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
A Surprising Weekend
March Books: 3/5? (Drop Dead Sisters) (I’m also most of the way through Armageddon’s Children, which is, as I was warned, pretty dang awful. I may need to decompress with something else before I read any more.) Last week 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.
Looking Like a Writer
March Books: 2/5? I forgot what I set as a goal this month. (When All the Men Wore Hats) I’m in a weird spot where I can’t make progress on any of my bigger goals because of other life responsibilities.
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
Mid-January Check-In
Little early, but hey, why not. January books: Still 1/4 Reading As we can tell from my usual count, it doesn’t sound like a lot is getting done. But I’m still working through that Weird Parenting Wins book (and I’m
Goals and So Forth for 2026
January Books: 1/5 (Rose/House) Now that we’ve got last year’s reading stats out of the way, we can talk about 2026 and goals and whatnot. As you guys know if you were here over the last year, 2025 was rough,
2025 Reading Stats
Happy new year, squiders! I hope you’re off to an encouraging start! It’s time for my yearly reading stats post, which is interesting to me and maybe no one else, but I like numbers and so here we are. Books
Okay, Maybe We’ve Overdone the Mysteries
December Books: 4/4 (Edited Out and It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Mischief) Howdy, squiders. We’re a week out from Christmas, so that’s a thing. I could probably use a few more stocking stuffers, but we’ve reached a point
