I almost posted Sunday. That is when I saw the news. Saturday I had disconnected and was (blessedly) unaware of what went down "in real time." I saw blessedly because I've seen streams of tweets and such that made things sound WORSE then reality - so by only reading up later I was able to… Continue reading Life Event: Charlottesville
Writing: The Book Net
Everyone talks about the "hook" in a book, that little thing early in the book that gets readers to keep reading - an interesting character or a cool-sounding villain that needs defeat. Good books have a quick, clever hook that is so unobtrusive you don't know it's there until too late. Most people (so I am… Continue reading Writing: The Book Net
Writing: Camp NaNoWriMo
I won! I won Camp NaNoWriMo for July 2017. Yay! My Goal was 30,000 words in 31 days. This is LESS than 1,000 words a day. I made it with 80 words to spare (I clocked in July 31st at 9:30pm with 30,089 words) Whew. I had a few really good days - mostly Saturday mornings… Continue reading Writing: Camp NaNoWriMo
Politics: Are we Hallucinating?
https://twitter.com/LibrinLatone/status/891296636881825793 This would help me SO MUCH. It would make so much of what is happening in the world today make more sense (to me). I am somewhat avoiding the news. I am withdrawing into fantasy worlds and finding myself closer to tears all too often.
Review: Heroes’ Lunch
Let's do this! Some of this was inspired by all those books where the hero eats "bread and cheese" for a meal - I was poking in my kitchen this weekend and needed a meal. So I took my last 2 deviled eggs, some grapes, homemade bread and put CHEESE on it. I grew up… Continue reading Review: Heroes’ Lunch
Musings: Time for Craft
I like to feel creative. This past weekend I cleaned up my "craft corner." Unburied my sewing machine (God I want to be able to sew my own clothes). Found my calligraphy pen - nibs are still missing, but I still have 2 boxes to deal with. Pulled out my watercolor paints and put a… Continue reading Musings: Time for Craft
Review: Naamah’s Trilogy
I've seen Jacqueline Carey's books on the shelves for several years now, but it was Naamah's Kiss from the library that has made me decide I want to read more by her. I picked it up to read on the plane back from a trip, but I ended up watching Beauty and the Beast instead (and then coming… Continue reading Review: Naamah’s Trilogy
Musings: Perception
I have a strange life. Not literally, in a lot of ways it's very traditional. I'm cisgendered, white, hetersexually-married with the classic "house in the suburbs" (including a white picket fence actually) with a very corporate "normal" full-time job. And yet, I don't feel like I'm normal. I sometimes feel like at any moment I will… Continue reading Musings: Perception
Politics: Health Insurance is not the issue
Can we stop talking about it already? The insurance industry is not actually the problem with our health system in the US. It's a symptom. And not even the worst symptom - it's like the rash that it super-annoying-but-in-a-super-difficult-spot-to-scratch-so-you-can's-scratch-anyway. I have talked about this with a lot of people. From "I hate everything ACA because… Continue reading Politics: Health Insurance is not the issue
Coming soon: Long post
I've been working on a long post for three days. I might even need to split it... I know, I'm a nerd who enjoys doing research too much. Hopefully I'll have this/these posts up soon!
Dream by Day 