I know, it’s been a while. I’m actually coming out of a pretty dark time, but I’m working with a therapist and on medication and have been diagnosed with ADHD (I know, finally, right??), so the future is looking – well, it’s brighter than it’s been in a while, even if it’s still pretty dim. …
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Weekly news round-up, the slightly late edition
Posted on July 22, 2018
So yeah, it’s been a few weeks. First I had an eye infection, complete with an ulcerated cornea, which meant absolutely no screen time. Then I went away to GNEW and was busy taking down my pavilion and driving home, so there was no posting. I meant to do it Monday, but I woke up …
Weekly news roundup – The Remicade week in review
Posted on June 24, 2018
This week was a bit of this and that, but this seems to be a good headline for this post for the nonce. My week got thrown for a bit of a loop because I needed to do some hard things this week, but I did them, and I’m very proud of myself for …
(book review) The Perils of Prague
Posted on June 20, 2018
Recently, I finished The Perils of Prague, by Doc Coleman, and I thought, what better way to kick off my intermittent book reviews (as in, when I finish a book and feel like reviewing it) than by sharing this with you! Disclaimer: Doc is a friend of mine, and I received an e-copy of this book …
(book review) The Street, by Paul E. Cooley
Posted on June 25, 2014
I promised some book reviews, so here’s the first! This is an amazing book. It is a horrifying, twisted, sick, wonderful book. I really really really enjoyed this. The Street, by Paul E. Cooley, (available here with his other amazing books) explores what happens to Sesame Street, the Muppet Show and Jim Henson’s …
(writing) Thoughts on writing, process, and language
Posted on June 20, 2014
I threatened a rant last week about chat-speak (I loathe it, for the short version of the rant), but as I didn’t have time to write it out when I was annoyed (probably a good thing, come to think of it), it mellowed and got intertwined with some other things. Namely, this. I …
(reviews) The 33 by JC Hutchins
Posted on February 2, 2014
JC Hutchins has done it again. The creative genius behind 7th Son and Dark Arts has come out with a new project: The 33. It’s an episodic storyline, sort of like a TV season, but in words. My favorite kind of serial. The concept is simple and yet immense: 33 people, with special skills, who …
(book review) Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Posted on September 18, 2013
No, it’s not my reaction to last night’s Red Sox – Orioles game (although boo to Baltimore! How do you keep winning against us???) Baltimore Blues is the first book in the Tess Monaghan Mysteries series by Laura Lippman, and I am very, very thankful that my mother introduced me to this unlikely …
(book review) The String Weavers, Book 1
Posted on August 21, 2013
First of all, I don’t read a lot of YA, but for some reason, science fiction YA is something like crack to me. I’ll speed through it. It might be because one of my favorite re-reads when I was younger was Podkayne of Mars. Madeline L’Engle was one of my go-to authors (she still is, …