I Hate Moving, Except When It’s Pretty
I figured it was time for a moving update… We spent two days moving into our temporary housing, which is longer than it should ever take someone to move into a furnished place. We’d load up as much as would Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl What I Love about This Cover: It’s cartoon-ey and fun, much like the book at a surface level read. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: There are Read More…
Flashback Friday: Moving
This week’s Flashback Friday: Moving…. Rather than a lengthy Flashback Friday post on something literary, I’m going to Flashback to our first day in Seattle, WA… No, not the 21-year-old college students who visited Seattle briefly to check out the Read More…
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…
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…
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…
Sinking like the Titanic
This week’s plans have been sinking like the Titanic…or my floors (more on that momentarily). I’m supposed to have a Flashback or Flashforward Friday today, but I’m still swimming in contractor and insurance hell while juggling too many other things Read More…
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