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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • THE WAFFLE DANCE!!!!

    Let’s do the Waffle Dance! The Waffle! The Waffle! The Waffle, Waffle, Waffle! *cough* Ahem. “The Waffle” is what I’m terming this particular phase my brain is in. Circumstances are such that I feel I need some kind of reliable employment. My circumstances are also such that I do not need it today, but it…

  • The Grind of Uncertainty

    My children will be entering 6th grade this coming Fall semester. Our school district has announced it has intentions to open with 100% in person learning, five full days a week. “But we still have plans for a hybrid model and a 100% online model, just in case.”‘ I think the 100% in person learning…

  • IWSG July 2020

    Dammit! I lost the pool for June. I had my money on Sharknado in Texas, but it didn’t pan out. Neither did the last minute bet on “The Mummy” causing havoc in the US. Anyhoo… The topic of the month is how you think the publishing will or should change in the near future. I…