You can have many kinds of grief. You can grieve the loss of a job, a dream, even things (accidentally dropping and smashing a favourite mug will give you a…Continue readingThe Nature of Grief
That time of the year – Worldweavers #3 is available for preorder on Amazon here bit.ly/3J4zou3 or at Books2Read in various other ebook formats – and the paperbacks are coming…Continue readingThe heart of the story
To telescope a harrowing couple of months into a couple of sentences,my mom was on hospice for kidney disease (and she kept ON being on hospice, declining slower and slower,…Continue readingThe Winnowing
So, my mom. Widowed almost ten years ago, with my dad having been the outside-facing part of that marriage – my mother is almost a proverbial hermit when it comes…Continue readingAdulting gets real
It would seem that it is necessary for a “Career author” as it were to put in my 2 cents’ worth about the intersection of AI and the creative endeavour,…Continue readingAI, AI, oh!
I found something on FB the other day and reposted it for responses on my own wall – Couple of reasons why I tthrew that out. February is a cruel…Continue readingIdentity
A long time ago now, I wrote a novel – about a sisterhood. The concept of the “jin shei” bond, a sisterhood of the heart, a “Chosen” family as opposed…Continue readingFriendship passing
Dear love, It’s been two years, today. Two years since you left me. Two years since your body failed you (although your courage never did). Two years since you passed…Continue readingTwo years
So, Chickens, I have a GoH gig. Online, to be sure, because they’re in the UK and I am all the way over on the west coast of the…Continue readingGuest of Honor Picocon 40