(Dianne) Fox Writes

Toby had convinced Ven to take one day off, really take a vacation day. It turned out to be more of a half-day, since the gas inspector had been by to check out the pipes and the new fireplace in the master bedroom that morning, but after that, Ven had been hauled away from work [...]

“Okay,” Brenda said, straightening up from being hugged by Charlotte, who promptly shifted from hugging her mother’s neck to hugging her mother’s leg. She was always a little clingy when she got to whomever it was she hadn’t seen for a few days, even if that person was Ven. “The colors we’re after are yellow [...]

Best friends in their last year of college are falling apart until their conflict opens a closet full of family drama, high anxiety, and hidden longing. Bryce and Zac knew who they were — until they had to start over from the first kiss.
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Becoming Us: Bonus Material
This print collection includes Renovations: In a Family [...]

It’s been a good week for me. For all of the busy (and there’s been a lot of busy), I’ve gotten some work done on Percussion, including a detailed outline that will take me through the rest of the story. Hooray!
Also, Anah found a new review of Renovations 6: Coming Home at Joyfully Reviewed: “If [...]

“If you have read the rest of the Renovations series, you will enjoy this happy ending for two enjoyable characters.”
-Emily, Rainbow Reviews (read the review here.)
“If COMING HOME is the last of the Renovations chasers, it’s the perfect ending. If not, I look forward to more!”
-Nannette, Joyfully Reviewed (read the review here.)

You’ll notice that my to-do list got a lot shorter. This isn’t because anything got done (other than the massive edits for Becoming Us), but rather because I think I need this list to reflect my current priorities. Right now, my priorities are these things.
Tatterdemalion is getting ready to go into its second-to-last round of [...]

“I like the symbolism of the houses they restore: till the moment both of them Toby and Ven, are not ready to settle down, they play with the houses like two kids, they buy, restore and sell, they never do the work for their own. But when their relationship is starting to become something else, [...]

Anah Crow and I are over at the Torquere Social LiveJournal today and tomorrow, playing hostess(es) and being all-around entertaining. We’ll be posting excerpts from “Heightened Senses”, our story in the K9 Taste Test mini-anthology, as well as from Renovations I: Framework, our new print collection. We also have some new free fiction in store [...]

“Do you boys want some more pie before I’m done in here?” Momma called from the kitchen.
“It’s a crime to let Momma’s buttermilk pie just sit there,” Ven murmured.
Toby rested a hand on his belly and hummed a little, then started to wriggle up off the couch. “I’d love some more pie. Anybody else want [...]

Let’s see…
“Equilibrium” is finished. I’ve done my round of revisions, and it’s on the revision pile for Anah now. I really like this one. We took an idea and stripped it down to its bones, and I think we made it work really well.
We wrote a new Jamie&Riaz short story for the Turn of the [...]