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Online Humor Talk Tonight
Tonight as part of Geek Fest, I’ll be doing a virtual chat through the Portage District Library, talking about the power and importance of humor in SF/F.
This will be similar to a panel I did at ICON over the weekend, but with 90 minutes, I’ll be able to get a bit broader and deeper. My plan is to talk about things that should be relevant to writer ( Read more... ) -
Medical Crises Suck
First off, everyone is more-or-less okay.
A week ago today, I got a call from my mother that she was in the emergency room with my father. He’d fallen while getting things ready in the truck for a camping trip they were planning to take this week. After a CAT scan or two, they found that he’d fractured his temporal bone and given himself a nasty ( Read more... ) -
Cool Stuff Friday
Friday is- What’s that? “Saturday,” you say? Fascinating.
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Cool Stuff Friday
Friday has started what will (hopefully) be the final big rewrite of this book!
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COVID Numbers and Priorities
“I don’t know how to explain to you why you should care about other people.”
-Lauren Morrill
Here in the U.S., we’ve reached the point that 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID.
Reading the responses to this news has been enlightening. Some people have immediately pointed out that 1 in 500 is only 0.2%. Others responded that 0.2% of the U.S. ( Read more... ) -
Cool Stuff Friday
Friday could be the start of a very interesting weekend…
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Cool Stuff Friday
Fridays keep sneaking up on me like ninja turtles.
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Cool Stuff Friday
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Cool Stuff Friday
Friday has an online Readercon panel tonight and Grand Rapids Comic Con programming on Sunday!
- Dog dorks
- Dog shaming
- Cat dorks (it’s only fair, right?)
- Making Maleficent Cosplay (FB Video)
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We All Have 24 Hours in Each Day...
One of the questions I hear a lot is about finding the time to write. My process has varied over the past 25 years. During my undergrad years, I’d write in the evenings. When I started working for the State, I wrote during my lunch hour each day, along with whatever I could squeeze in during evenings and weekends. When Amy was sick, I basically ( Read more... )