My 90+ year-old grandmother fell and broke her hip on Tuesday while the fridge was being repaired. Being my grandmother, of course, she refused to leave–in spite of the repairman’s help in getting her up and calling the hospital–until the fridge was fixed. But it appears no additional harm came from that and she underwent hip replacement Wednesday afternoon and was able to chat with me on the phone 30 minutes afterward. She’s an amazing and tough lady and we all hope the rest of her recovery goes as swiftly and smoothly as the surgery did. I love my grandmother, but she really shouldn’t go ice-skating on the laundry room floor like that! 😉

I’m going to be attending and leading a couple of discussions/workshops at the Second Session of the Rainforest Writers Village retreat March 9-13 along with Mary Robinette Kowal, Susan Matthews, Jennifer Brozek, Erin Evans, and Erika Holt among others. There’s still some space available….

I’m ranting about Runcible spoons and forks and salad tongs over on the Blog! Go there and be dazzled (or not)….

It’s taken a while, but I’ve updated the Books page with Downpour and the latest anthology to include a story by me. The menu on the side is acting a little odd, but I do finally have listings for both books and an excerpt and cover for Downpour up.

DOWNPOUR  is now on its way back to my editor after revision. I hope I didn’t miss anything, but I’d reached the point where I couldn’t tell, so… off it went. Next step: Copyediting. Still on schedule for release in the US August 2, 2011.

Umm… it’s snowing in our marina. This is very rare. I wonder if it will still be here tomorrow….

It's freakin' snowing in the marina!

Hey look what I have! The cover for Downpour! I’m working on the gallery page but it may take a while since I’m finishing up the revision on this puppy first….

Downpour, Greywalker #6 US edition August 2011