The contents of this post may contain some swearing, which is not my usual fare, and will contain obscured identities unless otherwise noted. I knew I had to go to WorldCon ( a.k.a. ChiCon ) to get some perspective and wanted to have a good time. Both desires were achieved in a way I had […]
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Musings and Opinions
Deep In The Taskmistress Mines
It has been a rollercoaster of a year. Many of my books and games sold out at GenCon and the reception for anthologies like New Hero and Haunted: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror has been fantastic. Not to mention, work in general has been fantastic. John and I will be releasing some exciting news and […]
An IndieGoGo for Sacred Lands
My research for The Queen of Crows took me into strange places and taught me that things you or I may take for granted are hallowed to others. As a result, one of the driving forces behind the main character, was the idea of ultimate self-sacrifice. Inspired by a true story, the main character goes […]
Five Lessons from Clarion Write-a-Thon
The first rule of Fight Club… Oh wait, sorry about that! The first lesson (and most important one I feel) I have to share with you from emerging successfully on the other side of the Clarion Write-a-Thon is this: The Clarion Write-a-Thon reaffirmed that I need to budget for promotional time and keep that separate […]
Thar Be Shinies, Matey. (New Jewelry Designs.)
Thought I’d share some new photos with you of the jewelry I’ve finished making. I’ve been working on advancing my skill set from intermediate to more advanced techniques. I feel like I have a looooonnnng way to go yet. There’s the Russian Spiral and peyote stitch with size 15 beads and a lot of other […]