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New Year’s Eve

Here’s a quick vid from the pre-launch of Amaskan’s Blood about the coming new year. Much love from Seattle. Stay safe this New Year’s Eve!

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Guest Spot at Coffintree Hill

Today, I’m guest-spotting over on Coffintree Hill with an article on world building. Hop over there & give it a read if you will. There’s even some homework.

Enjoy a good read and stay safe tonight.

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Monday Night Gaming: CAH

This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Cards Against Humanity.

We had 5 players & 2 managed to submit similar cards. What are the odds?(Click image to view larger)

We gathered around an enormous oak table at a friend’s house to play this…just in time for the holidays. We’ve played it before, but don’t get to play it often enough as it doesn’t work as a two player game. In fact, I’d argue that the more players, the better, and the higher the hilarity.

If you’ve never played Cards Against Humanity, you...

Scrivener Saturday: Keywords

This week’s Scrivener Saturday: Keywords.

Scrivener Keywords will help you organize and sort your writing projects in very specific ways. It’s coming to you a tad late this Saturday because of the holidays. I felt the comic was pertinent as so many of us are full of procrastination this month.

If you’ve ever done any web work, you’re probably familiar with keywords. We use them to search for information via search engines or tag photos on social media.

Keywords can be defined as:

1. a word or con...

Flashforward Friday: Social Science Fiction

For this week’s Flashforward Friday post, I’m honored to have the always thought-provoking author, J. L. Forrest, here for a guest post on the “science in science fiction’s future, the social in science fiction’s future, and the challenges our species is facing right now, for real, in the here and now.”

Edward White‘s First Space Walk. Image used via CC from NASA.

I write social science fiction. In this week’s Flashforward, it’s the social aspect of our fiction, reality, and future, which draws...

Book Cover Throwback: Galaxy Sci-Fi

This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Galaxy Sci-Fi Magazine done up Christmas in space style. I love the idea of aliens telling Santa what they want for Christmas.

Happy Holidays!

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Christmas Eve

I love Christmas Eve.

The best part of it and the day that follows is our kitties’ reactions to all the wrapping paper, boxes, and ribbons. The quantity of gifts under the tree matters little. The quality matters not at all. To them, the paper is for dragging off as a slain wildebeest. The ribbon, for leaping and shredding. The boxes are staulky places where one can hide and pounce. It’s a time of excitement and energy until they pass out for a cat nap on the couch beside us.

All three of our k...

Monday Night Gaming: Dixit

This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Dixit.

For my birthday, my husband and I joined a friend at the new Mox Boarding House to get our game on. One of the games we played was Dixit. (There was also lots of Munchkin.)

The goal for this game is a bit weird as players are supposed to ride a fine line between something being too easy and something being too hard. Not to mention that the game itself requires a fair share of creativity and deep thought if played accurately.

# of Players: 3-6

General Mechan...

Autographed Copies

Folks in Seattle will luck out with a Seattle book signing (more details coming shortly), but I know I have a ton of folks back in Texas (as well as elsewhere) who’ve asked for autographed copies of Amaskan’s Blood.

Rather than folks having to spend extra $$ to ship a book to me for signing, we’ve figured out something better.

You can pre-order a personalized & autographed paperback copy at:

http://www.mkt.com/greysunpress

Happy Shopping!

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Birthday Salutations!

Do I look like I’m 37?

So today I’m 37. Birthday Salutations!

Which doesn’t feel all that different from 30 or even 25.

I still get carded to buy alcohol (though not so much to go to the movies). I still participate in crazy gaming antics and sing at the top of my lungs during Rock Band.

Today, my husband and I will head out to the new Mox Boarding House to eat and game. And probably spend too much on Magic cards.

Either way, I’m gonna party like it’s my birthday. Because it is.

Have a good one yo...