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What is the Meaning of Life?
42, of course! Eat well, try to get exercise, make some friends. Something else? You know. The unanswerable question. Fun for the whole family! It's something that I've always been interested in. In college, I signed up for a freshman English course called "The Search...
Music History Novel Research
Felix Mendelssohn. Know him? He wrote Elijah, among other things. Like this: He also has the dubious honor of being singled out as proof that Jews are incapable of true music in Wagner's antisemitic essay on the topic. Fuck Wagner! Mendelssohn's grandfather, Moses...
Writing Process Stuff
Disclaimer: Any writing process that results in finished writing that you're proud of is a valid process! It's also normal that you'll have to experiment with different processes to see what fits. So, when I was at Dragoncon this year, there was a discussion where I...
When can a grrl call herself a bestseller? 😀
So, uh... I intended to have a giveaway on Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Apple books... but Amazon price-matched me. Hey, I'm cool with that! As a freebie, my book is pretty popular. Like, #4 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store) and #10 in Fantasy Anthologies...
What is Mastodon and why should I use it?
I'm so glad you asked! 😀 So, of all the Twitter clones--let's not get into Twitter, shall we?--the current top three are Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. I don't have a Threads account so I can't speak to whether it's any good or not. Moving right along. Bluesky: I'm...
SALE! Love Stories only 99 cents!
Do you want a copy of my short story collection for a very low price? Love Stories will be on sale until the end of the month. Grab it while it's cheap!