Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
I haven’t done quite as well as I hoped at sticking to my 30-minutes-a-day editing routine. It’s more like 20 to 30 minutes every couple of days or so. But at least I’ve got some forward momentum again, however sluggish the pace. Part of the problem here is that, when I turned down that full-time […]
Read More »PrepperGirl.com’s unexpectedly enforced hiatus must continue as the day job and other responsibilities continue to put me through the ringer, but don’t miss these great budget survival tips provided by commenter Grimm. Here’s a sample: A cheap protein source is TVP (textured vegetable protein). It is dehydrated so it has a longer shelf life than […]
Read More »It might not have escaped your notice that I failed to finish editing Dominion of the Damned in time to take advantage of those Create Space coupons I worked so hard to win in last year’s NaNoWriMo before they expired. Between working the new contract job, working for my own clients and hurrying to overhaul […]
Read More »This will be short, because there’s not really a whole lot you can say about this movie without spoiling it. But Husband and I celebrated Independence Day by finally catching this movie at the second-run theater before we missed our chance to see it on the big screen, and I’m glad we did. It’s gotten […]
Read More »I’ve got a new obsession, folks, and it’s taken me by surprise — if you had described this little Youtube series to me a few weeks ago and told me that I shouldn’t watch it because I would spend my days obsessively refreshing all of the relevant sites for updates and reading fan blogs and […]
Read More »This gave me chills. It’s too important a message not to pass on. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-4gnNz0vc&w=560&h=315] Via Michelle Malkin.
Read More »Two more excellent questions from reader and commenter Michelle (a.k.a., The Barenaked Critic): What makes [self-publishing] so fulfilling for you, personally? Would you ever want to go the traditional route with a future book? The answer to the first question has bearing on the answer to the second, so let’s start there. In my post […]
Read More »In my previous post about getting over the stigma of self-publishing, commenter Michelle (a.k.a. The Barenaked Critic) asked me several good questions, one of which was to elucidate on the pros and cons of self-publishing. I think I pretty well covered the pros in my previous post: you avoid the sometimes years-long process of trying […]
Read More »I FINALLY read this book (seriously, y’all, sometimes I almost want to quit writing just so I’ll have more time in my life for reading, which is not easy to come by as it is). It was an enjoyable read, as always, with lots of tugging at the heart strings and wanting to give Harry […]
Read More »Tornado season is here, and if you live in Tornado Alley like I do, that means it’s time to make sure your storm preps are ready. We haven’t had any majorly severe storms in our area yet this year, thank goodness, but I haven’t let that keep me from getting our storm closet ready. Unfortunately, […]
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