Momming Monday: The Quest For Control
When you hit adulthood, you realize you are on your own and are now responsible for all your own scheduled appointments, deadlines, and maintenance cycles for all the things that make life comfortable. When you hit parenthood, you realize that not only are you responsible for all your own dates and times, but somehow you […]
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Making The Most Of It
I’m currently enjoying a vacation of Endless Summer Fun (TM) with the ol’ family. And all that implies. In the course of cramming a summer’s worth of activities in just a handful of days, I think a lot about making the most of limited time. Part of my vacation is the ability to indulge in […]
Momming Monday: The Stages of Summer
I’ve been handling summer vacations with kids for long enough to see there’s a pattern. June comes around and a combination of spring/summer sports and school year fatigue produces a kid that’s at once so suddenly lost without the routine, and yet so happy to be off the wheel of the Daily Grind that they’re […]
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Empathy In Strange Places
Took a trip to the museum today to see an exhibit on Pompeii. I came away with a sense of how like us the people of the ancient Roman empire truly were. They had plumbing, fast food and take-out (in containers with ads on them, even!), and like us, they had a great cultural pastime […]
Momming Monday: Notes From The Cruise Director
Out here in crazy town,w are heading into vacation land. Fire the kids, that means endless plans for impending awesome. For Darth Mommy (that’s me), it means laundry, cleaning, and tackling all those projects that I had all the time in the world to finish just a week ago. Including more laundry. Your vacation land […]
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Who Built It?
Yeah, I’m capitalizing a little over the political kerfluffle, because hey, I like a policy fight as much as the next guy, but that one’s right on the level of an internet message board fap-fight over spelling and LOLcats. But the point behind it has a place in fiction. Who built your characters? Everyone has […]
Momming Monday: Summer Blockbusters
In my house, July means the summer’s gone on long enough that boredom has set in and now the only release from the Endless Summer Fun of Youthful Ennui is Recreational Fighting. Don’t get me wrong, my kids are generally crazy about each other, and very protective of each other when anyone else tries to […]
Join Me As I Guest Blog!
I’m guest-blogging momming over at Peanut Butter On The Keyboard today – come and join me as I talk Poison Ivy! I’m hosting a giveaway, too! Fun (or Not!) with Poison Ivy (+ Giveaway!) | peanut butter on the keyboard.
Enjoy A Taste of Forever Material
Jake Mancini was a swearing man. He’d have been swearing right now if it weren’t for the wrench clamped in his teeth. Even a strong swear word might push him off his too-thin perch. A few bolted together two-by-twelve roof trusses supported him and the sea of acoustical tiles making up the dropped ceiling beneath […]
Friday Feature: Jennette Marie Powell, Author of The Saturn Society Books
One of the things I love about writing is the people I meet. Writing is a solitary craft, for the most part, so most of those people reside in my head in one form or another. Writing is a creative process as well, and most creative types shy away from the technical side of things. […]