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February 7, 2017
Schizophrenic!
Apparently I was tired enough this morning that instead of saying schizophrenic to my husband, I said, “schizophrantic.”
Why isn’t this a word yet?
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February 2, 2017
Foolscap!
Hey folks!
Been a crazy busy January (now February). Planning to get back to normal weekly updates on the site as I move forward with 2017 projects.
I’ll be at FOOLSCAP this weekend (Feb. 3-5) with Books & Chains! Maybe I’ll even jump in on a panel or three.
Come stop by and say hello! Buy some books and chainmaille jewelry! Elise is going to have some new pretties, and author Jesikah Sundin will be joining us as well! Come check out what she has to offer as well!
Hope to see you there!
The...
January 20, 2017
Resistance
For many of us, today is a pretty depressing and dark day. Tomorrow, millions of women and men will march in protest and for equality. Millions will raise their voices and speak out against oppression and hatred. All day I’ve had a set of songs running circles in my head–songs of resistance, of change, and of love. I’ll be tweeting about them all day but for those who want to just jump into the music, I’ve created a playlist on YouTube called Fight the Power.
We’re talking everything from Bil...
January 3, 2017
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth Board Game (MNG Review)
Publisher: River Horse
# of Players: 1-5
Best with: 4 players
Playing Time: 60-90 minutes
We backed this and were very excited to receive this game once they (finally!) started shipping the games to the backers. We sat down recently to play it and found ourselves very easily submerged in the land of Jim Henson.
The game itself is beautiful. The board’s art is detailed and colorful, and the miniatures are detailed as well. Lud...
January 1, 2017
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Today dawns a whole new year! A new chance to change things or resolve to better ourselves. I’m not a fan of making promises I can’t keep. I tend to make achievable goals rather than resolutions.
THEREFORE….
I hereby declare myself too cool for 2016. Onward to 2017!
2017 PROFESSIONAL GOALSGet back to writing daily, so that I can:Finish all revisions on my two overdue books & get them out there!Write 100K on a new novelWrite 3 short storiesSubmit 3 short stories to paying markets20...December 31, 2016
2016 In Review
In terms of life and writing, 2016 had a lot of ups and downs for me. It’s hard to remember some of those ups when the downs are swinging at you, but they’re there and worth remembering. So here goes my 2016 In Review.
THINGS THAT WENT WRITE RIGHT IN 2016I had two short stories published in anthologies (“Q-Be” in Untethered: A Magic iPhone Anthology and “Mirror Me” in Magic Unveiled)I got to autograph books at the 2016 Locus Awards Amaskan’s Blood got an amazing new cover. Amaskan’s War had a c...December 30, 2016
Upcoming Reading!
Hey folks!
I’ve got an upcoming reading! I’ll be reading at the Inkwell Seattle: Women in Speculative Fiction coming up! Details below:
WHO: Nisi Shawl, Raven Oak, G. G. Silverman, and Janine A. Southard
WHAT: Reading amazing spec-fic works!
WHEN: January 10, 2017 from 7-10 PM
WHERE: Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar – 1508 11th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122
Further Details:
As a tumultuous year comes to a close, it’s time to look towards the possibilities of the future. A future that will hopefully b...
Directly Proportional to Cats
Productivity, or writing productivity in my case, is these days directly proportional to my cats. I swear, it is! Writing and Cats–the struggle is real.
I have a plan. I have a schedule. I even have a time sheet. Time management software, software to better organize my writing/research/revisions, and even software to turn off the Internet–all of it is installed on my mac, my phone, my PC, and yet…all it takes is one cute kitty to undo it all.
(DiNozzo thinks my Mac is a heating pad)
Most of the...
December 22, 2016
The Book Mobile
When I was three, my “Gramma” filled my world with books. Books on the human body and animal anatomy, books on hibernation and space. Some of the books were beyond me vocabulary wise but they were books none-the-less, and I absorbed them quite sponge-like.
My husband and I have been unpacking and in doing so, I discovered boxes and boxes of these books from my “Gramma Lanoe”–books I’d used in my classroom as nonfiction resources and fascinating reads. Since I’m no longer teaching, it was time...
December 21, 2016
Happy Birthday!
Besides being Yule for many, today happens to be my birthday as well! Over on Facebook, a bunch of friends who know me all too well have flooded my feed with geeky things such as these:
I turn 39 today, which feels a whole lot like 38 and 37, which also feel a whole lot like 34 and even 30. Not so much like 20 as I’m older, wiser, and more published, but still not all that different.
Besides being blessed with a lovely amount of Nathan Fillion, I find myself surrounded by well-wishes and games...
