So, I don’t think I ever mentioned why I chose to self-publish Harper Madigan: Junior High Private Eye.  For those of you who don’t know, it’s a noir detective story.  It’s also MG, so self-publishing it isn’t the most obvious path to get it into the hands of readers.  A lot of people have misconceptions about […]
Trip to the EMP and ALA
Went to the EMP/Sci-fi Museum here in Seattle this week. Â The sci-fi museum is probably my favorite museum ever because, well, to be perfectly honest, because it has things from TV. Â And I love things from TV! Â I mean, just look at that Dalek! Â I got to see that in real life and it was […]
The Trials of Renegade X Release Date!
Mark your calendars for September, 2013! Â That’s right, The Trials of Renegade X will be released next September! Â This might seem like a long way off, especially when you guys have been so patient–a lot of you have been waiting for this since 2010. Â But September is when everything can be done by–both on my […]
The Most Important Career – an Email to a Friend
I wrote this in an email to an author friend, on the subject of writing as a career, as opposed to other, more lucrative and “parent-and-society-approved” professions. Â I’m posting it here in the hopes that it resonates with other writers as well: Frankly, I think writing fiction is the most important, most noblest career anyone […]
Gamification, Behaviorism, and My Cat
This week in my Meaningful Gamification class, we’re studying behaviorism and how rewards are used to affect behavior. Â So basically people have studied how doling out rewards/in what ways they’re doled out affects learning. Â So if you have someone push a button to get a reward, but they only get a reward at one minute […]
My First Knitting Pattern!
As most of you probably know (I think), I do a lot of knitting and crocheting. Â Last year I made my first venture into crochet design with the ponies, and this summer I made my first knit design. Â In all my years of knitting and crocheting, I honestly thought I would never get into design […]
I Exist Again!
As of now I just finished my last final for summer semester! Â Now I have two weeks off before it all starts up again… Book wise, I have not forgotten about you all who are diligently waiting for The Trials of Renegade X. Â I’ve had to put it on hold for a bit while I […]
Life Changer – Writing sans Internet
Once upon a time, in 2004, in a faraway land called Bellingham, WA, where the sky, the earth, and the sea are all the same shade of gray, I got it into my head that I wanted a portable writing device. Â I had a desktop at the time and I wanted to be able to […]
I’m Only Happy When It Rains – A NW Girl’s Ballad
So you know that Garbage song, I’m Only Happy When It Rains? Â Yeah, well, it took me forever to realize that song was about being emo. Â Not like I’m actually only happy when it rains, but when you grow up in the NW, especially in some sort of black hole rain shadow, a rainy day […]
Wondering Where I’m at with the Renegade X Sequel?
So, I can admit that the beginning of the year was a lot busier than I expected (A LOT busier). Â I pubbed my middle grade noir mystery, Harper Madigan: Junior High Private Eye. Â I expanded from doing commissions on DeviantArt to an actual Etsy business. Â I was taking grad school classes. Â I spent my spring […]