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[14 May 2008 | Comments Off | ]

The girls played again last night, and this time the score was a bit more outrageous. 34-5 for us.
Little E. was back (we thought she’d quit, but there she was…) and there is no jumping back from the pitch this year. I can’t remember if I’d mentioned how she is the youngest and smallest on the team last year? Anyway, she’d been hit pretty bad the first year she played, and last year she got nailed HARD the first game out, then again at our first away game. I mean, …

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[12 May 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

A Mother’s Love can be Devastating
Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel opens to pre-orders this Mother’s Day!
Nothing good comes of the closest ties in Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales, the new collection from Fran Friel and Apex Publications. Things can go especially awry when the tie in question is the one binding mother and son.
The Bram Stoker Award-nominated novella “Mama’s Boy” is the cornerstone of this 14-story collection from author Fran Friel and Apex Publications. A man whose mother’s demented love for him has turned him …

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[8 May 2008 | Comments Off | ]

Mama Mama, can’t you see,
What Fastpitch softball’s doin’ to me?
My body aches, I need a rest;
But that’s what it takes, to be the best!
Yeah, so I’m going into ‘baseball mom’ mode.
GDI! It was freaking cold out there tonight. It never occured to me to check the damn weather before we left for the game. The girls at least, were slightly better prepared than I. Care wore her warm-up under the jersey and Rhia wore her volleyball sweatshirt, since they’d given her the same number for that team. Most …

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[8 May 2008 | Comments Off | ]

Mama Mama, can’t you see,
What Fastpitch softball’s doin’ to me?
My body aches, I need a rest;
But that’s what it takes, to be the best!
Yeah, so I’m going into ‘baseball mom’ mode.
GDI! It was freaking cold out there tonight. It never occured to me to check the damn weather before we left for the game. The girls at least, were slightly better prepared than I. Care wore her warm-up under the jersey and Rhia wore her volleyball sweatshirt, since they’d given her the same number for that team. Most …

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[8 May 2008 | Comments Off | ]

Parasitic Thoughts will be out soon. Our editor has ordered a proof copy, and will let us know when it will be available. Meantime, the cover and my blurb are on the Books page. I’ll get a purchase link in there soon.
I fiddled with my meez the other night, and other than the short hair, here’s what the green would look like:

I dare you to make me look like that. I dare you. Come on… Click here!