2025
- 08/23/2025 : Of trigger warnings, spoilers, and tags
- 08/21/2025 : No man is an island
- 08/19/2025 : De gustibus non est disputandum
- 08/15/2025 : I have wisdom to impart
- 08/08/2025 : Subdivisions
- 07/24/2025 : I am unable to even
- 07/23/2025 : Angel & the Mambokats
- 07/22/2025 : Never apologize
- 07/16/2025 : Once upon a time when I thought I was edgy
- 07/15/2025 : Older, more tired
- 06/27/2025 : Tidbits
- 05/28/2025 : The Proviso, 3rd edition: A confession
- 02/09/2024 : The Cult of Traditional Publishing Part 4: Da Rulez
- 02/09/2024 : Utilities
- 02/08/2024 : David Bowie’s cod and what women really want
- 09/30/2022 : Hoarders vs Code Enforcement
- 03/31/2021 : Premeditatio malorum (or, borrowing trouble)
- 03/03/2020 : A thingymajig out of the blue
- 02/16/2020 : Keepsakes and Reddit
- 12/09/2019 : The Bunny
- 12/08/2019 : Bye bye, Granny. I love you.
- 09/07/2019 : God is a terrible matchmaker
- 07/29/2019 : My well was dry …
- 03/04/2019 : The Vomit Book
- 02/28/2018 : We have a strategic plan
- 05/15/2017 : A hot new writer
- 12/10/2016 : Book Review: Still Life with Strings
- 11/18/2016 : La Bodega
- 11/14/2016 : Musings on the “placeholder” heroine
- 11/11/2016 : The Mamba
- 11/09/2016 : On reading – links roundup
- 11/06/2016 : Rook Takes Queen
- 08/16/2016 : Paint the corners
- 07/22/2016 : What are you doing RIGHT NOW?
- 06/16/2016 : In defense of ugly jackets
- 03/21/2016 : The perfect bookstore v.3
- 02/06/2016 : Come with me, will you?
- 10/27/2015 : What is it about this game
- 09/24/2015 : The value of knowledge
- 09/23/2015 : Bas relief
- 06/24/2015 : Of malcontents, futility, and funny prostitutes
- 06/21/2015 : Father’s Day Swineapple Phase 3
- 06/21/2015 : Father’s Day Swineapple Phase 2
- 06/20/2015 : Father’s Day Swineapple Phase 1
- 06/06/2015 : Raspberry
- 05/27/2015 : Stranger danger
- 05/14/2015 : Rules, broken
- 05/06/2015 : The Proviso rebooted
- 05/05/2015 : The little things that do not show
- 05/04/2015 : Decluttering my mind
- 05/04/2015 : Maps were made by people who went first
- 05/04/2015 : The only thing more powerful than fear
- 10/06/2014 : Cadillacs in our dreams
- 08/25/2014 : Say You’ll Go
- 08/21/2014 : Virginity as a feminist statement
- 08/19/2014 : We all know how it works
- 08/17/2014 : Book updates
- 05/02/2014 : Confessions of a wannabe foodie
- 05/01/2014 : Two new books
- 04/22/2014 : Scheduling fun?
- 04/16/2014 : Oops
- 04/14/2014 : Blogging again
- 04/14/2014 : The Paso Doble & We Were Gods release
- 04/13/2014 : Life, in soundbites
- 04/12/2014 : On parenting
- 04/12/2014 : On credibility
- 04/11/2014 : On fetishes
- 04/11/2014 : Face(book) On, Face(book) Off
- 04/11/2014 : Paso Doble
- 04/10/2014 : Thoughts on Facebook
- 01/07/2014 : I am an expert witness because I say I am*
- 12/23/2013 : We Were Gods cover
- 12/21/2013 : We Were Gods
- 12/16/2013 : On the creation of man
- 12/12/2013 : One day I started writing a book.
- 09/10/2013 : Being honest with your fellow man
- 08/15/2013 : No.
- 07/25/2013 : “Heroine decapitates someone in the first scene”
- 07/04/2013 : Dunham: The Past
- 06/16/2013 : Not that I blame them …
- 06/05/2013 : A professional milestone
- 06/01/2013 : Back to blogging, maybe
- 05/31/2013 : Crashing my own kitchen
- 05/16/2013 : The making of Dunham
- 04/20/2013 : Veni, vidi, vici.
- 03/07/2013 : Of artists and assholes
- 09/06/2012 : Magdalene and Publisher’s Weekly
- 09/01/2012 : Look at me! Look at me!
- 07/23/2012 : Economizing
- 07/19/2012 : I have assimilated. Sorta.
- 07/13/2012 : Comfort foot: Barbecued beans
- 06/11/2012 : Comfort food: Trouble salad
- 06/08/2012 : Creepy collective consciousness is creepy
- 05/29/2012 : “A book a year is slacking.”
- 01/27/2012 : Men who hate women
- 11/02/2011 : Monsters! Mormons! Not necessarily synonymous!
- 10/21/2011 : A story
- 10/01/2011 : The gatekeepers, part 2
- 10/01/2011 : Early adopter rage
- 08/31/2011 : Journal entry: February 3, 2007
- 06/20/2011 : How to destroy a brand in one easy (lazy) step
- 06/15/2011 : The perfect bookstore: Decadence
- 06/06/2011 : Writing: Ur Doin it Rong
- 06/06/2011 : Fiction takes you places
- 05/19/2011 : People watching
- 05/09/2011 : Reviewing too close to home
- 04/23/2011 : Magdalene is here!
- 04/09/2011 : Mommy, why don’t you smile anymore?
- 03/26/2011 : NetGalley
- 03/21/2011 : Printgasm BINGO
- 03/06/2011 : The new Magdalene cover
- 03/06/2011 : Writers, reviewing
- 02/21/2011 : Never, never, never, never, never give up
- 02/02/2011 : First rule of self-publishing:
- 02/01/2011 : I’ve been published!!!
- 01/14/2011 : Sarah Palin, round 2
- 01/11/2011 : Conservatism is dead
- 01/06/2011 : I can’t
- 12/21/2010 : This Will Not Look Good on My Resume
- 11/30/2010 : I like real books
- 11/24/2010 : Dear neighbors…
- 10/19/2010 : The Proviso’s new back cover copy
- 09/21/2010 : Comfort food: Chicken rolls
- 08/03/2010 : I wanna fall in love.
- 07/31/2010 : I was wrong.
- 07/02/2010 : Do not go gentle
- 06/27/2010 : Selling shovels
- 05/29/2010 : Sospiro (Franz Liszt)
- 05/19/2010 : I am God (part 2)
- 05/18/2010 : These people are a disgrace
- 05/16/2010 : Comfort food: Marinara sauce
- 05/02/2010 : Organization: the neverending quest
- 05/01/2010 : Asking Us to Dance (Kathy Mattea)
- 04/22/2010 : Group creativity experiment: 4
- 04/18/2010 : “Clean” does not equal good.
- 04/15/2010 : Group creativity experiment: 3
- 04/15/2010 : Fairground (Simply Red)
- 04/11/2010 : Remedial crafting
- 04/08/2010 : Group creativity experiment: 2
- 04/08/2010 : Litanie des Saints (Dr. John)
- 04/01/2010 : Group creativity experiment: 1
- 03/29/2010 : Group creativity experiment: Intro
- 03/25/2010 : I am god
- 03/10/2010 : Read an eBook Week: The Fob Bible
- 02/24/2010 : The mysterious ways of the universe
- 02/10/2010 : The perfect bookstore v.2
- 01/28/2010 : iPad
- 01/22/2010 : Free agency
- 01/16/2010 : Theme of the week
- 01/09/2010 : I got your suggestions right here.
- 01/08/2010 : Dear bandwidth looters:
- 01/05/2010 : I’m gonna have to get a routine.
- 01/01/2010 : Foci and projects for 2010
- 12/23/2009 : New Year’s resolutions
- 12/20/2009 : I’m outtie …
- 12/18/2009 : Doc McGhee, literary agent
- 12/17/2009 : Comfort food: Christmas punch
- 12/11/2009 : eBookWise
- 12/09/2009 : An idea for RWA!
- 12/07/2009 : The unsung hero
- 12/07/2009 : And another thing …
- 12/07/2009 : You wanna know how I came to self-publishing?
- 11/27/2009 : Stay by Moriah Jovan
- 11/21/2009 : FUBAR
- 11/20/2009 : There is no such thing as royalties
- 11/20/2009 : Evolution of a cover, part 4
- 11/19/2009 : A Lone Artist: Wendy Drolma
- 11/18/2009 : Harlequin: Ur doin it rong
- 11/17/2009 : The core of genre romance
- 11/15/2009 : An ebook is not a book.
- 11/10/2009 : The unmentionable alternative
- 11/09/2009 : Blog award! Premio Dardas
- 11/06/2009 : Evolution of a cover, part 3
- 11/04/2009 : Everything is still biased against the lone artist.
- 11/02/2009 : Biting my tongue
- 10/30/2009 : Evolution of a cover, part 2
- 10/28/2009 : The first movie I ever took my kids to:
- 10/23/2009 : Evolution of a cover, part 1
- 10/22/2009 : Asus re-redux
- 10/21/2009 : Redecorating again
- 10/20/2009 : The internet before Al Gore
- 10/05/2009 : More on the Asus
- 10/04/2009 : The handy-dandy all-purpose digital reader
- 10/02/2009 : I tidied my books today!
- 09/27/2009 : Comfort food: Meatloaf
- 09/14/2009 : Kansas City: Chiefs 2009-2010
- 09/13/2009 : Seven years, no itching
- 09/07/2009 : It’s work time.
- 08/28/2009 : Coming out of the closet
- 08/23/2009 : Comfort food: Cheese and onion enchiladas
- 08/19/2009 : I’m not going to waste my time.
- 08/14/2009 : LDS publishers, again, eBooks. Please!
- 07/30/2009 : Stuff tacked to my office wall, part 1
- 07/29/2009 : I’m cheeky
- 07/21/2009 : My editor likes me!
- 07/20/2009 : August reading list
- 07/19/2009 : Another vignette
- 07/18/2009 : Book Review: The Actor and the Housewife
- 07/17/2009 : Comfort food: Beef stroganoff
- 07/16/2009 : Book Review: The Ugly Princess
- 07/14/2009 : Update on the creepy book.
- 07/12/2009 : The zeitgeist of a story
- 07/10/2009 : Just stop. Please.
- 07/08/2009 : The Bewbies(TM) appear in the Apple store.
- 07/08/2009 : Kansas City: Little help?
- 07/07/2009 : This book’s kinda giving me the willies.
- 07/02/2009 : PSA for LDS publishers
- 07/01/2009 : Writers: Accept it and keep going. Or not.
- 06/28/2009 : A cautionary tale for authors and agents
- 06/27/2009 : Eating a little bit of crow…
- 06/26/2009 : Yo, EPUB evangelists!
- 06/24/2009 : Monkey see, monkey do
- 06/23/2009 : Retreads: I rode this train for so long…why?
- 06/22/2009 : Convergence
- 06/21/2009 : Sneak peek at STAY
- 06/19/2009 : Settling for, settling in, moving up
- 06/16/2009 : The legend of Atlantis
- 06/04/2009 : The parable of the ten virgins
- 05/31/2009 : Things I’d rather tweet
- 05/04/2009 : The 1960s ranch
- 04/17/2009 : My angel is the centerfold
- 04/13/2009 : So I took this quiz, see…
- 04/08/2009 : Tab A, slot B
- 04/07/2009 : Yet more reviews!
- 04/06/2009 : Easing back into the groove
- 04/05/2009 : Don’t you like ANYTHING?
- 03/24/2009 : Smart Bitch Sarah Wendell…
- 03/16/2009 : Throwing cats at your brother isn’t nice.
- 03/13/2009 : The state of the art
- 03/05/2009 : Branding redux: I get it now
- 03/03/2009 : I would’ve called in sick …
- 02/28/2009 : Oh my heck!
- 02/27/2009 : Taking another bite out of Apple
- 02/26/2009 : Toothpaste, packing tape, and e-books
- 02/25/2009 : The dangers of homogeneity
- 02/24/2009 : Tales from the cryptergarten
- 02/21/2009 : “What the hell?”
- 02/20/2009 : Caving to instinct and capability
- 02/19/2009 : Finding time to write
- 02/17/2009 : Still alive!
- 02/17/2009 : The Urban Elitist interviews Tao Lin…
- 02/14/2009 : The definition of honor
- 02/13/2009 : Guest blogging and Tools of Change
- 02/10/2009 : The book is dead. Long live the book.
- 02/09/2009 : So THAT’S what I am.
- 02/08/2009 : Go to bat for Zoe, folks
- 02/07/2009 : I need to get out more
- 02/05/2009 : Sadness is …
- 02/03/2009 : Are authors like journals?
- 02/02/2009 : Pimping … me! More reviews.
- 02/01/2009 : The problem of genre: “Grit Romance”?
- 01/30/2009 : Tent revival: ur doin it rong
- 01/29/2009 : How valuable is knowledge?
- 01/28/2009 : 50-book challenge? Eh…
- 01/27/2009 : Rabbit at rest
- 01/27/2009 : Beethoven makes me peevish
- 01/26/2009 : First, make it good
- 01/25/2009 : Practicing what we preach
- 01/25/2009 : e-Vangelism
- 01/24/2009 : Li’l ol’ me?
- 01/22/2009 : Sharing knowledge
- 01/21/2009 : The role of urban fantasy …
- 01/20/2009 : Unsolicited music on blogs
- 01/19/2009 : The Proviso book “trailer”
- 01/18/2009 : Buy a saddle
- 01/17/2009 : Dear Santa,
- 01/15/2009 : Kansas City: The Shuttlecocks
- 01/14/2009 : This crow needs pepper or sumpin’
- 01/14/2009 : Romance novel notes from 2008
- 01/13/2009 : The forbidden Apple
- 01/12/2009 : I knew it wasn’t just me.
- 01/10/2009 : The project orgy
- 01/09/2009 : Mama, I’m thirsty
- 01/08/2009 : Where I put my brain
- 01/07/2009 : Oz never did give nuthin’ to the tin man
- 01/06/2009 : Rock rejection
- 01/04/2009 : Book Review: The Duchess et al
- 01/03/2009 : Faith and hope and elbow grease
- 01/02/2009 : Kansas City: Randomidity 1
- 01/01/2009 : Happy new year, pass the bleach
- 12/30/2008 : Creating e-books: The easy way
- 12/29/2008 : A rose by any other name
- 12/28/2008 : Book Review: Waiting for Spring
- 12/23/2008 : Officially on holiday
- 12/21/2008 : Creating e-books
- 12/20/2008 : Shit or get off the pot
- 12/19/2008 : The holiday TBR pile
- 12/17/2008 : Jukeboxes and libraries
- 12/16/2008 : What happened to the epic novel?
- 12/15/2008 : Kansas City: Chiefs take my advice
- 12/15/2008 : Viral money-and-politics rant
- 12/14/2008 : Kansas City: Chiefs 12-14
- 12/14/2008 : You can’t leave it alone*
- 12/13/2008 : To be or not to be
- 12/12/2008 : Road. Hell. Intentions.
- 12/11/2008 : The rejection that makes me smile
- 12/10/2008 : Judge. Book. Cover.
- 12/07/2008 : The perfect bookstore
- 12/06/2008 : Book Review: Zoe Winters’s “Kept”
- 12/05/2008 : Oh, Tipper, where are you?
- 12/04/2008 : Book Review: The Truth About Roxy
- 12/03/2008 : The e-TBR
- 12/02/2008 : More reviews for The Proviso!
- 12/01/2008 : My way or the highway
- 11/27/2008 : Happy Tryptophan Day
- 11/26/2008 : Make it easy on the customer
- 11/25/2008 : I chuckle
- 11/24/2008 : Moratorium on manuscript buying
- 11/23/2008 : Why I go to church
- 11/22/2008 : Mormons and vampires
- 11/19/2008 : Ah, homogeneity!
- 11/15/2008 : The book as art
- 11/14/2008 : There’s a moral in this somewhere…
- 11/13/2008 : Book design: ur doin it rong
- 11/13/2008 : Misckellaneous
- 11/08/2008 : The Proviso reviews start coming in…
- 11/04/2008 : I’m a series whore
- 11/03/2008 : Drink the Kindle-ade
- 10/31/2008 : The Proviso
- 10/30/2008 : No, I want the pink-fur handcuffs, Officer.
- 10/27/2008 : Book Review: Do the Math
- 10/27/2008 : Kansas City: Chiefs 10-26
- 10/25/2008 : Meh.
- 10/20/2008 : Not feeling the love
- 10/20/2008 : Doing my part to save a species
- 10/16/2008 : For future reference
- 10/14/2008 : Sex and money
- 10/09/2008 : In which fashion pimps for pedophiles
- 10/07/2008 : Kansas City: LDS temple update
- 10/07/2008 : When does a blog stop being yours?
- 10/06/2008 : Kansas City: Comfort food
- 10/05/2008 : Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins’s $200M mistake
- 10/04/2008 : Kansas City: LDS temple coming soon
- 10/03/2008 : Target: Sony
- 10/03/2008 : Abolish marriage
- 09/30/2008 : Holding my nose to vote. Again.
- 09/29/2008 : The cold-blooded murder of the English tongue
- 09/28/2008 : The perfect purse
- 09/26/2008 : Halloween 2008
- 09/25/2008 : I yam what I yam
- 09/23/2008 : Bad Google! Bad!
- 09/22/2008 : So what’s stopping you?
- 09/21/2008 : The springtime song
- 09/19/2008 : Bits and bytes
- 09/18/2008 : The gatekeepers, part 1
- 09/15/2008 : I wouldn’t be a member of any club…
- 09/14/2008 : So a writer walks into the ePub…
- 09/13/2008 : And the gloves come off
- 09/13/2008 : Beatrix Kiddo, feminist
- 09/13/2008 : Got you on my mind
- 09/06/2008 : Too much of a good thing
- 09/04/2008 : A week!
- 08/28/2008 : The DDJ
- 08/27/2008 : Book Review: Married to a Rock Star
- 08/24/2008 : “Little Lion Face”
- 08/23/2008 : Pretty women
- 08/22/2008 : More steampunk, please!
- 08/21/2008 : Spiritual erotica
- 08/19/2008 : “Mormon” as its own genre
- 08/18/2008 : Religion. Money. Politics. Sex.
- 08/17/2008 : Sassing back
- 08/15/2008 : The pink-collar ghetto
- 08/14/2008 : The 37-year-old virgin heroine
- 08/13/2008 : Publishing potpourri for 100, Alex
- 08/12/2008 : Getting the job done, take 2
- 08/11/2008 : By gosh and by golly
- 08/10/2008 : Blond heroes
- 08/09/2008 : Thinging
- 08/08/2008 : The price of nice
- 08/07/2008 : Take my money, please!
- 08/06/2008 : The voices in my head tell me to
- 08/05/2008 : Decluttering
- 08/04/2008 : What have you done for me lately?
- 08/02/2008 : My guilty pleasure
- 08/01/2008 : An embarrassment of half-assed riches
- 07/31/2008 : Caution: warning label ahead
- 07/30/2008 : Miss Jackson if you’re nasty
- 07/29/2008 : Speaking of book reviews
- 07/28/2008 : Getting the job done
- 07/27/2008 : Genre, let me show u it
- 07/26/2008 : PSA: Literarilywise
- 07/25/2008 : Mormon-Vampire tale blows up intrawebs
- 07/22/2008 : Common sense in publishing
- 07/20/2008 : Kansas City: your basic geography
- 07/19/2008 : Movies post-apocalyptic
- 07/16/2008 : The authorial beau monde
- 07/16/2008 : Kansas City: le sigh…
- 07/09/2008 : Genre romance as trailblazer (as usual)
- 07/09/2008 : Nekkid in public
- 07/08/2008 : I gotta get me one’a dese
- 07/05/2008 : Reading against type
- 06/23/2008 : Bettie Sharpe’s “Ember”
- 06/20/2008 : Thank you, Stephen King.
- 06/19/2008 : “Eventually you will succeed.”
- 06/13/2008 : I rode this train for so long … why?
- 06/08/2008 : Hatchet, ax, and saw
- 06/08/2008 : Book Review: Angel Falling Softly
- 06/08/2008 : Speaking of politics…
- 06/08/2008 : Niches are nice, but…
- 04/29/2008 : I am so getting this book
- 04/17/2008 : What the hell is Mormon romance?
- 04/17/2008 : Go West!