Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Penguicon is this weekend!!! I’ll be there on Saturday, May 4th, pretty much all day. I’m scheduled for a reading and “Office Hours” where you can come up and chat about writing, the weather, …
What goes into naming characters? Names have power. They form a direct link to a person. Character names can do double duty by conveying a sense, or a feeling about the character. Choosing names for your characters is important, not the least of which is that you’re going to encounter them on nearly every page …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: I’ve discovered a new band. Ok, they’ve been around for a little while, but they’re new to me. Elephant Gun Riot. Their website has an embedded Soundcloud applet. Ye Have been warned. Better still, …
I confess that today got away from me. I did get a good chunk of writing done, then I spent *A LOT* of time outside with chores, etc. Next thing I know, it’s after 6:00 Pm. Time to shower, feed the dogs, and find some time to unwind. Not to mention dinner, etc. But what …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Internal shorthand is great. If you’re using it to describe something to someone who has little familiarity with what you’re talking about…Not so much. Thing #2: Earlier (I can’t remember when) I promised myself …
I’m going to end this week by telling you a story, because – you know – that’s what I do. Last weekend, I got a Fitbit. A Fitbit Inspire HR to be exact, which wouldn’t even have been on my radar, if not for John Scalzi mentioning his. I got it for a number of …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Switching out phones is pretty complicated and time consuming. Thing #2: Last Saturday, I got a Fitbit. One of the more unusual side effects has been that I am now spending much less time …
I’m going to finish off this week with some words of encouragement. That thing you do? I need it. That thing that only you can do, whether it’s a game, or a piece of music, or a photo, or a painting, sculpture, a story, whatever it is, that thing that only you can create. I …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: In case you missed it, SyFy Fangirrls finished off Women’s History Month with Milicent Patrick: The Woman who designed The Creature from the Black Lagoon. They cited work from my friend Mallory O’Meara‘s book: …
This is the last day of March. It is also the last day of Women’s History Month. Before I go any farther, I’d like to point you in the direction of the SyFy Fangirrls website. Every day for the entire month, they have been shining the spotlight on the Forgotten Women of Genre – women …