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Vanilla pudding and magic phrases

This is an interview with myself about Carry On.An unnecessarily long interview. There are going to be so many spoilers. SPOILERS. S~P~O~I~L~E~R~S. So you read Carry On recently. Did you like it? Pretty sure! …so, not sure. Look, I’m going to give it either 3 or 4 stars on Goodreads. Probably 3, thinking about it. […]

the project of civilization

Firstly!The Talos Principle is an amazing puzzle/exploration game and is only $10 right now on Steam. To expand: I am a weird gamer, in that I’m not one and kind of wish I were. For console games, I peaked at SNES and have barely so much as looked at a console since. (Nothing will ever […]

The Sky is Calling

Happy Monday!I decided to resurrect my #artmonday posts from Tumblr over here. I like art posts. Art by Teetering Bulb (Zelda Devon and Kurt Huggins). Zelda Devon also once made #spacewitch art as a speed painting that I found on twitter, so I will always adore her. It helps that she’s amaaaazing. You’ll quickly find […]

eat it up with a spoon (TWIR)

This week I finishedCarry On, may have Thoughts someday. I say that a lot. I’ll try to follow up this time. Maybe I’ll set it up like a FAQ, since a lot of my thoughts are centered around questions/expectations. A friend passed me a copy ofCity of Blades last week and I started it and […]

She Who Must Be Obeyed (TWIR)

Oh no my library loan ran out on Waking the Moon how tragic that I don’t get to finish. In addition to the Book About Writing Craft that I’m reading, I started readingShe: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard, and while it’s enjoyable in a way, I have this sneaking suspicion that it’s […]

Reset

Look, running off to Sunny Florida for a few days isn’t possible for everyone. Maybe I shouldn’t have done it, but life is short and winter long, and I don’t go places for no reason all that often. Plus it was a “working” vacation, by which I mean I got writing things done. And saw […]

TWIR: Life as a restless manner of being

Here is a modern tragedy: My hold on Carry On came in at the library this week, so I had to pick it up. But I’m out of town for the next few days, and this book, while not heavy, is THICK. No way Iwasmaking room for that. So I have to wait until next […]

TWIR: Tomatoes are delicious

I feel like I haven’t read much lately. I’ve been working on a project that I’m terribly excited about, so I let it eat up some time that would have otherwise been spent reading. Also, I spent some time this week watching movies, which is not typical of me. And listening to music, which is. […]

TWIR: Vicious mermaids and cross-dressing knights

Because it had to go back to the library, I read Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant in about two days. It was fine! I wanted more from the story, though. “A schlocky faux-cumentary company discovers that mermaids are real, and they’re territorial predators” is a good start, but asit doesn’t go much beyond […]

A slow art

SICHA: I meet a lot of people in their twenties, and they’re concerned. They want to get published, and I think, “Well, hopefully you’re going to live a little while. Don’t walk in front of any trucks.” LE GUIN: I don’t think most people write very good narrative prose until they’re in their later twenties. […]