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July 30, 2020
Adult Coloring video
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July 16, 2020
Flip Thru – Moon Princesses, Myths & Monsters Vol. 1-3 M. Patrick Duggan
Flip Thru – Moon Princesses, Myths & Monsters Vol. 1-3 M. Patrick Duggan
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May 31, 2020
May 29, 2020
Alice Hoffman interview on BookBub
Interview with Alice Hoffman, such an incredible writer… Ah, 1995. I was about 28 years old and living in New York City when I first heard about Alice Hoffman. The city was changing every day, and I was too. Let’s face it, those last few years before 30 are like dog years. I remember walking through the East Village seeing ...
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February 17, 2020
What Lurks in Foster’s Grove?
Recently, I wrote a D&D5e module! Here’s the description: Everyone knows about Foster’s Grove. It is where the Pixie Princess Cleo Honeyberry blessed the apple groves and lived for a thousand years. Foster’s apples are said to be the best in the world, and the Foster family who farms that land are renowned for their generosity and kindness. Sadly, the ...
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April 19, 2019
Overheard (cartoon strip)
Overheard. For years on social media, I’ve been posting funny little eavesdropping bits (Overheard and then posted). I’ll be sitting at coffee shop, or wandering the aisles of the local grocer and suddenly overhear some tidbit of dialogue. It’s always out of context, of course… and that’s partly what makes it so funny. Sometimes I misunderstand, but that turns out ...
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March 21, 2019
Sneak Peak at Moon Princesses
I love this book, and I wish more people would see it. The Moon Princesses & Space Monsters coloring book is a loving but semiotic look at Science Fiction tropes… in the form of a coloring book. The images are some of my best (and favorite). They are also Art Nouveau while also being sort of Space Nouveau. It won ...
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March 19, 2019
Listening was the Enemy
BEFORE: Writing: I didn’t used to listen to music while writing. It was too distracting. Hearing the ideas of others seemed to invade my own thoughts, and it became a struggle. If I ignored them and went with the melody, it felt disrespectful: I would lose track and stop writing. If I listened: I would also lose focus and stop. ...
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March 16, 2019
Top 10 that made me WANT to be a fantasy writer
No doubt there are a hundred others, but these stuck in my mind, but upon reading each of these books I wanted to write a book, too. I read a ton of Vonnegut, of course, but he only made me admire him. He didn’t’ make me want to be him, precisely. These people wrote something that made me LONG to ...
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March 12, 2019
Getting Around Anxiety
One of the things I stumble with: trying to WRITE while managing my anxiety. Let me clarify: I do not have an anxiety disorder. I’m just a person living in the real world. That’s enough for anyone right there. Particularly in the current world (here on Planet Earth) everyone has something to be anxious about. It’s perfectly normal, actually. And ...
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