A goodly portion of my social media posts for the last week have had to do with Minnie, the cat I mentioned in last week’s blog post who I adopted from outside. She is doing very well, now, having been spayed and vaccinated and finally given full access to the house. I think she is […]
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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 […]
New Year, New Plan
As you may know, I’ve had more plans for this new year than just writing books (though that is still the most important bit). These include things like weekly blog book reviews over on https://quillandpen.com as well as a radio drama, Patreon page and more. I’m also trying to market Speaker of Words better by […]
Happy New Year!
By the time I’m writing this, it is already the new year on the other side of the world. So… happy new year and happy end of year! I hope that this next year will be filled with laughter and smiles; exploration and discovery; moments of profundity; naps; chocolate; and everything that you need in […]
No Post Today
I have to make a cake and prepare Amazon ads, so there will be no blog post today. Happy Holidays!
Not quite a vacation
For the last two weeks, I have been working almost solely on getting my backlog set up for the new year. I have several exciting plans that will be starting up in January and a whole lot of other interesting things on the plate. This means that I have to be very proactive about creating […]
Swirling Air Behind Glasses
Wind blows swift, and cool Behind the spectacles it lingers Around the legs, the cheeks, the ears Sparing nought and stinging But the feeling intesifies upon entering A room warmed and dim Where waiting sits tea Ah, Winter. I have waited for thee
NaNo Results
This year has been a strange one for timing. Normally, I start a new project in November and use NaNoWriMo to get a first draft or most of a first draft done. This year, I was 2/3ds of the way through a draft and used NaNo to finish it. That meant I finished the draft […]
