M.K. Hobson's Blog, page 12

My Week in Twitter

Couldn't talk daughter out of stealing from the lonely old lady, but at least got her to leave something in exchange. Skyrim moral victory! # Stayed late after work to finish up a major blog post on why 1910 rocked. Did you know Teddy Roosevelt invented 1337? Details tomorrow! # Husband has been [...]

Lips, Part Deux

So last night when I got home, I was so fired up with enthusiasm over the idea of making my own secret special lip balm which would obviate the need to carry around vagina anti-itch cream in my purse (a difficulty detailed in my blog post about my personal lip woes) that I actually put [...]

The State of My Lips

See these gorgeous lips? These are not my lips.

I know I usually complain about my butt, but over the past several months (really, now that I think about it, this has been going on for a whole year) I have been struggling with chronic and severe chapped lips. And not just your [...]

Welcome to 1910

So in case anyone who reads this blog is insufficiently schooled in the extent and specifics of my ongoing insanity, I shall lay it all out in the simplest of terms: I am writing a series. And not just any series, but a fantasy series. And not just any fantasy series, but a [...]

From the book research folder

Ladies' hats, 1910

My Week in Twitter

My daughter's flute teacher is a bad-@ss. I kind of love her. # I have learned a very valuable lesson today: Never reset your work computer password on Friday afternoon. # Woot! Just got my email from Kickstarter approving my project. I figured they would, but it they hadn't it sure would've been [...]

Gold Certificates, United States Notes, and Federal Reserve Notes

Gold Certificates

One fun thing about writing historical fiction is that you never know what interesting little research rabbit holes you're going fall down. One that I've ended up spending quite a bit of time on over the past couple of days is what kind of money my characters (in 1910) would use. [...]

From the book research folder

Hotel Stockton, Stockton California, 1910

Lee Moyer dissects the cover art of my first two books

This past week, artist Lee Moyer and I lunched at Portland's Veritable Quandary to discuss cover art for my next two books. Spending time with Lee is always a treat—he can converse brilliantly on a wide range of subjects—but he is never more in his element than when he's talking about art.

At that lunch, Lee [...]

Twitter: 2012-01-22

Awake and birthday ready! Let's start the day with a box of donuts, coffee & a dog walk! More prezzies here: http://t.co/zmYuDNZn #

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