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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!”

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”

 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”

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”

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”

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)”

Hey! It’s time for the annual book giveaway! This is a contest! It’s a stupid-easy contest! Exclamation points!!! ETA! Deadline has been pushed to the end of February, as I didn’t have any time to properly promote this contest. Last year, GIMME BOOK 2014 saw copies of Digital Divide and Maker Space go to goodContinueContinue reading “GIMME BOOK! 2015”

It’s Small Business Saturday! Also known as: a fake holiday created by a credit card company oh just support some small businesses already. We may be tiny and overworked, but we try really darned hard to deliver original items and content, and we do this out of love. Local bookstores are a great place toContinueContinue reading “Small Business Saturday and Holiday Sales”

The monthly (hah!) status update on projects and such…

Status update for STATE MACHINE.