Author Archives: dichroic

Together in Percival launches tomorrow!! Available in paperback and e-book (including KU) on Amazon.  Paperbacks will be also be available from Ingram, and I can post a direct link tomorrow (ISBN is 9798999746351); not sure how soon after that other sellers … Continue reading →

Together in Percival is the third and final book of the Percival Stories trilogy. You can now preorder the e-book at Amazon. The e-book and paperback will both be available on October 23. (Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing doesn’t let indie … Continue reading →

Seems like for the last few days, my feed is full of death. A friend lost the love of her life after a difficult stint caring for him in his illness; another friend marked the anniversary of a similar loss, … Continue reading →

We’re currently “wasting” a day in Istanbul, and I’m pretty happy about that. We left home midday Thursday, stayed overnight in Portland (one of our last stays at the Hillsboro townhouse, hopefully), caught a flight out Friday, spent a few … Continue reading →

I used to dislike Facebook (and Twitter, even before it was X) because I liked reading about people’s lives in long form, with nuances and thoughts, not just quick peeks. Eventually, FB became my main social media (other than Ravelry) … Continue reading →

With my 59th birthday coming up, I’ve been thinking about how my adult life has been structured, more or less, around decades. My 20s were the foundation decade: got a degree, moved halfway across the country, got my first job, … Continue reading →

I have a cover! And I’m shooting for a March 10 release date for At Home in Percival, book 2 in The Percival Stories. (The date listed at Amazon is farther out, just because you can pull a release date … Continue reading →

I confess it’s a lot of fun to look at the Amazon dashboard and see people buying and reading AHiP! So far I’ve only had one day in which I made $0 on AHiP, meaning no one bought it or … Continue reading →

Still working on website. Had a successful (I think she is, anyway) author kindly offer to answer questions and provide some insight into Amazon tools – problem is, Amazon will only tell you how successful a book is right this … Continue reading →

I can’t even blame self-publishing for this – even when I traditionally published my first book, the publisher didn’t do all that much promotion. So all the stuff I’m doing now, I should probably have done. (For comparison, the current … Continue reading →