Part 1: Writing: damnit! Part 2: Writing: Novel In Progress Part 2 Part 3: Writing: Novel in Progress Part 3 Captain Chou looked at the report. Out of respect they had annonymized the transmissions in all the ambassadorial suites, but he did notice a significant spike of activity after Talia's arrival. It wasn't surprising, certainly each ambassador was furiously scrambling… Continue reading Writing: Novel in Progress Part 4
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Review: The 10th Kingdom
I was JUST talking about this with someone.... telling them they should watch/read/either this one!
Writing: The Beginning
I’m trying to decide if I should do Camp NaNoWriMo in July…. I don’t know but I kinda want to face that blank page right now. It sounds kind of wonderful.
As November and NaNoWriMo creeps closer I am excited and terrified. There is nothing like the beginning of a novel. Or a short story. Or a poem. Or a relationship. To me, often writing a novel is like a relationship. Sometimes I get into it knowing where I want to end up. Sometimes I think it’s just going to be a fun romp and we’ll see if it goes someplace real or fizzles out. Sometimes I go in thinking I know where it’s going and it ends up fizzling out. Sometimes I end up taking an unexpected left-turn or three and before I know it I’m looking at something entirely different and something so much better than I ever expected.
That is why the beginning might be my favorite part of a novel. That first one-thousand words which set everything else up. Many of my novels get written and re-written…
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Life Event: New Family Member!
Last week my husband and I met someone who is joining our family. It isn't official-official (we did a week's trial and that won't be over until Wed) but we are super happy to welcome this little guy. Right now his name is Riley, but he isn't super-attached to the name and so we've talked about… Continue reading Life Event: New Family Member!
Feminism: Single-Income Households
I recently saw an article that young men are struggling with the idea that women might make more money. As a feminist it breaks my heart that we are filling young men with this toxic idea that THEY have to make all the money. That equality means they CAN be a stay-at-home-dad and it’s OK.
I’ve been jokingly saying for a few years now that everyone who works 40-hours-a-week needs a wife. It’s supposed to be funny. It’s supposed to ease the frustration that there just aren’t enough hours in the day to work a full time job and take care of a family.
Well, I think I am ready to declare that I think this is true. Well, mostly true. It really is a case of “the American dream is to have a single-income household.” Whether that is a stay-at-home Mom or Dad; or both parents working and they can afford in-home help (has anyone else noticed that the mom in Brady Bunch was stay-at-home and they had a housekeeper?!?!?).
We just can’t do it. There a bazillion articles and discussions about the emotional burden of maintaining a home (cleaning, cooking, shopping for toilet paper) – much less adding in kids. Kids are a…
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Politics: Dodd-Frank Roll-back
Ok, so I started writing a piece on the recent roll-back of Dodd-Frank rules. And I'm going to be honest, I spent about 5 hours trying to read shit about it - and I have no idea how this will impact us. They didn't roll back the protections I know I would be up-in-arms about (which are… Continue reading Politics: Dodd-Frank Roll-back
Review: Herland
Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman I saw this on a list of "early sci-fi books written by women" and DAMN. DAMN. It was written as a serial and then published as a book in 1915. Women got the right to vote in 1919. Just FYI - that means this woman-written-science-fiction-utopian-novel about a society of women-only (literally, parthenogenesis - virgin birth no… Continue reading Review: Herland
Politicis: Gun Control
I wrote this in Oct 2015 – and it is still true today. I don’t like turning on the news to hear about ANOTHER shooting. I am tired of hearing the GOP wringing their “thoughts and prayers” BS line like a lady’s handkerchief. And I am tried of being told there is “nothing” we could/should do. Pick one of more of these options. Pick another option. But doing NOTHING…. that isn’t working. I would rather we do something WRONG than nothing at all. ’cause nothing ain’t working.
I am pretty far left on most social issues. This is the one exception. I’m not far to the right, but I am definitely more-right than many of my friends (and family). And everyone I talk to about this will hear me remind them that I think cars are a more dangerous problem which I want addressed first.
My Facebook has been full of posts the past several days. About half of them are “TAKE AWAY THE GUNS!” and half of them are “STOP TRYING TO TAKE MY GUN.”
It is tragic when someone is killed. There is no remedy for that pain. And yes, guns are terrible weapons which can kill many people very quickly, multiplying that pain.
I also know that my friends who own guns are very responsible. They can drone on and on with each other about various lock-box options, why they like the ones they…
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Callback: Manners and Snowflakes
Given all the discussions both in politics and society, I feel like this needs to be said again. And Again. And Again.... Manners: Snowflakes
Review: Struggle Reading
I am struggling. I am struggling soooo hard with this book right now. In general, I like Brandon Sanderson's books, but I picked up Way of Kings from the library and.... I am slogging. I blame his editor. His editor needed to look him in the face and say "Dude. You don't need to say everything… Continue reading Review: Struggle Reading
Dream by Day 