Lynne Simpson

I think all writers have this problem to some degree. You scribble a reminder to yourself to research burial customs in Regency England. You come up with a great scene while you’re eating breakfast in a restaurant and jot down as much as you can on the back of envelopes and scraps of paper. You [...]

In other words, John and I just bought a Wii. :-) We haven’t found a Wii Fit in stock in any local stores yet, but we’re hoping to get one sometime this week. In the meantime, we’re playing the tennis, bowling, and boxing games in the sports package that came with the console. John even [...]

When the owner of our cleaning service sent out a bizarre, racist email to her entire client list back in September, we decided not to give them any further business. Since then, we’ve been looking for a replacement service but haven’t found one. In the meantime, we’re cleaning this rather too-large-for-us house ourselves. One of [...]

You’d think a person with more than twenty years’ experience in the computer biz wouldn’t be foolish enough to download and install applications from untrusted sources, but sometimes even those who ought to know better get distracted by shiny, pretty graphics. Oh, the humiliation. :-) I’ve been working on my pseudonyms’ web sites lately to [...]

I’ve made it clear that I have nothing but contempt for those who sock puppet for financial gain, as was the case with cheating in FanLit. But I have similar disdain for those who make cheesy attempts to support their point of view when they’re losing an online argument. If you’re reading a long discussion [...]