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November 5, 2018
No Nano
NaNoWriMo is an awesome challenge and great way to push yourself to get something started, or get something finished… or just get focused. It’s an amazing community and it’s a great way to kick yourself in the pants.
As someone who’s done NaNo several times, I am a big proponent of participation. I needed it for focus because… whoa, my brain gets especially flustered around this time of year.
As someone who’s done NaNo several times, I am a big proponent of participation. I needed it for focus because… whoa, my brain gets especially flustered around this time of year.
November 1, 2018
October Wrap-Up
Words Written: 113,815-words in 26 days
(AVG 4,378-words/day)
5 projects + Admin (6%)
This month feels like it was three years long. Maybe that’s because I got in as many words as I did? Maybe it’s because I spent it watching horror movies (some of which take a few days off my life every time I watch them)? Maybe it’s because the year is winding down and the weather’s finally getting cold
(AVG 4,378-words/day)
5 projects + Admin (6%)
This month feels like it was three years long. Maybe that’s because I got in as many words as I did? Maybe it’s because I spent it watching horror movies (some of which take a few days off my life every time I watch them)? Maybe it’s because the year is winding down and the weather’s finally getting cold
October 30, 2018
Why Iron Heinrich is my Favorite
Read It Now
When people ask me what my favorite fairytale is, I usually tell them my second favorite. Mostly because it’s easier to simply say “Sleeping Beauty” than to explain the Iron Heinrich part of The Frog Prince. In the version that includes Heinrich (so many leave him out), Heinrich is so distraught over his prince’s enchantment that he binds his chest with three iron bands to keep
When people ask me what my favorite fairytale is, I usually tell them my second favorite. Mostly because it’s easier to simply say “Sleeping Beauty” than to explain the Iron Heinrich part of The Frog Prince. In the version that includes Heinrich (so many leave him out), Heinrich is so distraught over his prince’s enchantment that he binds his chest with three iron bands to keep
October 23, 2018
Release: Roar of Sky
Changing Hands | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | iTunes
The books that came before:
Breath of Earth
Changing Hands | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | iTunes
Call of Fire
Changing Hands | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | iTunes
For more information, visit their site.
The books that came before:
Breath of Earth
Changing Hands | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | iTunes
Call of Fire
Changing Hands | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | iTunes
For more information, visit their site.
October 22, 2018
Some Thoughts on The Last Jedi
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By the end of our second viewing of The Last Jedi, I realized why it had taken so long for me to get back in the padded chair before the big screen. Despite everything that was amazing and wonderful about the film… it leaves me overwhelmingly sad. The beginning is sad, the middle is sad, even the moment of renewed hope is sad....
That general gloom makes the jokes
By the end of our second viewing of The Last Jedi, I realized why it had taken so long for me to get back in the padded chair before the big screen. Despite everything that was amazing and wonderful about the film… it leaves me overwhelmingly sad. The beginning is sad, the middle is sad, even the moment of renewed hope is sad....
That general gloom makes the jokes
October 15, 2018
4 Reasons I'll Stop Reading
Let's start with why I'm writing this: I'm editing at present, and I'm going through the book with these things in mind.
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Once upon a time, I completed every book I started. It wasn’t a good policy. The result was bogged down reading time (because finishing them was not desirable, so I’d keep putting it off) and a general distaste for reading in general at times.
In the last few years,
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Once upon a time, I completed every book I started. It wasn’t a good policy. The result was bogged down reading time (because finishing them was not desirable, so I’d keep putting it off) and a general distaste for reading in general at times.
In the last few years,
October 12, 2018
Spice Tea
We’re in that fun season where sniffles and sneezes, and rib cracking coughs are starting to make the rounds. That means it’s time to share another, updated version of the spice tea recipe that keeps me alive when the yearly plague rolls through.
As always, it’s pretty much the same as previous versions I’ve posted. Though, this time I have added a pair of variations that I’ve enjoyed
As always, it’s pretty much the same as previous versions I’ve posted. Though, this time I have added a pair of variations that I’ve enjoyed
October 11, 2018
On Pranks, Trust, & A Culture Where It’s “Funny” To Hurt People
Prank videos float around the internet the same way germs bounce around elementary school classrooms. You can ignore them most of the time, but you can never really avoid them.I loathe pranks. There are pranks people call harmless. Pranks where no one is physically hurt. The ones where you can “laugh” about them afterward.There are videos where people convince younger boys to do something that
October 10, 2018
Why Doctor Strange Is My Least Favorite MCU Film To Date
Note: I do not count the Hulk films even if they do, technically fit within continuity.
Something I've noticed in the time since this film was released: I feel pretty alone in this sentiment among the people I’ve talked to about this.
Let’s start with me telling you what I liked about it:
Visually, it’s gorgeous.
That’s it.
The film is beautiful in color scheme and in it’s fun Escher-y
Something I've noticed in the time since this film was released: I feel pretty alone in this sentiment among the people I’ve talked to about this.
Let’s start with me telling you what I liked about it:
Visually, it’s gorgeous.
That’s it.
The film is beautiful in color scheme and in it’s fun Escher-y
October 9, 2018
Release: The Phoenix Empress
Changing Hands | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | iTunes
The book that came before:
Even gods can be slain
The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach―but failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons swarming out of the forests.
Away on the silver steppes, the remaining
The book that came before:
Even gods can be slain
The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach―but failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons swarming out of the forests.
Away on the silver steppes, the remaining
