My Life
Getting lei'd
Leis are a big thing in Hawaii, especially this time of year with the end of school and graduations. Graduation weekend, the plumeria trees for miles around were stripped, the grocery stores were out, and people were calling Oahu and the Big Island for more of...
Rites of passage: across all cultures and throughout time.
Rite of passage –noun 1. Anthropology . a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or...
Traveling with kids–whether you like it or not
Everything about this trip has been wonderfully smooth. Mom picked us up in the Red Rocket (aka sister’s van) and dropped us off at the curb of the airport where Mike had the porter take away our bags, and with preprinted boarding passes, we just walked to the gate....
Thoughts on being a mom on Mother's Day
Our girl is graduating from college this coming Saturday. In a fugue state, I address the announcements. How did it happen so fast? I still remember the scent of the back of her infant neck, a peachy milky perfume, and the feel of her velvety bald head against my...
Embarrassed.
I did a dumb thing yesterday. Dumber than posting about porn? Yes, yes it was. I reposted this: Then I read this: Washington Post. And a few more blogs. The dude (who I thought was Denzel Washington) is really Malcolm X. The quote, butchered bits from a lady in Japan...
“Pono” is still the right thing.
I'm going to do a more controversial post again (brewing on another hot topic right now), but I thought a change of pace might be nice. We writers try to do that in our work, mix the sour with the sweet, follow action with consolidation. We don't want to exhaust our...
More porn ponderings
I'm not comfortable being controversial and my last post was my first real foray into strong opinion and divisive topic. It's making me squirm, and brace myself every time I log onto my computer. Not only that, people are talking to me in PERSON about the blog, and...
My Writing
Is the blog tour dead?
Is the blog tour dead? Do blog tours actually work to generate book sales? A few days ago I asked: is anyone reading blogs? It was another way of asking the same question, but broader. And the results were fascinating. First of all, I had more blog hits than anything...
Is anyone reading blogs anymore?
Specifically, is anyone reading author blogs anymore? This thought has been occurring to me lately as I look ahead to next month when Torch Ginger comes out. Yes, folks, mid-July I’ll be launching the second in the Lei Crime Series, with all its attendant excitement...
Consumed by Hunger Games
I’m late to the Games, but consumed with Hunger. Holy mama, those Hunger Games books are smokin’ page turners! But first the backstory on why I’m so late to the Games. My sister is a literary-type reader. She’s been a tough beta-reader for my Lei Crime Series but...
Have you ever watched the moon rise?
One of the very talented authors I've become acquainted with in my writing journey is science fiction/fantasy writer Mary Pax. She's joining us to today to introduce her newest book, The Backworlds, and talk about what sparks creativity for her. Welcome and aloha,...
Writer and editor Loren Kleinman dishes up the “yummy center of indie.”
One of the coolest things I get to do on the blog is bring some amazing people in to share their perspectives. I'm excited to introduce you to the passionate and talented Loren Kleinman, a writer and editor with some very impressive credentials who is involved with...
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