For the Criminally Inane

 Every few years I put out a gift guide because at this point in the season or maybe it's in my life, I am an adult with adult money. Also nearly all my kids are out of the house. (But I'm not willing to give up my minivan yet. Mine's almost 20 years old!)  So it's harder to buy for them because I don't see them every day. But here's what I'm thinking of getting them for Christmas. (Mostly 20 bucks or less.) Husband: I bought him a towel warmer . Our bathroom faces northward it never seems to get warm. I like that this one is collapsable for storage in the summer. I would love to put socks in here too or pants before wearing them so that you can get the out-of-the-dryer feel every day. I usually get him tickets to a local performance as he loves music. Japanese-insipried things like chopsticks or t-shirts since he lived there for two years and still speaks Japanese.  Anime-inspired stuff since it's becoming more mainstream is easier to find. Here's a...

  We funded my second book, Chains Of Deceit!  Yay! Thank you so much for all your support and for helping me bring these beautiful books into the world. I am finishing the final revisions before sending it to the editor. My Alpha reader (aka my husband) says it needs more kissing and a more epic ending! So I MUST deliver. Usually my fight scenes while I'm writing the first draft goes something like this: They stare down the corridor with menacing grins and glinting eyes. ***come back and describe fight scene here*** Result is that MCG is wounded. Which is funny to my husband. But I have to write the overall plot before I describe the details. It's jut how it works for me. *shrug* I don't mess with the formula. Details for me come last. I think it's because I write the first draft so quickly and roughly, I imagine it's like a sketch before the ink and pen. A rough in, if you will. Details comes later. So more kissing and a more epic ending is coming your way. I had ...