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  • Fictiophilia – an IWSG Post

    Have you ever fallen in love with a fictional character? Sad to say, yes, I have. And to be fair, most people have. There are few people in this world who haven’t fantasized about someone.  Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Zoe Washburne, Velma Dinkly, Cole Brookstone, Harry Dresden… the list goes on. I bet if you…

  • Bad Days

    I’ve been having a run of bad days that have been ceaselessly piling up on top of each other. I can track the most recent and notable ones back to about October 2016, and the bigger, even more obvious ones indicating something was not on the level at about February 2016, but the discreet events…

  • Looking at How I’m Going to Get There

    One of my personal self-publishing heroes is Kristine Kathryn Rusch. If you haven’t read her posts, especially her Wednesday Business Musings, you are seriously missing out. (I would donate or do the Patreon thing to support her if I could, by my own financial demands are such that I can’t at this moment in time.…

  • Resisting Technological Advances – A Tale As Old As Time

    I am a luddite. Some technological changes do not please me. I do not like the cloud. I do not like e-books. I do not like streaming music/videos. All of this has to do with the fact that I prefer physical possession of media. I enjoy scribbling notes in my books. I notice I don’t…

  • Contest Results

    Back on October 1, I received an email flyer from my community center/library. I get them monthly, no big deal. But Ocotber’s grabbed my face  – Short Story Contest, here’s a picture for your writing prompt, 1500 words, Halloween Deadline, GO! Ordinarily, short stories don’t work for me. If they involve characters I already know…

  • A Lesson About Being a Smart-Ass

    About 8 years ago, I was attending my first (and only) Writer’s Conference. I had fun, I was filled with intimidation and the phrase “self-publish” was still derogatory in 2008. I didn’t network much, but I didn’t really know what I needed, as  a writer and as a business woman. I wouldn’t say that I…