Okay, here’s the thing about rheumatoid arthritis that I didn’t know. (To be honest, there’s a whole bunch I don’t know, as this is still fairly new to me.) Fatigue sucks. A lot. Yes, I’ve had fatigue before in my life–read coeliacs, allergies, all those lovely autoimmune things–but this feels a lot more…intense. For the […]
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The Dog Days of Summer
Summer and I do not get along. At all. There are about two weeks in the middle of spring where I think, “Hmm, maybe it would be nice to sit out in the sun and be warm.” And then the heat hits and I realise that those thoughts were Not A Good Idea. Basically, I […]
Almost Done with The Wing Cycle
If you’ve been following any of the newsletters/slightly rambling posts on my various social media pages, then you probably know I have been working on finishing up The Forsaking of the Blind, the third book in The Wing Cycle. At this point, I have about a week’s worth of work left to do on this […]
Midway Between, Part IV
Midway was essentially the centre of the world. We had all sorts of trade running through and people besides. And people get bored. When people get bored, they head to the bars. Midway had a whole number of them. Oxygen deprivation for the cloud folk who wanted to feel a little more at home. Oxy-full […]
Midway Between, Part III
We went to analytics. Analytics folk are unusual people. They spend more time with their head buried into their vid screens and their piles of data than they do walking the decks or climbing up the city and seeing the real world. I think I’ve seen an analytic type out of their den twice in […]
Midway Between, Part II
“Checking the database,” Silver said. “We should have information on him come false dawn.” I nodded. Then pulled out my lapel comms pen, called up the head office. “Slocum here,” I said. “We could have one of those things you like to call a big problem here. Dead guy, looks to work for or be […]
Midway Between, Part I
How about something a little different today? Here’s the first part of a short story I wrote a while back. This has nothing to do with any of my other pieces, it’s just fun. My name’s Slocum Rexx. That’s spelled with two x-ses; make sure you get it right. Most people get that mixed up, […]
Holiday in the time of Pandemic
Today is Memorial Day in the US, and that means it’s a day off. Unfortunately, that also means that my day off feels much like the rest of my days (sans writing work) because of the pandemic. Things are opening up, but I’m cautious enough with my health to want to wait a bit longer. […]
Dream Vacation
As the lockdown continues, it seems like an ideal time to talk about my dream vacation. That is, a vacation that I dream about because I cannot go anywhere and also because I’m right in the middle of several projects that require, you know, writing. We’ll start with the weather. Honestly, where I want to […]
Exclamation Points in Social Media (because I’m a nerd)
If you aren’t aware, I am a linguist. I have a MSc in Applied Linguistics. I invent conlangs. I adore words. This also means that I think about language and the construction of language and the use of language a lot. And by a lot, I mean, well… a lot. Given this behaviour, I tend […]
Spring Cleaning
Wow, goodness! Life definitely got away from me this last month. I have been so busy doing about seven different things at a time. In summary, I: Finished Knoweldge Aforethought, which is Book Two in my On Behalf of Death series. It sounds creepier than it is. The series is about Death’s PR agent, Cal […]
The Clock Ticks
Okay, okay, I’m a little late with the February update. Whoops! Basically, I had intended throughout the month of January to do a whole bunch of new things: podcast, Patreon, many videos (though that’s not new) and so forth. I still want to do many of those things, but I have come to the realisation […]
