Lynne Simpson

One of my best friends in the whole world was born on the same day, one year apart, as my husband. We try not to hold it against him that his dogs are cuter than ours. Oh, and smarter, too. :-) Happy Birthday, Phil!

In all my years of listening to local radio, I never heard of Iced Earth. Thanks to XM's Boneyard and Squizz, many sad gaps in my music listening experience are finally being corrected. I've been a metal fan since high school, so I don't know how I managed to miss Iced Earth. Well, that's not [...]

It seems like there has been a string of flame wars all summer long in the romance novel blogosphere. Reminds me of the old rec.games.frp.dnd or alt.magick flame wars on Usenet. Or, worse, that really nasty one — was it nine or ten years ago? — on rec.crafts.misc where people got all upset at a [...]

People who deduct points for passive voice but don't know what it is should not be judging writing contests. Just sayin'.

I'm so used to driving a car with a navigation system that I almost never look up addresses before I go somewhere. Foolish, yes, but so far I've gotten away with it. When we were on the outskirts of Indianapolis Saturday morning, I realized that I had NO idea where the convention center was. I [...]