It's a low pain day. That's all. It's just not a miserable day, and I'm going to celebrate it.

sending you my good thoughts too

DTF means very different things depending on if I'm on a craft page or spicy romance book group. I will forever giggle in the craft groups when someone says they love DTF.

My hubby and two of our kids are off to the Faun concert in Chicago. I'm crafting and wordsmithing today. Open story docs of mine: Reality Check & After the D3some Open editing docs of authors I publish: Hodag Days

I'm turning old broken charm bracelets that belonged to my husband's grandparents' antique dealing business into new chainmail necklaces so that the teapots can be loved. I call this one "Cozy Mystery." When my wrists are sore from chainmail, then it's on to inking dice.

My brain is a "WTF, needs more/less coffee" place right now, but I decided to go with it. Announcing: Santa's Sweet Shifters, a trilogy of holiday novellas. They'll be released December 1, 8, and 15

I've been making dragon necklaces for Spooky Frog Book Festival, Dragon Days, and Fall & Fantasy Fest. I guess this makes it the House of the Dragon, or at least the Kitchen of the Dragon.

My partner's grandparents had been antiques dealers, and when his gpa passed away, we were given a bunch of their costume jewelry. I turned a rusted bracelet of teapot charms into chainmaille necklaces. Hubby says the one reminds him of #KnivesOut#books

Writing, editing, and crafting in my waking hours that aren't spent cleaning the house or driving kids to work, medical, or school things.... I wish there were a few more hours each day for writing.

We're in the home stretch for our new line of bagged teas and our total packaging makeover, teahearts! How stunning are these teabag boxes? 😍 We still anticipate rolling these out to crowdfunding backers in Oct and the rest of our communitea will have access right around Nov.