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Throwback Thursday How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Book Cover Throwback: Grinch!

Posted on December 3, 2015November 30, 2015Leave a comment

This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Grinch! As in How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss What I Love about This Cover:  The Grinch. He’s so detailed and yet simple. And if you mention that word, people know who you’re Read More…

TagsBook Cover Throwback, Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, raven-oak, Throwback Thursday

What I'm... Updates

What I’m…Update

Posted on December 2, 2015June 23, 2025Leave a comment

What do Jessica Jones, Fallout 4, Amaskan’s War, and Old Man’s War have in common? Find out below. What I’m Reading What I’m Writing  What I’m Playing What I’m Watching  

TagsAmaskan's War, Fallout 4, Jessica Jones, Old Man's War, Old Man's War by John Scalzi, what am I reading, What I'm Playing, What I'm Reading, What I'm Watching, What I'm Writing

NaNoWriMo 2015

NaNo Wrap-Up

Posted on November 30, 2015November 29, 20151 Comment

Today is the last day of November and for those participating in NaNoWriMo, it’s the last day to validate their 50K. It’s also time for a NaNo Wrap-Up. I set out on November 1st to write 90K in a complete Read More…

TagsAmaskan's Blood, Amaskan's War, NaNo Wrap-Up, NaNoWriMo, raven-oak

Joy to the Worlds cover

30% off Sale

Posted on November 29, 2015November 29, 2015Leave a comment

Amazon is having a 30% off one print/paperback book now through December 1st at 2:59am EST. If you’ve been waiting to snag yourself a copy of Amaskan’s Blood, Class-M Exile, or Joy to the Worlds, here’s your chance! You can Read More…

TagsAmaskan's Blood, Amazon 30% off sale, Book sale, Class-M Exile, Joy to the Worlds, raven-oak

Real Estate Humor Comic

Word Counts & Contracts

Posted on November 11, 2015Leave a comment

I figured it was time for a bit of an update on my “kick-my-ass-into-this-rewrite” November. I’m currently sitting at a smidge over 20K words, though if all were going according to plan, I’d be sitting at 36K. So I’m behind Read More…

TagsBuying a house, NaNoWriMo 2015, Secure Emails, Selling a condo, Word Counts

NaNoWriMo profile

Flashback Friday: NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 6, 2015June 23, 2025Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: NaNoWriMo My first NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was back in 2008. I wrote what would later become The Eldest Silence–a first draft of 61,870 words. It was a mad dash that made me hold my Read More…

TagsA look back, flashback friday, How's the writing, NaNoWriMo, raven-oak, The Eldest Silence

The Stainless Steel Rat

Book Cover Throwback: The Stainless Steel Rat

Posted on November 5, 2015November 6, 2015Leave a comment

This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The Stainless Steel Rat. What I Love about This Cover:  Like most old sci-fi covers, this was abstract and intriguing. Made me wonder what this dude had to do with a rat. 😉 What I Don’t Read More…

TagsBook Cover Throwback, Old book covers, Old Sci-fi book covers, The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison, Throwback Thursday

Begin School Zone

Justice is Biased, Blind, & Deaf

Posted on November 4, 2015Leave a comment

Today was my very first time in court to contest a ticket, and sadly, all it proved is that many who should be our heroes and defenders of justice are as biased, blind, and deaf as the rest of us. Read More…

TagsContesting tickets, Justice is biased, Justice is blind, school zones, speeding tickets, WA state

Analysis of Sex vs. Gender

Posted on November 3, 2015November 3, 2015Leave a comment

Thanks to the awesome Winter Downs (who taped our panel), I can now share with you our panel from GeekGirlCon 2015! Here it is: Analysis of Sex vs. Gender: Why, Where, & Going All the Way with Winter Downs, Jill Read More…

TagsAnalysis of Sex vs. Gender, Fran Stewart, GeekGirlCon, GeekGirlCon 2015, Janine Southard, Jill Seidenstein, Panels, raven-oak, Sex vs. Gender, Winter Downs

NaNoWriMo 2015

NaNoWriMo & MNG

Posted on November 2, 2015November 2, 2015Leave a comment

Mondays are normally my Monday Night Gaming reviews, but for the month of November, those posts are going on hiatus. If you’ve read my post on NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), then you know that for me, every month is Read More…

TagsMonday Night Gaming, NaNoWriMo, raven-oak, Writing priorities

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