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Category: writing
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State of the Writer
So this is going to be a relatively short update post. Not exciting, sorry, but I have a case of the empty brain today and am sitting here trying to figure out what to write. There are topics that interest me, might not appeal to my readers, but I just don’t have the oomph to…
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Repost: Aphasia
This post last appeared on my blog in December of 2014, and was lost in the hosting shift. So I’m reposting it, as I think it was good enough to keep. Like I talked about today over at the Mad Genius Club, there’s nothing new under the sun, and that includes blog posts. Aphasia is…
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Clarke’s Century
I came across an article reminding me that had he lived, Arthur C Clarke would have been 100 this year. His impact on the genre I write it, on the world I live in, is a powerful one, but it’s not entirely a positive one. I’m not knocking him – consider that he was born…
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Monster of Mind
Why do we all dread Mondays? Even back when I worked most weekends, Mondays were a problem child. Perhaps it’s because everything comes due on a Monday. Perhaps it’s because we’ve just gotten used to one routine, and suddenly we have to switch to another. Perhaps it’s simply that Mondays are evil. I don’t know.…
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Captivity, the Butterfly, and the Stars
Rapid adaptation to captivity affects wild animals, and humans, too.
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Blind Writing
Sometimes pulling words out of my head is as hard as pulling teeth. I sit here for long, silent moments before I finally get the fingers into motion and make words come out. And even then, it might only be in an exercise like this, where the brain feels fuzzy and empty, like a warm…
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Hold That Thought
Or: The Fine Art of being Interrupted Constantly whilst trying to write a coherent docum… what do you want now? The dog’s throwing up!? oh for… Ahem. I am the proud mother of four bright children, and I love them very, very much. I’m also the dog mommy of my First Reader’s poochella, and of…
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Kids: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
This is not how I’d planned to spend my day. I got up like normal, started getting ready for work, got one kid on the bus while the other retreated to her room with a migraine, and finished getting ready for work. So what happened? Well, as I was headed out the driveway for work,…
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Thor Ragnarok Review
I don’t see a lot of movies. I see even fewer in the company of my First Reader. In fact… this would be the second movie we’ve seen while sitting next to one another, cuddling and making quietly snarky comments. I think it colors how I look at the movie, but maybe that’s just me.…
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Dragon Speaking
This is an experiment, I am dictating this post using Dragon NaturallySpeaking microphone which is an app I use on my phone, and it syncs with my desktop as I am speaking. I’ve already had to go back and correct the word app and so evidently that doesn’t work very well. Also as I currently…
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Not NaNo
I’m not doing National Novel Writing Month. But it is November, and I’m committing to a daily writing session. This morning, for instance, I managed to get out about 1200 words before work. I might get a few more tonight, but that will depend on variables. There are a lot of variables in life, and…
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Zombie Caterpillars
I have to admit, there’s nothing like finding a scientific paper on zombies, mummification, and, er, caterpillars to put me in the Halloween mood. It’s got it all: mind-controlled caterpillars who submit to their fate, controlled by a monster that isn’t even sentient. Then, the mindless monster sparks wars, is used to cheat in races, and scientists…