Happy Friday, Lurkdom! I hope you all have splendiferous plans for the weekend. I’m going to continue to work on my word count and ponder the writing life*. I’ve been thinking a lot about first drafts. For the last two years, my writing group has been critiquing Nemesis’ sophomore effort–a novel of undetermined genre or target audience. This past Wednesday
I Heart Banned Books
In case you’re not a book nerd, you might not know that it’s Banned Books Week. I think it’s important to recognize books that have been banned or challenged because they usually end up being some of the most influential books in terms of outlook or genre*. And without fail, they’re challenged because they make you think, deal with magical-elements-which-means-they’re-the-spawn-of-satan,
PSA Interlude: Renaissance Faire Edition
Yesterday Hubby and I went to King Richard’s Faire with a few friends. KRF is the renaissance faire that happens every weekend in September and October in Massachusetts. There are only two reasons I go. Historically inaccurate costumes, and The big cat show (To be honest, if we didn’t have half off tickets courtesy of Groupon, I probably wouldn’t have
Deadliest Catch: Psycopathic Child Edition*
While staying at the Real World Cottage, we had the redneck neighbors from hell. Their yard housed tetanus and their porch was loaded up with, erm, crap. They were loud. They climbed onto the roof of their cottage more than once – with one of those times in a gorilla suit. The grandmother was nice enough to let us search
Unicorn Fail
First off, I’ve noticed I’ve gotten some new followers. Hi, welcome, and Happy Monday. A few months ago, Cathy in marketing showed me the most disturbing Etsy find ever. The release of Regretsy reminded me of it’s existence. Yes, this is a unicorn. Yes, you can find it on Etsy. Yes, this bothers me. While taxidermy is useful from a