The title of today’s post is a little bit of a misnomer, as it’s going live on Sunday which would, in fact, be the last day of ConFusion 2024 and I’m drafting this post on Friday afternoon, some few hour before any actual programming begins. I’m doing this for two reasons: The First, is because …
Welcome to another installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: This Weekend, from the 19th through the 21st, I’ll be at ConFusion! If you’re in the area, stop by. It’s a good time. Thing #2: Self promotion is difficult to prioritize – you’d think it wouldn’t …
Before I get into the meat and potatoes of today’s post, there are two bit of housekeeping I need to do: On with the Post: Today is January 14th. Statistically, there are some of you who have already veered off the plans you’d made (if you’d made any) at the beginning of the year. You …
Welcome to another installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: Every day is a new opportunity to plan something new. If you haven’t finished, or started, your 2024 plans, you can start right now. Thing #2: If procrastination was a superpower, I’d get so much done…later. …
Here we are: One week in to 2024. I hope it’s been a good one for you. Like many of you, I got up on that first day with a plan (more or less). I intended to start exploring, and making progress on the things I’d talked about Last Week. I was going to get …
Welcome to the First Five-Thing Thursday for 2024! Here are Five Things that I’m looking forward to in 2024: Thing #1: I’ve got two, possibly three conventions on the calendar for this year. It’ll be good to get back in touch with my friends and the community at large. Speaking of which, I’ll be at …
Welcome to the final post of 2023. For the past week, I’ve been reflecting on 2023 and looking ahead to 2024. Like most years, 2023 had its share of ups and downs but, on the whole, there were more ups than downs. While I can’t say I’m done looking forward yet, I have got the …
Welcome to the Final Five-Thing Thursday for 2023! Here are Five Things that were pretty good in 2023 that I want you to know: Thing #1: I had two books come out. Stormspike came out in the Grease Monkeys anthology AND my novella Crimson Whisper was released in August of this year. Thing #2: I dropped …
Much as it’s been over the course of 2023, plans have changed. Trying to wrangle people and schedules – while admittedly, pretty easy on most days, given enough lead time – sometimes throws you a curve. So it is, this year we’ll be observing X-mas on the 24th which is the day we can all …
Welcome to another Installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: Today is the Winter Solstice. The shortest day/longest night of the year. You got this. Thing #2: Directly related to Thing #1 – Back yourself to step out of your comfort zone. Thing #3: Nita Strauss and …