A Starry Update on Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling

Hello dear readers! I’m happy to report that Jason and I are in the process of delivering the eBooks and fulfilling digital rewards to our Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling Kickstarter backers as we speak. The street date for the anthology is December, and we are doing everything we can to put our backers […]

Habit Tracking through Bullet Journaling

If you’ve heard me speak at conventions, you might have picked up on how important I feel basic discipline is to forming good habits for writing. To expand on this a little further, I tend to think of being a writer holistically, because even when I’m not writing (which makes me miserable), I’m still thinking […]

It’s Inktober (Photos)

It’s Inktober! Opted to post some of the pieces I’ve been drawing for fun. I’m having a blast playing around with different types of inks and markers when I can. I’d really like to get into Copics, but the Prismacolors work great, too. Crayola markers are warping the paper a little too much. Love the […]

On Sabbaticals and Making My Own Art

My planned September sabbatical is almost at an end, sadly. I say “sadly”, because I very much enjoyed not being online this time around or, rather, online in closed circles. The first thing I did, after wrangling my list of paying gigs, was to do some adult coloring courtesy of Sarah Bigwood. And then? Decompression. […]

[Sharing Book Love] Free Copy of Genrenauts

In the category of “How cool is that?”, Michael R. Underwood is offering a free copy of Genrenauts: The Cupid Reconciliation for a limited time if you sign up for his newsletter. I’ll see what I can do about sharing more tidbits as they come my way in the future, too. Free books plus supporting […]