Podiobooks launch
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Dog Boarding
Today the dogs have an “ interview” at a new kennel, if you can believe it. Competition is fierce to board your dog in the Silicon Valley Outback. Their usual kennel “resort,” which we call The Palace, is full, and if Zar and Daisy blow their interview we’re not leaving town for Thanksgiving. We’ve been trying to tire them out all day—throwing sticks and running all over the place. Mike […]
False Alarm – chapter 10 podcast
Here’s chapter 10 of my podcast of my novel, False Alarm. You can also download it free on iTunes. I’d love to hear your comments. Even though she suspects a setup, Kate drives across the Golden Gate Bridge to see firm rival and megalo-agent Randy Nester. He’s invited her to pitch to his clients on Christmas Eve, and she gets a surprise. She’s actually considering adopting Pedro for the holidays, […]
Writing Fiction
My brother, Stan, just texted me that I’m getting “more at ease” on my podcasts and my sound quality on his iPhone 4S “sounds like you’re at the gym with me!” Very sweet of him—I hope he’s not working too hard to come up with something, but I’ll take it. I certainly do not feel “at ease” with the microphone, but I don’t think it’s necessarily natural for a writer, […]
False Alarm – Chapter 9 podcast
Here’s chapter 9 of my podcast of my novel, False Alarm. You can also download it free on iTunes. I’d love to hear your comments. Kate’s husband, Sandy, sets the bathroom on fire—and Kate is really starting to wonder about his obsession with fire in terms of his fireman quest. Pyromania comes to mind—and in a way it’s reassuring—better pyromania than he wants to get away from her! She’s starting […]
False Alarm – Chapter 8 podcast
Here’s chapter 8 of my podcast of my novel, False Alarm. You can also download it free on iTunes. I’d love to hear your comments. The day of Sandy’s firefighter exam, Kate catches Sandy in a small lie and wonders what else he’s lying about. Pedro asks Kate to find him a car and is coming on strong, while Kate tries to walk the line of respectable client relations. She […]
Tasty Morsels
Tomorrow podcast Episode 8 of False Alarm will be up. Kate has plenty to distract her at the office and on the domestic front. I think it’s really hard to straddle those two worlds. You know how it is when you feel like you can’t do a good job at anything. Responsibilities with the kids are overwhelming, but the dogs are over the top. Right now in the Silicon Valley […]
False Alarm – Chapter 7 podcast
Here’s chapter 7 of my podcast of my novel, False Alarm. You can also download it free on iTunes. I’d love to hear your comments. Kate interviews a therapist for Pedro and inadvertently gets sucked into treatment herself. Peter tries intimidating Kate to get her out of the bonus race. Kate’s dinner meeting with Pedro is more than that she bargains for.
The Addams Family
It’s that time of year again—Halloween and John’s birthday. Last year it was easier because on a trip to Ireland we were so lucky to get to visit the artist Gottfried Helnwein, who lives in a castle and has a collection of skulls that John thought was cool. I thought this astonishing artist, with his all-black attire and collection of poison bottles, was inspiration for a fictional character, while John […]
False Alarm – Chapter 6 podcast
Here’s chapter 6 of my podcast of my novel, False Alarm. You can also download it free on iTunes. I’d love to hear your comments. Domestic tensions rise when Sandy hires a 20-year Irish personal trainer to get him in shape. Kate’s boss tells her that she’s not in the bonus race, but Kate still has her dinner meeting coming up with Pedro. Kate intercepts a call from megalo-agent and […]