Sorcery – magic, often with a dark or terrible price. Steam – early technology, often with mixed results Combine the two, and you get one of my favorite sub-genres: early-industrial magic. I’ve played with it in my Vineart trilogy, where … Continue reading
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“Why is nobody talking about this?” If you have spent any time on social media (and I’m looking at you specifically, Tumblr, but every platform’s guilty of it) you’ve seen some variation of this, typically typed in an incredibly well-meaning, … Continue reading
This will open like a political rant. It s not a political rant. Okay, that’s kinda a lie, because politics is in everything especially these days, but seriously, it’s not a political rant, unless words and humanity are now political … Continue reading
Okay folks, buckle in, because this one’s not only NSFW, it’s not safe for the squeamish, or those who think bodies are best touched in the dark and under covers and god forbid you actually take a close look at … Continue reading
After I finished writing GABRIEL’S ROAD, which Book View Cafe published this week, I wrote the Author’s Note wherein I explained why the book was coming out later than anticipated, and also poked into why the story went where it … 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 was listening to the radio a few days ago, and Meatloaf’s “Anything For Love” came up. Now I grew up listening to that song to the point where the lyrics are embedded in my DNA. Probably any American of … Continue reading
As often seems to happen in these days of seemingly endless inspiration, what I’d planned on Ranting about gets pushed aside by a more immediate ARGH that needs to be ranted about. And because the universe is a giving entity, … Continue reading
This time, in honor of the season, I’m ranting about something that comes up every year around this time.
No, not crocuses (who could rant about such cute little flowers?). No, I mean that other thing that shows its head around this time… taxes.
Continue readingI am very tired. I am very fucking tired. I am so tired that when I try to go to sleep, I lie awake thinking about how tired I am, rather than sleeping. So I’ve started taking siestas. Small naps, somewhere … Continue reading