Today, I am thirty. This is less dramatic than I ever expected. I suspect it’s partly because I’ve watched the husband be a thirty something for around three years. His crystal has yet to change colors. And partly because I worked in book publishing long enough to stretch my sense of the calendar. I’ve been […]
Over the next few days you may notice changes in the site. I have a designer working on a new (very cool) look. She needs to test a few things, so you may get a sneak peek if you show up at the right moment, and possibly you may find some things momentarily unavailable. Hopefully, […]
You may have noticed I haven’t posted in a long time. I’ve been locked in a fierce—perhaps mortal—battle for my sanity, wrestling the first draft of Brimstone Angels into submission. Now, I return victorious! Now, when I say I was in a fierce battle for my sanity, understand, I don’t mean the book is bad, […]
Go here. Scroll down to “Gaming-RelatedFiction.” Be giddy with me. Alternate titles for this post: I Miss the Book Department’s Subscription to Locus Why Googling Yourself is Healthy HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, DID SOMEONE BUY CASES OF THE GOD CATCHER TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN HAITI OUT OF!? The Month I Sold Better Than R.A. […]
As a part of my severance package, Wizards of the Coast provided me with some lovely job counseling sessions to help me find my way back into the job market. Granted, I decided to skirt the market, but going to these meetings was instrumental in my decision that I really ought to go for the […]
1. It is psychologically more satisfying to treat penny slots as really odd arcade games, than as sources of wealth. If you play with the goal of playing the wacky mini-games, it’s much more fun because you are never going to win anything exciting. 2. You can make a slot machine themed as anything: […]
I’m at the airport, getting ready to board a plane (one of my least favorite things ever). And although it’s the weekend of GenCon Indy, sadly, that’s not where I’m heading. In fact, I may be heading to the “Reversed” GenCon: Las Vegas. In Tarot, when cards are dealt upside down, they’re termed “reversed.” In […]
I am miserable, people. I’m blaming the Husband’s company picnic. Or the antibiotics my doctor gave me. Or maybe this kefir I was told to drink because it would help my perpetually nervous stomach. But whatever inanimate object/event is to blame, it’s pretty clear that nothing I eat really wants to have anything to do with me. And […]
I’m trying a new look for my blog. It will probably change more in the next few weeks (and maybe even get some posts on it). This template has an extra block of text on the right–a “blurb.” While I might use that for review quotes or something useful, for now it’s going to contain […]
Singular: the duck’s feet Plural: the ducks’ feet This does not change when the object ends in an S. It is not, for example: Erin Evans’ witty sentence Erin Evan’s witty sentence Erin Evanses witty sentence (I wish I’d never seen that one, but yes, some people have tried it). Erin Evans witty sentence (Ditto) People may […]