The now famous 1996 Ford Taurus, our only so-you-want- to-be-an-author car was dead in the driveway when we got home from Mexico yesterday.  Not too surprising as it has been sitting in the driveway  for months.  I charged the battery yesterday.  Started fine, but the poor old thing was dead again this morning. Took my [...]

Leaving Scottsdale, headed up to the farm…getting home in stages. Marcia and Jerry’s house is great. Arrived yesterday afternoon and had fresh squeezed grapefruit, although I could have had fresh squeezed orange juice. Both can be found on trees in their backyard. This was followed by perfectly grilled steaks cooked outside…another advantage of living in [...]

Up at 2AM working. What??? Don’t ask me, I’m just the writer. Perhaps my brain knows it’s going to be a busy day with company and the workers, and the wee hours of the morning is the only time to get my work in. When this happens I don’t fight it. I just go with [...]

I was up until midnight working and I’m back to work at 7 this morning.  I wish I could say that I was “working” on I,Q 2 until midnight, but I wasn’t…at least not all that time. I had to spend several hours getting my calendar set for the next few weeks of speaking engagements.   [...]

Up at 6… Took a little bit of break this morning to go to my last Swap Meet.  I’m not a donut guy, but I love the donuts at the meet.  One a week. Got my last one for this trip and took it back to the house to eat while I work on I,Q [...]

Up after 6:00AM and I went to sleep early… If this keeps up, in a few weeks I won’t wake up at all.  Things are well at La Casa.  The remodel is pretty much a wrap.  We actually spent a few relaxing hours in the living room last night reading.  I found a paperback on [...]

Up at 4:30 AM… And yes, the stove worked so there was coffee early this morning. And if you’re thinking: “Wow, he’s so dedicated and disciplined he wakes up at four o’clock in the morning!”   Stop it.  I was sound asleep at 8PM the night before so I got as much sleep as you did [...]

Our rental house days are behind us and we are back in the Casa, which is about 90% complete.  All we need is a kitchen sink…literally…and a few other things… As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I sent in two new novels last week, and now I’m working on I,Q2.  What’s interesting about [...]