Wherefore art thou writing?
Got a good Monday Night Gaming post coming up later this evening, but for now, I wanted to frown at my depressing “writing progress” meters on the right and chat about the WHY. Amaskan’s Blood comes out in exactly 87 Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Rivals
While my husband mostly dislikes Catan (too much luck for him and not enough strategy), he knows that I enjoy it so we play. Catan itself doesn’t work all that well as a two-player game. But recently we found The Rivals Read More…
Scrivener Saturday: Name Generator
This week’s Scrivener Saturday: Name Generator! TIP #2: Scrivener has a nifty built-in name generator. It’s not as great as some websites out there, but in a pinch or in a place with no Internet, it’ll do. Just go Read More…
Flashforward Friday: Invisibility Cloaks
I remember when this was a thing: When I still taught computer classes & we were covering future tech, I’d show that video and watch my students be amazed. Then this week, I saw this: The image above is way Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Heinlein
This week’s Book Cover Throwback is from Robert Heinlein. Besides being an amazing story, the cover to this book is just breathtakingly gorgeous. I honestly miss the days when book covers were works of art, rather than the same photoshopped, Read More…
Dragonriders of Pern…the Movie?
If you’ve read my Flashback Friday on Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey or my Book Cover Throwback on Michael Whelan‘s cover for All the Weyrs of Pern, then you know what a huge influence Ms. McCaffrey served on me as a Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: 3 Dragon Ante
I’m posting this on Monday, but the actual gaming took place last night. My husband and I got to sit down at our usual haunt with game developer & author, Jonathan Tweet, to play some new games. The winner of Read More…
Banned Books Week
In honor of Banned Books Week this week, I challenge all of you to read a banned book or comic/graphic novel. And I challenge all writers to write the stories that need telling. Don’t shy away what needs saying out Read More…
Cover Throwback: Fahrenheit 451
This week’s Book Cover Throwback is from Ray Bradbury. I cannot express my love for this cover enough. I know there are other old covers, but this one is my favorite. Wonderful cover for a wonderful book. Perfect for Banned Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Munchkin
Probably one of my favorite tabletop games is the Munchkin series by Steve Jackson Games. There are dozens of themes to this game—everything from vampires and Cthulhu to Pathfinder and space. We own about 2/3 of the games & expansions Read More…
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