I’m supposed to be writing. . . I am writing, just not as enthusiastically as I’d like. But it’s the holidays and hard to get motivated. I want to just curl up with a good book and take a day …

Well, my Christmas wish didn’t come true, but in the spirit of sportsmanship, I’d like to offer congratulations to Dan Stroschein, The Naughty List, for winning the Fast and Festive Fiction Contest at Echelon Press.

I’m shelving Mary’s Christmas List …

Mary doesn’t believe in Santa anymore. Besides, Santa couldn’t bring what she and her brothers want the most: a new Ma.

Katherine Larson is a spinster, working in her aunt’s boarding house in Chicago. When her friend ends up with …

I got the e-mail from Echelon Press (http://www.echelonpress.com) , announcing their Fast and Festive Short Story Contest. Further information about the contest is listed on their blog. Echelon only accepts submissions by invitation, so this might be a …

Cool — I just found my link on Romancing the Blog — I’m right there under Making Mischief!…

Mammoth mountain has a snow update every morning during ski season — but I figure once every few weeks will be often enough to keep up with MY snow update.

I completed most of the snowflake for my novel. I …

I belong to several yahoo lists and the talk on two of them have lately revolved around critique groups. Whether they help or hinder or don’t make any difference a’tall.

Well, I belong to two critique groups. One is a …