Dear Irving ISD
Dear Irving ISD, (No, scratch that.) Dear Every School in America (but mostly Texas), I grew up in Texas. I graduated high school and married my husband in Texas. And after that, I taught middle school for 12 years in Read More…
I Hate Moving, Except When It’s Pretty
I figured it was time for a moving update… We spent two days moving into our temporary housing, which is longer than it should ever take someone to move into a furnished place. We’d load up as much as would Read More…
Giving is Greater
I’ll probably avoid Facebook today, if for no other reason than I’m insanely busy having just moved, but I will also avoid it because of the profound grief and anger that lives online on 9/11. Everyone has their opinions and Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl What I Love about This Cover: It’s cartoon-ey and fun, much like the book at a surface level read. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: There are Read More…
Flashback Friday: Moving
This week’s Flashback Friday: Moving…. Rather than a lengthy Flashback Friday post on something literary, I’m going to Flashback to our first day in Seattle, WA… No, not the 21-year-old college students who visited Seattle briefly to check out the Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Otherland #1
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Otherland #1, City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams What I Love about This Cover: There is a level of rich detail to this cover that you don’t see a lot of on books anymore. Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Card Wars
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Card Wars Publisher: Kung Fu Factory Game Type: Card Game # of Players: Single player or against other decks via tournaments The physical Card Wars game is a card game based on the Adventure Time Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Giver
This week’s Flashback Friday: The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Giver is one of those classic sci-fi novels that tops the Banned Book List annually and shocks parents everywhere for daring to talk about puberty and euthanasia. The book wasn’t Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: The Giver
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The Giver by Lois Lowry. What I Love about This Cover: The transition from black & white to color in the bottom left-hand corner. Simple and yet eye-catching. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: Read More…
Flashback Friday: My First Con
This week’s Flashback Friday: My First Con. Seems only fitting since I’m currently at WorldCon. I was 16 when I attended my first writing convention. I drove myself from Houston to Austin for ArmadilloCon 16 (10/7-10/9/1994) and I felt so Read More…