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Joshsmut is live!

Thanks to the generosity and support of my Patreons, I’m launching my first serial fiction. The first Joshsmut was so much fun to write, but it never paid for itself so I couldn’t justify taking the time from paying projects to work on the other installments. I’m grateful I now get the chance to writeContinueContinue reading “Joshsmut is live!”

Short Fiction – Who Tells Your Story

This isn’t Hamilton fanfic. This is what happens when there is Hamilton fanfic in a world where ghosts gain or lose power based solely on “how well and widely they are remembered”, and takes place in that oddly physical limbo between life and whatever comes next as seen in A Girl and Her Fed. WhoContinueContinue reading “Short Fiction – Who Tells Your Story”

An Email to a Young Artist

So I was in a waiting room drawing cat butts last week, and some very nice women sat down next to me. We got to talking about art, and one woman mentioned she had a younger teenager who was passionate about becoming an artist. I gave her my card, the teenager wrote to me, and…ContinueContinue reading “An Email to a Young Artist”

On Blindness and Rachel’s Character

I’ve had this post in the queue for several months.* It’s one of those posts that I’ve needed to write, but haven’t wanted to write, and… Well, here’s the thing: I can be dumb, and insensitive, and I write from my own life’s perspective (which has been pretty darned good). Since I’m a writer, sometimesContinueContinue reading “On Blindness and Rachel’s Character”

Adventures Around the Internet

Okay. Computer is no longer Dead, and is actually working Quite Wonderfully, and I’m using this as an opportunity to get rid of Old Nonsense. Did you realize I still had an AIM account? You didn’t? Because nobody has had one of those since the late 90s? WELL I NEVER (bothered to update). Moving on…ContinueContinue reading “Adventures Around the Internet”

Dog, Recovery

Last Wednesday, I returned from running errands, uncrated the dogs, and went to go make myself some tea. I didn’t even pay conscious attention to the dogs as I did this (“Good boys, who are my good boys? Who smells like boxfarts? You smell like boxfarts!”). Shima the Puppy followed me to the kitchen, likeContinueContinue reading “Dog, Recovery”

Rachel Peng, Book 4

It’s got a title! It’s got cover art! Is it done? Oh no. No, it is not. The problem is that life keeps getting surreal. Just absolutely fucking surreal. The subplot started out as standard “lone gunman with personal arsenal”, and then a bunch of dudes took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and thatContinueContinue reading “Rachel Peng, Book 4”

Never-Ending List of Things to Do, Feb ’16 Edition

Write a blog post. Quiet, brain, I’m working. Write a blog post! Working. Hush. I’ll give you cookies. Write a blog post or I’ll remind you about this thing you did when you were eight. Fine. Okay. Right. Let’s organize the work schedule for the next few months, shall we? Novels & Stories Greek KeyContinueContinue reading “Never-Ending List of Things to Do, Feb ’16 Edition”

Con Report-Arisia 2016

Finished my first convention in…three years? Four? It went very well, except for the parts when it didn’t, such as when I totally swore at one of my childhood heroes. Arisia is an established science fiction convention located in Boston. As far as organization, it’s easily the best one I’ve ever attended. The site wasContinueContinue reading “Con Report-Arisia 2016”

2016 Goals (This time, she means it)

Aaaand I reread the last blog post, “2015 Wrapup, 2016 Goals”, which delivers on the wrapup but nosedived on the goals. Let’s address this, shall we? Kickstarter The original purpose of the Kickstarter was to get two audiobooks recorded, but the physical add-on and bonus Backer items have been sitting around my house for aboutContinueContinue reading “2016 Goals (This time, she means it)”