What It Means to be Fandom
The year was 1994, and I was 16. I was “old enough to drive,” which humorously enough was the slogan for ArmadilloCon 16 that year. I’ve written about my experiences at my first convention before, but it wasn’t until yesterday Read More…
Love wins
For all that I don’t write romance novels or even fiction with heavy romantic themes, I’ve always thought of myself as a romantic in the goofy, sappy, cry-too-much-at-cheesy-commercials sort of way–especially when it comes to my husband, my kitties, and Read More…
Resistance
For many of us, today is a pretty depressing and dark day. Tomorrow, millions of women and men will march in protest and for equality. Millions will raise their voices and speak out against oppression and hatred. All day I’ve Read More…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Today dawns a whole new year! A new chance to change things or resolve to better ourselves. I’m not a fan of making promises I can’t keep. I tend to make achievable goals rather than resolutions. THEREFORE…. Read More…
2016 In Review
In terms of life and writing, 2016 had a lot of ups and downs for me. It’s hard to remember some of those ups when the downs are swinging at you, but they’re there and worth remembering. So here goes Read More…
Directly Proportional to Cats
Productivity, or writing productivity in my case, is these days directly proportional to my cats. I swear, it is! Writing and Cats–the struggle is real. I have a plan. I have a schedule. I even have a time sheet. Time Read More…
Thanksgiving
From its bloody beginning to the more recent attacks on the Native People’s protesting the DAPL, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday in the United States. It’s always been a “damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t” style holiday for me, especially being a 20+ year-long Read More…
Surgery Update
I am WAY overdue on a surgery update–mostly because I spent the first week after surgery in a drug-induced state of alternating sleep and daze–but I figured now was a good time to update you! Surgery to remove my gallbladder Read More…
Surgery
It’s surgery time! 7 AM tomorrow morning I’ll be heading in for some unexpected surgery. Fun times, let me tell you! Everything is going to be delayed a week or so as I discovered last week (via ultrasound) that I Read More…
The Gauntlet
If you’re local to Seattle and have frequented Card Kingdom or Mox Boarding House, you’ve probably heard of The Gauntlet, which is an annual gaming tournament in support of charity. From Mox Boarding House, “20 teams of 4, from local Read More…
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