Subject: Edmund Kemper, the Co-ed Killer I have always been the kind of woman who was going to join a book club in her 30s. Same as being a cat lady, same as being a bit of an old maid, …read more
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Trial by Fire
Someone got me writing again. Someone got me writing Scurvytown again, which is even better. I wrote more words for personal interest than I have written in far too long. Everything in between a tangled mess, between ruin and pain …read more
Fixed Point in Time
At some point in time, I intend to reboot Scurvytown. But I have been saying this for far too long. I have half written episodes, at least half a dozen of them. There’s story notes, outlines, plotlines, ideas for the …read more
Magic Taverns That Don’t Exist
I would like to think that I am somewhat of a podcast junkie. I’ll subscribe to a bunch of new ones every so often on iTunes, and then listen a few times to see if I find something worthwhile there. …read more
Can’t Move My Eyebrows
As I begin this post, I think about the weird spambot messages it is sure to field. The summer was hot and kinda of disgusting. There’s a musty smell of damp basement whenever the air conditioner kicks on, and between …read more
Update for 2016
It’s been awhile since I made a post, because clearly I suck. I’ll spare the excuses, because it’s a little exhausting just thinking of how much shit I try to pile into a single week. #humblebrag I have been working …read more
Gravity
A recurring theme in my art is “overcoming my own gravity.” It’s probably the reason I enjoy writing space fiction so much. The dual meaning of it hits all the right notes in my head. Writing-wise, things have been a …read more
Where’s your joy?
There was a fire drill or an unexpected fire alarm at work on Tuesday morning. I finished up the thing I was doing, grabbed my coat, and headed outside with the rest of the building. When I got outside, it …read more
52 Weeks
52 weeks is a lot of writing. I think I want to qualify that with an “especially,” even though it doesn’t need to be done. I know from a lot of writing. I did NaNoWriMo for 10 years until it …read more
Post-Move
I moved almost a month ago. Unpacking came in bursts on the weekends, until almost an entire week of snow days happened and there was plenty of time to get more organized. Migraines have escalated, to a point I had …read more