Barbaric! This weekend was strange for writing. I did work on the novel, but would not like to report a word count. Mostly because the work involved re-outlining, determining a family genealogy, how their hereditary magic worked, and general dramatics of said dynastic family. Hey, it seemed important! While it did not result immediately in […]
Yay! Tod and I got into another anthology. We just received the notice tonight and sent back the contract. So, our short story “The Peace of Il-Maqluba” will be coming out in the Falcons of Malta Anthology with Raconteur Press in late May. We are very excited. There was much squeeing, which was fun because […]
Sunday Salutations from the Black Dog Club I like to do a nice recap of the week on Sundays. Sometimes this is a reflection of the week as a whole. Sometimes this is just focused on recent events. However, one of the things I have come to realize is these Sunday Reflections help me feel […]
Faceplanting into an Amazon Author Page We followed a nice walk through by Cedar Sanderson (https://madgeniusclub.com/2023/03/25/how-to-author-central/) to set up our Amazon author account. It is a pretty good description, but it somewhat assumes that you already have an author central page or at least are very able to claim your book (AKA that you haven’t only […]
A dog-training lesson on AKC Novice Trick Dog tricks, as Crokell records catch, crawl, fetch, high five, twirl, and more – with Tod as camera crew in our chaotic casa.
Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Vegan*, Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe and Writing updates.
This week we were walking Crokell (our Newfie). I am working on training him because I want to title him in a few dog obedience events (rally, trick dog, and water dog, hopefully). So, during the walks Tod calls which directions to turn but doesn’t turn until I and Crokell do because it is “training” […]
I bring you the one, the only, the pollen dog. Welcome to Spring in Houston.
Recipe post for our 8th anniversary: a Paleo fudge cake that’s free of chaotic add-ins!
Our first short story is out and in print! Space Cowboys 2: Electric Boogaloo Rodeo is out and can be ordered via Amazon (https://books.akristinacasasent.com/7zfdugps0r) Our story is “Space Sheep and the Electric Cow” – throwing a little humor into the grit of space country. Tod and I are super excited and look forward to hopefully […]
