Dear Auntie Deborah: How can I find a real publisher for my YA novel, instead of one of the many vanity or scam presses? — Tearful Wannabee Dear Tearful: Do your research about publishers. Find out which accept unagented submissions. Check … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2019
We’re over two weeks into our election campaign and have the forever-wait ahead of us. Three weeks is our forever-wait. I’m not going to explain the full Australian political system. I live with it. The bus that takes me to … Continue reading
So I learned in a certain magazine aimed at people of a certain age, that there is a highly popular Instagram account known as Grombre. I used to think that because I didn’t subscribe to Instagram, if that’s the appropriate … Continue reading
Join Thor and me as we wander the charming harbor town of Kos, where history and natural beauty flourish. NOTE: Since our recent trip to Greece to research more settings for my novel-in-progress, THE ARIADNE DISCONNECT, Thor and I knew … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) As this goes live, I am in Yosemite National Park, where I hope to take many lovely photographs of nature. Lots of art forms have developed new materials or techniques … Continue reading
At FOGcon, we learned about the Go Wish cards, which are a tool for figuring out your concerns and wishes in planning for the end of life. Having learned by caring for my father in his last years how important … Continue reading
Look, I’ll be blunt with you. I have IBD. Bathrooms are, you should pardon the expression, serious shit to me. I hoard toilet paper in the fear that one day I’ll be caught without, and be too sick to go … Continue reading
I happened to get my Bookbub mailer, and in it was a bundle for “Alien Mail Order Brides.” That tripped me up. It’s on trend in a lot of ways, but it overlays the old west and even current practice … Continue reading
As part of the process of downsizing prior to moving house, I had to go through a packet of parental artifacts passed from sister to sister to me. It was my sad job to off-load 1940’s dance cards, 1950’s business … Continue reading
Join Thor and me on our anniversary retreat in remote southeast Mexico, where we celebrated our “luna de miel” (honeymoon) ten years ago. NOTE: I’ll continue my photo-journal blog posts of my recent Greek islands research trip next Saturday, April … Continue reading