor. I love teaching, and my research is really important to me, but let’s just say not all of the administrators are appreciative of the 22 years of blood, sweat, and tears I’ve invested in my campus. I came home from …

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Confession Time

So I wanted to write a novel that takes place in the Sierra foothills. There are a lot of ranches near there. In fact, Oakdale, California–which is not far from my fictional Rattlesnake–dubs itself the Cowboy Capital. (Incidentally, Oakdale is also home to the annual Testicle Festival, which I wrote about in my short “Tyler …

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School daze

My older kid spent most of the summer away from home: a month on her aunt and uncle’s farm (which bears a suspicious resemblance to Dylan and Chris’s place), a week in Seattle, a camping trip in Northern California with friends, a week and a half at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival with her aunt. …

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Engage panic mode now….

It has not been a relaxing summer. Yes, I got to do some fun travel in the Pacific Northwest, but even that involved work. And I spent the rest of the summer engaged in a couple of big projects for the day job and desperately trying to get in some writing time. Tomorrow my kids …

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In the darkest depths of Mordor….

  A little over a year ago, I bought a Fitbit. I didn’t pay it much attention at first, but over the months I developed a walking routine so that now I walk 5 to 7 miles daily. My neighborhood is boring, so I’ve done two things to liven things up. First, I’ve downloaded a …

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Introducing Jimmy and Shane

I’ve already revealed L.C. Chase’s beautiful cover for Rattlesnake. If you haven’t already, enter the giveaway. And preorder a copy for yourself! I’d like to introduce you now to the main characters. The beautiful art is by Catherine Dair. This is Jimmy Dorsett. He’s a drifter and has been since his teens. He’s a storyteller …

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