Category: Writer

  • IWSG December 2025

    December 3 question – As a writer, what was one of the coolest/best gifts you ever received? Ummm….from someone else? Space pens. They’re awesome. They’re just awesome. Now you can get different color inks, too. But my favoritist gifty was one I bought for myself when I was 14. It’s a storyteller ring with this…

  • Progress Report November 2026

    We have discovered that a large portion of the problems I’m having formatting my manuscripts is because my laptop is old, and Scribus is apparently a memory hog. Notice I said “a large portion of the problems.” The rest of the problems seem to be my ability to copy paste cut and format in a…

  • IWSG November 2025

    November 5 question – When you began writing, what did you imagine your life as a writer would be like? Were you right, or has this experience presented you with some surprises along the way? If we go back in time to elementary or even high school, I dreamt I would be the next Richard…

  • Progress Report October 2025

    When you get that first Automatic Remittance Notice declaring that a company has deposited money into your account in accordance with your contract earnings, it’s a really cool feeling. “Ah, yes,” you think, kicking back in your most comfy chair, wearing a smoking jacket, monster feet slippers, and holding a bubble pipe in hand. “Of…

  • IWSG October 2025

    October 1 question – What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why? It’s October already? Guh. Wasn’t I still trying to process the summer to-do list stress last week? The to-do list that never made it to the got-done list? Like get my body into spooky-season shape? I’m pretty…

  • September 2025 Progress Report

    I’m not the swiftest. It can take me a while to really understand something. Maybe even longer to be able to put it in words. This particular post is about small business generally, and some may even classify it as a rant. Either way, it is a valuable lesson I’ve recently been able to put…