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…
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…
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…
Water, water everywhere
Water, water everywhere and nary a drop to drink… I mean that literally because our kitchen is currently inaccessible. While I was away at Cascade Writers’ Workshop this past weekend, the condo unit above us had a hot water heater Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: RIP Iwata-San
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: RIP Iwata-San. The first video game I ever played was Super Mario Bros. I played it on my very first game console, the NES–a toaster sized gray box that required players to blow into it Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Doctor Who
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Doctor Who and the Daleks, intro written by the awesome Neil Gaiman. This is in honor of Seattle’s Doctor Who convention, Anglicon, taking place this weekend, of which I’m a panelist. (You can see my Read More…
Scrivener Saturday: Compile Replace
Scrivener Saturday: Compile Replace Built into Scrivener‘s compile feature is the ability to do a Project Replace. Seems like a simple and underused option until you find yourself running into a huge issue that spans both Windows and OS machines–the Read More…
Scrivener Saturday: Word Frequency Redo
[warning]I’ve got a massive writing deadline on 5/15, so this week’s Scrivener Saturday will be a repeat topic. I added more to it though, so enjoy![/warning] Scrivener Saturday: Word Frequency One of the most difficult parts of writing is making Read More…
What I’m…updates
I’m a little late as I’ve been very busy this month, but I updated the What I’m Reading, What I’m Watching, and What I’m Playing pages. Lots of beta-reading for Kat Richardson & critiquing for Gayle Clemans, watching Daredevil, and Read More…
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