March books: 5/5 (The Deck of Omens) Happy Wednesday, squiders. I have managed to drag myself away from BTS’s 2.0 music video to write you today’s blog post. Like many avid readers, I have more books than I may ever
Shannara Readthrough: Armageddon’s Children
March Books: 4/5? (Armageddon’s Children, obviously) Howdy, squiders. How’s life? If you’re new around here, or even if you’re not, here’s a quick recap. The Wishsong of Shannara was the book that introduced me to epic fantasy back when I
Is Secondary World Fantasy Dead?
Hey, squiders, hope March is treating you well! As part of my SkillShare class on interconnected short stories, I did some market research in order to show my students what they might do with the stories after they’ve written them.
Making Progress (But Slowly)
February Books: 2/4 (Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom) (I read Crooked Kingdom in three days. Been a while since I’ve plowed through a 500 page fantasy novel.) Sorry for the Saturday post, squiders. But I’m sick of talking about
Nano Writing: Essentially the End
November Books: 5/6 (Songs of Power, The Keeper of Magical Things, and The Night Guest) (The Night Guest shared a lot of similarities with One of Those Faces from last month that I didn’t like at all. This one was
Nano Writing: Week 2.5
November Books: 2/6 (Cold and Hottie) Howdy, howdy, squiders, hope your November is going well. Sorry about missing last week. I wish I could say that it won’t happen again, but experience tells me that we’re going to be real
NaNo Writing: Week One
November Books: 1/6 (The Story of the Treasure Seekers) Hey ho, squiders, hope your November is going well! Here we are, a week into the month. I expressed my intent last week to do a Nano-esque challenge this month, and
Shannara Readthrough: Angel Fire East
August books: Still 3/6 (also in the middle of 3, because I am a mess) (Also as a note, I read the last book in this a year ago. May need to speed things up a bit.) If you’re new
Why is Everything So Violent These Days?
Morning, squiders. I did my training for my new job yesterday, and I have one week left in-person at my old job (I’m going to support them for a further month part-time and remotely). Weird times. August book goal: 6
Weigh Anchor
Hello, squiders! Well, I’ve made it through the draft (again). I have made my maps, and they might actually be good. Well, they’ll at least be useful. (I do need to at least clean up the upper hold on the



