This was originally posted on the Samhain Publishing blog, and I’m feeling nostalgic for snow. We visited Leavenworth, WA, this past weekend and got to see the white stuff! 🙂 As the Midwest hunkers down for our first storm, I’m … Continue reading →
This was originally posted on our publisher’s website back in 2013. It’s still relevant! Enjoy. And so it starts.  Thanksgiving and Halloween are over, and the Superbowl is coming.  (Hah.  Bet you thought I’d say something else, huh?) So here … Continue reading →
And just like that, it’s December. Poof. I’m actually glad. I feel more optimistic now, and the start of a new month leading up to the start of a new year gives me hope. I realized I’m ending the year … Continue reading →
Work! No, Rest! No, Read! No, Make! Wait… It’s Saturday, Dear Reader, and the end to a week in the life. The full moon was amazing this week; I tried to capture it on my phone’s camera as it sat … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo* is in full swing and it’s a chilly, rainy day in the Seattle area. I’d say peaceful, but they’re replacing the roof on my building and the roofers started at 08:30. That’s in the ay-em. On a fucking Saturday. … Continue reading →
We’re starting up a new Artist’s Way Workshop! I hope you’ll join me. I will do live broadcasts over on our Facebook group, here, and we’ll have posts there and on our online Forum, here. I will also schedule in … Continue reading →
So, May sort of came, beat up everybody, and left. It feels like it should still be April 17th. But it’s not. It’s the first of June. In 2019. How’d that happen? I didn’t get as much done this year … Continue reading →
Dear Reader, I hate being sick. I hate it so much that I’m a horrible patient. I have been better, in recent years, about practicing good self care like going to bed when I’m sick and eating good stuffs. So … Continue reading →
Okay, it’s not really French for birds feeding; please my French speaking readers, don’t converge on me. And if you don’t speak French, joie de vivre is translated to English as, keen enjoyment of life, as in, “they were filled … Continue reading →
I have a confession to make: I adore ivy. When I lived in Chicago, I moved into a brick “three-flat,” which is Chicagoan for a brownstone with four apartments. No, that doesn’t make sense; this is because the basement apartment … Continue reading →