Hello. Good to see you. I feel like it's been a while. I've been at the wars, fighting adverbs into submission, hunting down those insidious "thats", "justs", "reallys" and all those other filler words that weasel their ways into first drafts. It's been a time. I was working on revising the novella I wrote for... Continue Reading →
Reprint Announcement: “You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18”
This is a bit of a delayed announcement, but I'm thrilled to announce that my story "You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18" was published as a reprint in Dark Matter Magazine issue 003. I'm super proud of this silly story that could and so pleased that it's gotten another chance to... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Books I Read in 2020 (In No Particular Order)
This post is coming much later than I usually write my Top Ten Books I Read in [insert year] posts, but 2020 was a bitch. I think we can all agree on that. It's taken me a while to get into anything resembling the swing of things, especially blogging. Truth be told, I had a... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “And the Red Dragon Passes”
Lucy, the later years In 2017, our beloved golden retriever, Lucy passed away. The vet came to our house one early January morning and we sat around her in the living room to say goodbye, holding the other dogs as we watched. It was one of the most beautiful moments, filled to the brim with... Continue Reading →
2020 in the Rearview
Seeing as January's on the way out, I suppose it's past time for me to do my end of 2020 blog posts. I haven't really wanted to blog. I reached the end of 2020 and didn't feel like I'd accomplished anything worth sharing even though I know that's not true. Despite everything going on with... Continue Reading →
December 2020 Goals
November was intense and so was September, so I'm going to take it somewhat easy in terms of writing this December. I'd like to revise some of the short stories I wrote during September and get them resubmitted. I have a list of ten stories, maybe eleven if I get to a story that I... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo and the Battle Against Perfectionism
I spent a lot of time this November, while in the throes of NaNoWriMo, thinking about perfectionism, specifically the relationship between my perfectionism and my writing. According to dictionary.com, "perfectionism" as a word dates back to the 1830s-40s and refers to "a personal standard, attitude, or philosophy that demands perfection and rejects anything less." That... Continue Reading →
NaNo 2020 or That Time I Wrote 73,000 words in 30 Days
NaNo by the Numbers That's right, my lovelies, not only did I "win" NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for them that's new here) for the second year in a row, I gave it a thorough trouncing. The goal was to write 50,000 words in 30 days; I wrote 73,292 words. So, as I said, 73,292... Continue Reading →
2020 October Postmortem and November Goals
I stress-blogged about goals.
October Goals: NaNo Prep and Sewtober
Okay, I know we're already a week into October, but I've still got goals, and I've only just finished scooping my brain off the floor and pouring it back into my skull following my September Story Challenge. Anyway, it's October. Spooky Season. The month preceding November in which writers worldwide descend into the voluntary madness... Continue Reading →