A Poll!
The Cover contest is in the last stages of the first round. I have to narrow my choices down to two by the end of the day. Head over to 99Designs to select the one you like best.
Cover Design Contest for A Call of Moonhart
Let the games begin! A cover design contest is now open for the cover of my novel A Call of Moonhart. I first heard about the company 99Designs from Joanna Penn at The Creative Penn podcast. It sounded like a great approach for getting a number of design options for the cover. I may use […]
Not surprised
I’ve been posting, on Facebook and elsewhere, the fact that what is going on at a national, political level, is just not normal! And yet? I’ve already lost my surprise. I’m no longer shocked that the party in power is making the changes it is, making the demands that it is, proposing the laws that […]
Did I really need to read that?
I re-read Jacklyn Carey’s Kushiel’s Dart last week and wanted to take a moment to react to the sex scenes. As one might imagine in a story that centers on a pair of prostitutes (I’m simplifying a 900 page story drastically) the sex scenes are important. And yet, the way she handles them is remarkably […]
Changing Toolset
Since my early 20s I’ve completed at least 4 novel-length pieces1. While the genesis of each one was different, the creation of each one differed as well. Some of those differences reflect the technology of the times and some reflect the differences in me.The first novel-length tale grew out of my time at the Minnesota […]
Je lirai
At my French class last week, I was asked why I’m studying the language. I used to have a good answer: a short version, a long version, a self-deprecating one. But when I was asked the question last week, I realized that my answer had changed. I had begun my language learning journey mostly because […]
Update on my NaNoWriMo 2014 post
More than two years ago, I wrote about the project that I was going to write for the 2014 NaNoWriMo. I sincerely stated that my goal with the project was to answer some questions I had for the characters but would not be more than 30,000 words. Ha! It’s like I’ve never met me. I […]
Allons-y à la maison française
I restarted my French studies more than 5 years ago now, with the purchase of Rosetta Stone. I started, then stopped for some while, then picked it up again. Since October 24th of 2013 I have succeeded in “touching” French every single day. But I haven’t made the kind of progress I wanted/expected to make. […]
Timeless Flaws
NBC’s Timeless presents users a science fiction trope of time travel but I can’t see any evidence that any one connected with the show has ever read any science fiction!
Toute l’année
It’s been nearly a year since my last post, and that one being about my plans to learn French. Here’s a quick update. In the past year I’ve succeeded in “touching” French for at least 15 minutes everyday. There were times when I’d climbed into bed and be nearly asleep, only to sit upright, reach […]
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