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…And then this happened.
Paul referred to this as a “triple event”: all three of the older kittens jumped onto him at more-or-less the same time. The kittens love to sit on Paul’s shoulders. It doesn’t matter if he’s standing (as he is in … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going (September 2, 2022), Plus Some Real-Life Stuff
Word count on the Stormriders manuscript is now a bit above 55K. The story has taken a direction that neither the author nor his twin (*waves*) expected: “along the z-axis,” as we’d have said back in the middle of the … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going: August 27, 2022
As of yesterday afternoon at five, the word count for Stormriders had reached 48K. (Numbers and whether or not they ought to be spelled out in writing remind me of a joke my dear clone-sibling shared with me a couple … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going: August 9, 2022
The Stormriders manuscript is currently just above 39K words. The author does not write standalone stories: As I’ve said before (lots and lots of times, and maybe eventually all the people who enjoy “the Tebrey stories” so much will read … Continue reading
Cover reveal!
(I want to say something about discussing art while we wait, but… *shrug*) This picture is the not-quite-finished cover for the last book of The Awakening series. I think all that remains to be done with it is the sort … Continue reading
Foster Kittens
The Trio — Wendy, Tootles, and Mongo — are a bit more than three months old now. They’re such sweethearts… and also such psycho little beasts. Kittens, y’know? The “dust bunnies” are younger than the Trio by about a month. … Continue reading
‘The word is ANACHRONISM…’
A funny thing happened when my sister-in-law had jury duty. I’ve mentioned before that Grace is a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. (Some of you reading this may already see the “punchline”…) Well, as it so happens, even … Continue reading
“It’s a book thing.”
I got a coffee mug for my birthday. It looks exactly like one that’s mentioned briefly but never described in a novel that has yet to be published. The mug in the book was given to Jason by Brygida, who … Continue reading
And now for something more lighthearted…
[Originally posted as “Sometimes, he looks at fan art and has conniptions.”] This art rant is brought to you by Too Much Caffeine and by the letters W, T, and F. However, no actual conniptions were had. I did something … Continue reading
Re-post: “Warning: Harsh Sarcasm Ahead” (plus additional tirading)
The original post dates back to August, 2014. A comment I saw today (May 13, 2022) on a blog post about writing certain types of antagonists is what reminded me of this post, and it seems like the sort of … Continue reading
North of Andover 