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  • IWSG November 2026

    As a writer, do you have favorite themes that you like to explore in your stories? If so, what are they? Themes??? Bwahahahhahahhahaah!! Oh, honey. Themes are for people who plan. I generally don’t have a plan. I have a concept, built around a scene or a phrase or something else of equal irrelevance, and…

  • Progress Report October 2026

    I would like to begin this post by pointing out that I don’t typically jump into things that may affect me in a big way without a lot of research and thought. As an example, when I came up with the name “Lynne Maris” for my romance author pseudonym, I ran it through several searches.…

  • Wednesday Word October 2026: Pettifogger

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. PETTIFOGGER Someone who quibbles over trivia and raises petty, annoying objections. I game D&D with people like this. What’s really irritating is that they have admitted that they are not familiar with the…

  • Mental Health October 2026

    Sometimes it be like that.

  • IWSG Octopus 2026

    Oops. Well, that mistake makes me smile, so I’ll leave it. There hasn’t been much of that, lately. Anyhoo… Many people are calling for writers who use AI to disclose it. Most who employ ghostwriters do not admit it – do you think authors who use ghostwriters should have to disclose that, too? I already…

  • WTF Wednesday September 2026

    Perimenopause. Is bullshit.