Category Archives: Commentary & Musing

About Damn Time

One of my Kingdom Come novels has the working title About Damn Time because the theme is that a visitor to Earth from Kingdom Come has trouble adjusting to Earth’s shorter days. This is not about that novel, but it … Continue reading

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Uterine Guilt

Sometimes I think that guilt comes simply from the fact that I was born with a uterus. Not enough time for writing? Guilt. Spent time writing but didn’t get the laundry done? Guilt. Didn’t get the nativity display up on … Continue reading

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All a-Twitter

I think I’ve decided to reform my blogging to twice a week. On Wednesdays I’ll do my regular ROW80 Updates. Then, any other time in the week (probably the weekend) I will do another post. It might be some random … Continue reading

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Fangirl Fail

In these lovely years affectionately referred to as “middle age” I have made hundreds of friends and am fortunate enough to be connected in some small way to various sensational people. I’ve never done the math, but I’m pretty sure … Continue reading

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Phamily

Phamily: The close-knit group formed among those working together to produce Star Trek Phase II For my ROW80 Update, scroll to the bottom. It’s that time of year. Every June-ish Star Trek Phase II shoots an episode of classic Trek over … Continue reading

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Rearranging the Furniture

For my #ROW80 update, either read the entire rambling 700 words, or skip to the last paragraph. Thanks! Trying something new for #AmWriting I am fortunate enough to be married to an IT guy, and we own more computers than there … Continue reading

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Rebooted

Reboots are big in Hollywood today. Love them or hate them, they make money so they’re here to stay. Doctor Who? Uber-fantastic, the best form of reboot ever, hands down! I’m so glad it’s back. I could fan-girl all over … Continue reading

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The Goalpost for May 14

My goals for this round of ROW80 are simple. Submit something every week. The first week (April was hiatus…I joined this round late) was great…I submitted twice! But this week I got stuck by overthinking a story. One of those … Continue reading

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PPWC My Biggest Regret

It’s been a few weeks since I attended my first writers’ conference. For three days I soaked up everything I could from authors, agents, publishers, and others in the field. I rubbed elbows with lovers of Steampunk, writers of Romance, … Continue reading

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Fellowship

Irony… I’m procrastinating a short story called The Inventor’s Fellowship by writing a post on Fellowship. They’re not related. Well…they could be…yeah… Anywho… Today we went to church, as we usually do on Sunday mornings. We spent a couple of … Continue reading

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