Category: Random
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This is Bullshit….
So, there’s this totally accurate statistic I read somewhere on the internet a few years back, about the average publishing age of women vs. men. Women publish fictional novels at a later point in life, typically. Not all of them, obviously; just a notable amount. Almost as though the majority of women are taking care…
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In Defense of Whimsy
I’ve always been a little odd. The square peg that almost fits in the round hole, but not quite. When I was a child my oddness marked me out a bit. I wasn’t quite the most unpopular kid in school, but I was definitely on the lower end of the pecking order. This may be…
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Cover Art!
After a month (or more, *ahem*) I may have finished my first cover art! Maybe. I think it looks good, for a home-job. Now I just need three more. And, blurbs. Is there anyone out there who enjoys writing blurbs? I think I’ll just focus on cover art, right now. GIMP is a little more…
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Things that make you say hmmm…
I was talking to my son, complaining ng about his father’s commentary on some of my manuscripts. Brandon says that when I use curse words in my text, it’s crass and vulgar, and yet, Everytime he comes across a new twist of foul language by another author, he cackles with glee. I feel this to…
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IWSG December 2020
So… This has been a year, hasn’t it? Perhaps our apocalypse outfits weren’t awesome cool badassery with knives and guns and bandoliers with military issue pants and boots scrounged from an army surplus store, but to be fair, we weren’t fighting zombies or aliens or killer robots either. No, our opponent for world domination is…
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IWSG August 2020
Someone recently asked how my writing goals for 2020 and Summer 2020 specifically were going. BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhahhahhheheheeehhewehewahwaaaaaahhhhh!!! (a descent into hysterical crying) *ahem* So, yeah. 2020 has not been so awesome on the writing front. I’ve been getting other projects done that have been hanging over me for a while (in some cases–years), and I am…