Book Cover Throwback: Otherland #1
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Otherland #1, City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams What I Love about This Cover: There is a level of rich detail to this cover that you don’t see a lot of on books anymore. Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Card Wars
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Card Wars Publisher: Kung Fu Factory Game Type: Card Game # of Players: Single player or against other decks via tournaments The physical Card Wars game is a card game based on the Adventure Time Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Giver
This week’s Flashback Friday: The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Giver is one of those classic sci-fi novels that tops the Banned Book List annually and shocks parents everywhere for daring to talk about puberty and euthanasia. The book wasn’t Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: The Giver
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The Giver by Lois Lowry. What I Love about This Cover: The transition from black & white to color in the bottom left-hand corner. Simple and yet eye-catching. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: Read More…
Flashback Friday: My First Con
This week’s Flashback Friday: My First Con. Seems only fitting since I’m currently at WorldCon. I was 16 when I attended my first writing convention. I drove myself from Houston to Austin for ArmadilloCon 16 (10/7-10/9/1994) and I felt so Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Jurassic Park
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. What I Love about This Cover: There is no mistaking what this book is about with a cover like this. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: I actually like Read More…
WorldCon Time!
This time tomorrow, WorldCon 2015 (Sasquan) will be in full swing! It’s officially WorldCon Time! Packing for it last night was interesting, and by interesting, I mean CAT. The moment the suitcase came out, he was in it. He wriggled Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Exploding Kittens
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Exploding Kittens Publisher: Self-published via Kickstarter by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal, Elan Lee, and Shane Small # of Players: 2-5 Best with: 3-4 Playing Time: 15-20 minutes # of Expansions: 0 (brand new game) We backed Read More…
Typical Writer Afternoon
So amidst the chaos of moving before they gut the condo to repair the flood damage, I’m trying oh-so-hard to get work done. I thought it was time that I share with you the typical writer afternoon…with cats. I want Read More…
Dead Gardens are Dead
I’ve never liked the phrase green thumb in regards to gardening. It reminds me of fungal infections gone wrong, of which I could post some gruesome photos. You get the idea. I’m not a green thumb by ANY means. If Read More…
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