I used to post first drafts of first chapters here all the time and then I stopped for some reason–I guess I got afraid that I would post something that sucked so badly that you would all decide to never read any real book I wrote ever again. Or something like that. But hell, if […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
(I hate to be one of those people who Tells Your About Their Character, but since people asked for the resolution…) So when last we left our intrepid adventurers, Rooster the paladin was standing toe to toe with the avatar of Vecna, the rest of the party was scattered through a dungeon, and cultists infested […]
Ten years ago today, I left Arizona for North Carolina. Ten years is a very long time. I have a hard time believing it’s been that long, or only that long. Many, many things have happened since then, some of them terrible, most of them good. (Much of it was front-loaded into the first four […]
Kevin was out of town this week, so I started about eleven hundred projects in order to keep from going bonkers. (I am hella productive when I’m solo. I think it’s because I get restless and wander around and start drawing when I’d normally just poke Kevin a few times and laugh maniacally. This is […]
If you want to be a writer–and lord, so many of us do, even when we ought to know better!–you could do a lot worse than to read this piece by Kameron Hurley. Writing for me was never an act of courage, an act of defiance, an act of…well, much of anything. I suppose it […]
Hard on the heels of yesterday…I have a couple this week, and a couple of thoughts, such as they are! (Critique is welcome, but be kind–I’m still new at this!) Angus the cat, taken in Camera+ and filtered therein. Turns out if you blur around the edges, for whatever reason, it tells the brain that […]
Okay, internet, let’s do this thing! For 2014, I’m gonna make an effort to post a photo a week, and I will get better. Or I won’t. This may not be one of my skills, but I WILL give it a try. The Rules (such as they are:) 1. One a week. If the week […]
Okay, shameful confession time. I have a weird admiration for lifestyle blogging. You probably know the kind. Very elegant staged shots of end-table dioramas that will probably wind up in decorating magazines. Soft-focus shots of food and hygienically grungy flea market stalls. “Easy” recipes that require more ingredients than bread and Velveeta cheese.* Step-by-step instructions […]
So here the party is, slaying their way through the dungeon, wandering through a maze, and we come across a cultist. ROOSTER: Convert or die, and I’m really in a hurry, so let’s make that decision quick, okay? Three…two…one… CULTIST: Convert! Convert! (loudly, obviously trying to raise the alarm) Oh look, a paladin of the […]
Once upon a time, when I was quite young, I mentioned to a friend’s father that I was taking a pottery class. He pontificated on the ceramic arts for a few minutes, then said “When you can sit down at the wheel in a floor-length black dress and throw ten pots and not get a […]
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