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Unicorns Can Do Gymnastics Too

This was doing the rounds on Twitter last week and my life is now complete. I dare you not to sit there and watch it at least three times on repeat.

I Really Have Nothing To Say

Honestly, at this point it feels like I’ve been On Deadline since July, and–no, wait, probably June too. Yeah. And to be honest, it really, really sucks. Mostly, this is because Term 2 and Term 4 are crazy-town anyway with finals and marking and report writing etc, but largely it’s because Term 3, which is supposed to be my quietest term, was eaten alive by Massive Work Project (which, rumour has it, I have probably passed – I get confirmation tomorrow, i.e. the last day of the possible 6-wee...

How To Create Cultures: I Actually Cried

I mean, just, like, one or two tears. But I uploaded How To Create Cultures to the printers today, and in 24-48 hours I should be able to order a physical proof copy.

The book is done, you guys.

The map I drew for it may have taken 5 hours to draw and process (no kidding), but the book itself is part of From The Ground Up, which I first pitched almost exactly six years ago. I have wept blood for this book, and blistered my fingers formatting the 95 references (that’s just for this 40k section...

Demotivational Generator Encapsulates Life With Hilarious Accuracy

I can’t find the site that made this – Ilona Andrews linked to it on her blog at some point back in July 2017 – oh wait that’s a date range I can find it – HERE! here it is.

*ahem*

InspiroBot generate (de)motivational posters, and sometimes they are bloody depressing and sometimes they are just ungrammatical or non-sensical, but then sometimes you get some gems. I was going through my screencaps folder on the weekend (which, yes, contains screencaps back to like the beginning of 2016) and fou...

Made-It Monday: Caaaaaake!

Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!

Because I Knew You, I Have Been Changed For Good

This was circulating on Twitter last week, and look, we all know it doesn’t take much for me to tear up (whether through joy or sorrow) anyway, AND the songs from the musical Wicked are pretty much guaranteed to trigger the waterworks, so it’s not really a stretch to imagine how I felt watching this glorious, GLORIOUS rendition of Wicked’s song, “For Good”, sung by all the generations of Glinda/Elpheba cast pairs together in gorgeous harmony.

YOU GUYS. I THINK MY SOUL JUST FLEW AWAY.

Unfortun...

YOU GUYS, MERCURY IS *COMING* (HNOTC on preorder)

Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s post, I am so, so, SO super excited to announce that How Not To Acquire A Castle is now available for ebook preorder! Kindle preorder will be coming in just before Christmas, since I can only put that up 90 days out, and print preorder should start appearing early to mid December online everywhere.

I think I said once that Where Shadows Rise was a book of the heart, because I wrote it for my sister. Well, How Not To Acquire A Castle is another book o...

About Where My Brain Is At: “Cover” Reveal

The blurb is the best bit. I bet you can’t tell where I lost the plot. HA. MY BRAIN. SHE IS THE BROKENS.

What do you think? Does it induce you to hit ‘buy’? :’D

Blurb Text:

This is a tagline. It’s totally amazing.

Mercury doesn’t GET nervous. Mercury gets things DONE.

Of course she’s going to graduate at the top of her Evil Overlording class. Of course she’s going to finally get the castle she deserves.

And if that ridiculous, snooty Deviran should beat her? Well, she’s not an A-grade Evil O...

Fail to Success

This is just about the most important lesson I’ve learned this year: fail to success. That’s Dean Wesley Smith’s way of putting it, but it’s another spin on the old saying, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.”

Way back when, when my son had just been born and I was in the throes of postnatal depression, writing became just another yardstick of failure in my life. If I didn’t meet my quota of words for the day, if I fell behind, if – Heaven forbid – I had a day w...

Made-It Monday: How To Create Cultures Interior! :)

Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!