Happy Valentine's Day
Feb. 14th, 2026 06:50 pm
I wanted a disturbing Valentine's Day card from way back when but then I disturbed myself. So have that one and I hope you have a nice day whether or not you celebrate the holiday.
I wanted a disturbing Valentine's Day card from way back when but then I disturbed myself. So have that one and I hope you have a nice day whether or not you celebrate the holiday.
Writerly Ways
Feb. 1st, 2026 10:35 pm
My imbolc was...frustrating. Before I launch into my writerly ways, let me tell you my tale of woe because what would a day be if something annoying didn't happen. I opened my email to find
1. my hotel was canceled
2. that gown I paid for, the email can't be delivered.
So 1. the hotel. It's for the loveland frogman festival. It's the hotel they use for their guests and festival goers (the conference center is a golf club without a hotel) I call them to find out WHY they canceled. me. She goes , 'oh, the state shut us down.' and hung up on me. I'm wow. how BAD do you have to be for the state said no more. A friend suggested that maybe it was because of ICE because didn't Hilton do that it in Minneapolis. Yes but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Now I'm looking for a new hotel AND wondering will the festival get canceled?!?
2. When recollection clothing was on Etsy I bought a beautiful walking dress for my steampunk and in June I bought one for my steampunk/cosplaying Rosie. She's no longer on etsy. It was meant to be delivered in August. it took a couple emails to get a response that she was struggling to get the cloth but she was on it. I've emailed every month since. No response. Now I can't even get an email through. Either she pulled up stakes entirely OR she blocked me. I need to go check the web page to see what's going on but I'm betting that's 200$ I'm never seeing back.
So writerly ways. I have nothing much to actually say, ha. BUT I stumbled onto an offer that was too short of a turn around to share it and it was all about taking a chance (literally it was a random lottery) to get pages of your novel read by a pro editor (like 3 pages) and they asked what turned out to be a shockingly hard question that I thought I'd pose to all of you.
What do YOU struggle with in your novel?
Part of me wanted to say description, ever since a particularly bad writers' group but then I thought eh, that sounds not really like I know what I'm doing. My real problem is my characters pull the story down rabbit holes I'm not sure it should be going through and evil little dog helped me put it in a more coherent way, enough so that one of the editors popped in with an answer (something other than buy my book, which there was a regrettable amount of that) He called it shiny object syndrome which fair. I've called it that myself not knowing it's the right term.
I get distracted by the newest shiny idea outside of the novel and within. It's something I need to work on. How about you?
Open Calls
Views From The Overlook I've shared this before. My story is ready (another beta read wouldn't be bad) I'm sharing this again because they have made a lot of changes to the open call (making it more fair honestly) and the pay is up to 2K for the story. I'm still taking my slim to none chance.
After the Hurt This one is weird. It wants stories that are 'after the whump' the weird part is they have categories from micro fic to novelettes but the PAY doesn't change, just ten dollars or a paperback of the anthology. Given that I wouldn't give them more than flash fic
When the Base Goes Dark: Holding the Line at Home Original horror fiction written exclusively by current or former military dependents
Eye to the Telescope Theme: Paying Tribute
Vampires Anthology Spine-tingling Short Stories of Vampirism in All Its Forms. this is one I'm writing frantically for but it just occurred to me I DO have steampunk vampire story (but it might be too short).
Untitled Suburban Gothic Anthology Suburban Gothic by Canadian authors
THE PING ANTHOLOGY
35 Magazines Accepting Literary Fiction
From around the web
Battling “Shiny Object Syndrome” as a Writer: How I’m Staying Focused on My Novella this was the advice I was given
Short, Sharp, and Hungry: What a Lifetime of Novels Taught Me About Writing Short Horror
Radical Immersion: Becoming Your Character
How to Sneak Clues Past Your Readers and Keep Them Guessing
Change Requires an Engaged Community
The Author's Guide to Instagram.
Five Top Tips To Smash Your Writing Goals
The Timely Sentence
One I think a lot of us should listen to
also interesting
From Betty
Five Ways Authors Sabotage Their Story’s Tension
How Big Should Character Problems Be?
What Actually Scares Me About AI
Three Ways to Develop Characters in Fiction
How to Craft Accurate Fight Scenes - Part 2
This Book Brought to You By
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Negative Self-Talk
HOW TO WRITE AN 'I HAVE A BOOK COMING' EMAIL
Why Writers Should Stretch: Simple Ways to Reduce Pain and Stay Healthy at Your Desk
Why Writers Need Good Friends: 5 Powerful Reasons Connection Fuels Creativity and Calling
Dipping the Quill Deeper: Honoring Elders by Preserving Their Stories and Legacy
6 Reasons Writing for Change Requires an Engaged Community
I Meet the Villain Last
Writing Without Trying to Manage the Reader
So I'm off today and I decided I didn't want to spend it in this apartment even though I should be here working on the 10001 things I need to be doing. Is it frigid out? You betcha. Am I going? You betcha. Especially when the power failed again just for a few seconds but lately it's been doing that off and on all day.
Chillicothe OH was doing the restaurant thing that they do in NYC, which I think I mentioned so I pick three places to hit. I went to Paper City Coffee. If they had a special for this event it wasn't listed. It's a nice enough space. The two ladies ahead of me were raving about the maple bourbon latte. I decided why not? The chairs were not great in this place but it's clean and bright and I found parking on the side street for free (on Paint St which is a main artery it's pay to park). It doesn't taste like maple or bourbon. It's not bad but it wasn't what I was hoping for. It's not as good as Rost was but that's gone and the Connect Cafe that took its place fucked up a peppermint mocha so I guess Paper City can be my coffee place when I'm up there
I went to Hometown Hibachi where I did have to pay to park (it's a buck an hour so it's not too horrible and I always have quarters) It's 2 pm. this place is small, about a dozen tables. There was ONE open and three of them had families with babies howling. They also didn't offer the promised event special which fine. I wanted the chicken katsu ramen any how. Got instant fomo when I saw the hibachi meals (next time) The ramen was spicier than anticipated but good. The katsu was a weird choice on my part it wasn't cut small (and that reminded me of when I was with ELD and got something similar at her ramen joint) so it was awkward if tasty. I'd go again.
TJ Maxx had a bunch of stuff I needed, boring things like shower mat (mine's ripping) and shower curtain liner (I was trying to clean my ancient one and I'm like why? It's less than my cup of coffee) I tried their Aldi because it looked bigger than mine down here. It wasn't. Got more cheese.
Came outside and the wind had picked up. If I had a tarp, I could have sailed home, no engine on. It was wild out there. Speaking of that I had to put the rags in my door to keep the draft out. That's when Rocket decides I MUST GO OUT. Five mi nutes later.... Also I tried to see the aurora again. No dice.
it's music monday 30 weeks of music. This week's prompt is 10 a song you know all the words to. There are SO many
( here are a few )
here's the whole prompt list
( it's under here )
Chillicothe OH was doing the restaurant thing that they do in NYC, which I think I mentioned so I pick three places to hit. I went to Paper City Coffee. If they had a special for this event it wasn't listed. It's a nice enough space. The two ladies ahead of me were raving about the maple bourbon latte. I decided why not? The chairs were not great in this place but it's clean and bright and I found parking on the side street for free (on Paint St which is a main artery it's pay to park). It doesn't taste like maple or bourbon. It's not bad but it wasn't what I was hoping for. It's not as good as Rost was but that's gone and the Connect Cafe that took its place fucked up a peppermint mocha so I guess Paper City can be my coffee place when I'm up there
I went to Hometown Hibachi where I did have to pay to park (it's a buck an hour so it's not too horrible and I always have quarters) It's 2 pm. this place is small, about a dozen tables. There was ONE open and three of them had families with babies howling. They also didn't offer the promised event special which fine. I wanted the chicken katsu ramen any how. Got instant fomo when I saw the hibachi meals (next time) The ramen was spicier than anticipated but good. The katsu was a weird choice on my part it wasn't cut small (and that reminded me of when I was with ELD and got something similar at her ramen joint) so it was awkward if tasty. I'd go again.
TJ Maxx had a bunch of stuff I needed, boring things like shower mat (mine's ripping) and shower curtain liner (I was trying to clean my ancient one and I'm like why? It's less than my cup of coffee) I tried their Aldi because it looked bigger than mine down here. It wasn't. Got more cheese.
Came outside and the wind had picked up. If I had a tarp, I could have sailed home, no engine on. It was wild out there. Speaking of that I had to put the rags in my door to keep the draft out. That's when Rocket decides I MUST GO OUT. Five mi nutes later.... Also I tried to see the aurora again. No dice.
it's music monday 30 weeks of music. This week's prompt is 10 a song you know all the words to. There are SO many
( here are a few )
here's the whole prompt list
( it's under here )
Gravity's Bitch
Dec. 31st, 2025 10:37 pmSo it snowed a couple inches last night but I HAD to get my meds. Have I mentioned my parents live up a large hill? (My own road is even steeper but if I slip there so what, there's no one on it, here I'll skid out into the main road.)
So off I go, get halfway down, spin and now gravity is sucking me down the hill sideways. Well this is fun. Brakes don't work so well when you're going sideways. I did try to ditch it into the forsythia. Luckily I did get stopped before I was on the main road or in the hedgerow. Also luckily no one was coming. Other than that, the trip was fine and now we have the last do your goddamn job for 2025
1. I got pizza at our favorite place, XXL pepperoni (also not doing their job I did NOT check before leaving) Want to know how much pepperoni there was? NONE (I fixed that in post)
2. I get to CVS. They have my meds NOT my needles. Why not? oh we can't tell you that here we cant see that information in this system (it's a lie. I know they can. Mine has this system and they can but this place is huge so they don't want to waste time). I get in the 'we can tell you why we fucked up' line, takes forever. I said maybe you didn't transfer it. No we did. Then WHY isn't it filled? She shrugs, doesn't answer and says can you wait 15 minutes? yes I can. (I know why, everyone is doing what I'm doing, using the last day before the deductibles reset tomorrow and they're swamped.
I get my damn needles, I go to Home Goods, clean up on the Christmas discards (they're all over valentine's day which isn't too bad. Dollar Tree has all the gardening stuff out. yeah sure.
What I Just Finished Reading:
Poorly Made and Other Things - Horror anthology by one person set in his Edenville series. It was pretty good.
To Die Once - a Maisie Dobbs mystery which I haven't read one of these in a while and this is...slow. It's way more about the effect of war on the English people (who were still recovering from WWI) than it's a mystery
Tell Tale Treat - another paranormal mystery with another protagonist ripe for being bitch slapped, wasn't a bad mystery
What I am Currently Reading:
Keeping the Secret - a short thing about the WAVS in WWII
Murder Made Her Wicked - historical mystery set in Wellsley, really good so far
The Witching Hour - by Heather Graham. Missing children but no one will do a search of the woods because there's no proof other than the FBI things its there (a paranormal FBI team) eye roll. might DNF this arc (but this is the series that did what I tried to do in the early 90s with paranormal mystery and I was laughed at)
What I Plan to Read Next: It's a bunch of new reading challenges time so that
Speaking of that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kingstoken is having a reading challenge and you can find it here.
I forgot to mention I finishedevil_little_dog's book challenge this year
( You can find it under here )
And have December's reads
Wytches, Volume 1 horror graphic novel
Ripped Tide mystery
Haunted Cemeteries of Ohio nonfiction
Death at the Door paranormal mystery
To Die But Once. historical mystery
The Poorly Made and Other Things
Happy New year's my friends
We're spending it playing cards and watching it snow more.
So off I go, get halfway down, spin and now gravity is sucking me down the hill sideways. Well this is fun. Brakes don't work so well when you're going sideways. I did try to ditch it into the forsythia. Luckily I did get stopped before I was on the main road or in the hedgerow. Also luckily no one was coming. Other than that, the trip was fine and now we have the last do your goddamn job for 2025
1. I got pizza at our favorite place, XXL pepperoni (also not doing their job I did NOT check before leaving) Want to know how much pepperoni there was? NONE (I fixed that in post)
2. I get to CVS. They have my meds NOT my needles. Why not? oh we can't tell you that here we cant see that information in this system (it's a lie. I know they can. Mine has this system and they can but this place is huge so they don't want to waste time). I get in the 'we can tell you why we fucked up' line, takes forever. I said maybe you didn't transfer it. No we did. Then WHY isn't it filled? She shrugs, doesn't answer and says can you wait 15 minutes? yes I can. (I know why, everyone is doing what I'm doing, using the last day before the deductibles reset tomorrow and they're swamped.
I get my damn needles, I go to Home Goods, clean up on the Christmas discards (they're all over valentine's day which isn't too bad. Dollar Tree has all the gardening stuff out. yeah sure.
What I Just Finished Reading:
Poorly Made and Other Things - Horror anthology by one person set in his Edenville series. It was pretty good.
To Die Once - a Maisie Dobbs mystery which I haven't read one of these in a while and this is...slow. It's way more about the effect of war on the English people (who were still recovering from WWI) than it's a mystery
Tell Tale Treat - another paranormal mystery with another protagonist ripe for being bitch slapped, wasn't a bad mystery
What I am Currently Reading:
Keeping the Secret - a short thing about the WAVS in WWII
Murder Made Her Wicked - historical mystery set in Wellsley, really good so far
The Witching Hour - by Heather Graham. Missing children but no one will do a search of the woods because there's no proof other than the FBI things its there (a paranormal FBI team) eye roll. might DNF this arc (but this is the series that did what I tried to do in the early 90s with paranormal mystery and I was laughed at)
What I Plan to Read Next: It's a bunch of new reading challenges time so that
Speaking of that
kingstoken is having a reading challenge and you can find it here.I forgot to mention I finished
evil_little_dog's book challenge this year( You can find it under here )
And have December's reads
Wytches, Volume 1 horror graphic novel
Ripped Tide mystery
Haunted Cemeteries of Ohio nonfiction
Death at the Door paranormal mystery
To Die But Once. historical mystery
The Poorly Made and Other Things
Happy New year's my friends
We're spending it playing cards and watching it snow more.
I hope this augers well
Dec. 27th, 2025 11:26 pmI woke up feeling lightheaded, slightly headachy and hella tired (this is not the good augering part) This is when Mom tells me that the couple I don't like are coming up tonight. UGH. As I told evil_little_dog that I planned to 'go out with friends' when they came up but now I'm sick (and really I am) so mom says just stay upstairs then and don't bother with them.
But they blew my parents off. WOO HOO. Twice now this holiday. My parents might go to my aunt's house (where they're staying as she's actually prejudice woman's real aunt) in the morning. I'm a late riser so I get out of going (in theory) but even if I don't it'll be a short trip because the Steeler game is tomorrow and they want all visitors out (which should tell everyone what they need to know. You rate under football) And they leave monday so I am hoping this is a sign for the coming year where things that upset me are removed from my presence.
I got my official Hazbin merch today, the holiday poster and key chains (all sold out now) and the season 1 DVDs. I am happy to have that (luckily I'm too tired for my why you don't own downloads rant)
It's time for science saturday
One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol
Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog.
Garlic Mouthwash Could Be The New Gold Standard. Here's Why. I need to send this to my research student who is working with mouthwash
New Drug Stalls Alzheimer's Development in Breakthrough Trial
Cats meow more at men to get their attention, study suggests
A huge surprise': 1,500-year-old church found next to Zoroastrianism place of worship in Iraq
Tiny implant 'speaks' to the brain with LED light
See the 100,000th photo of Mars taken by NASA's groundbreaking Red Planet orbiter
( Christmas pictures of the house )
You can click the eggs if you want.
evil_little_dog that I planned to 'go out with friends' when they came up but now I'm sick (and really I am) so mom says just stay upstairs then and don't bother with them.But they blew my parents off. WOO HOO. Twice now this holiday. My parents might go to my aunt's house (where they're staying as she's actually prejudice woman's real aunt) in the morning. I'm a late riser so I get out of going (in theory) but even if I don't it'll be a short trip because the Steeler game is tomorrow and they want all visitors out (which should tell everyone what they need to know. You rate under football) And they leave monday so I am hoping this is a sign for the coming year where things that upset me are removed from my presence.
I got my official Hazbin merch today, the holiday poster and key chains (all sold out now) and the season 1 DVDs. I am happy to have that (luckily I'm too tired for my why you don't own downloads rant)
It's time for science saturday
One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol
Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog.
Garlic Mouthwash Could Be The New Gold Standard. Here's Why. I need to send this to my research student who is working with mouthwash
New Drug Stalls Alzheimer's Development in Breakthrough Trial
Cats meow more at men to get their attention, study suggests
A huge surprise': 1,500-year-old church found next to Zoroastrianism place of worship in Iraq
Tiny implant 'speaks' to the brain with LED light
See the 100,000th photo of Mars taken by NASA's groundbreaking Red Planet orbiter
( Christmas pictures of the house )
You can click the eggs if you want.
Merry Christmas
Dec. 25th, 2025 11:36 pm
It was a better one than I was imagining. The people I didn't want to be there didn't come. Whoo hoo.
We had dinner at mom's. We got fried chicken from the store (they do a nice chicken) a few days ago. My cousins made stuffed shells. Yum. And of course, cookies, so many cookies
Mostly we drank (booze helps) played games (I won trivia and the gambling ones) and they finally left like quarter to Midnight.
And literally that was the whole day so I'll leave you with this, happy holidays, if you celebrate, and if not, hope you had a great day. And also enjoy my pictures of Gallipolis in Lights. They're pretty
( All the pretty sparkling lights )
Christmas Eve
Dec. 24th, 2025 09:44 pmAfter a rough start to the day (Dad naturally) the rest of the day went well. My brother and Sister in Law always come here for Christmas Eve dinner (and we used to do midnight mass but they only do mass here like around noon any more so...)
It was the feast of seven fishes...or in this case the four fishes (ah well) I made a salted anchovy bruschetta
( my recipe under here )
It was the feast of seven fishes...or in this case the four fishes (ah well) I made a salted anchovy bruschetta
( my recipe under here )
Writerly Ways
Dec. 21st, 2025 08:39 pmIt's that time of year. I'm too tired for thinking about the craft so let's do this. Let's make now a good time to set some 2026 goal as many or as few as you'd like. I know that can be pressure for some. For me I find them helpful. I've been at it too long to get too worked up if I can't make a goal. If you like some accountability you can still sign up for these
Challenge yourself to write 75000 words or more in 2026!
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orgetyourwordsout and if those are too high pressure join us for Write Every Day which is super low pressure and bounces from host journal to host journal (if interested just ask me where it's at this week)
If you're looking for an online critique group (also low pressure) that leans into the urban fantasy/SF/horror/mystery genres again just ask me. I'm looking for people to join us. All I ask is if you decide it's not for you, just let me know, no harm no foul.
As for my goals they are as follows
1. keep looking for open calls, especially for the stories languishing in files
2. finish editing the 1980s monster hunter thing and get it to a beta (same as last year)
3. deep edit the werewolf novel which I finally DID start this year (after years of saying I would and didn't) but found out it was in worse shape than I thought
4. even though I said I wouldn't do this again, I DO want to take my thought monster long short story and expand it to a novella to make it more marketable
5. keep working on the sequel to the 1980s story
6. Decide if I ever want to do another story as Jana Denardo
7. I have so many unfinished novels. maybe I should finish one.
8. Do BETTER at balancing fanfic and original fic and the time spent on both
That seems like a nice fat set of goals. How about you? Let's do this. And if you worry about are you good enough, let me point out I'm currently watching Sharkopus and it makes Sharknado look like Oscar Worthy material. If this crap can make it, there's hope for us all.
Open Calls
Fairy Tale Magazine: January 2026 Window Green Man/Woman, Dryad, Yaksha, Tree Spirit
Crepuscular Magazine Microfiction stories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between
Untitled Anthology About Teeth Eerie, or creepy, or Gothic stories about Teeth
Inner Worlds, January 2026 Window. Science fiction, fantasy, or supernatural horror prose with a strong emotional or psychological focus.
Horrific Scribblings New Year’s Apocalypse Challenge New Year’s Apocalyptic stories (particularly the apocalyptic fears that defined the transition into the current millennium)!
The Ranger’s Almanac Winter 2025 Window. Short stories that must relate to a forest or park in any genre
30 Magazines Accepting Flash Fiction
From Around the Web
The Difference Between Tricking Your Reader and Surprising Your Reader
Easy Podcast Promotion for Writers
Comps Can Clinch Your Query
How to Track Book Sales and Identify Your Most Profitable Channels
How To Legally Quote Song Lyrics in Your Book
How To Get Book Reviews
How to Format a Book for Publishing
Optimizing Your Amazon Meta Description
Marketing Planning For First-Time Authors
From Betty
Writing a Short Story vs a Novel
Six Common Villain Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them
Seven Common Causes of Reader Confusion
Five Common Motivation Issues and How to Address Them
here.
Busy Writers: When Does “So Much” Become “Too Much?”
Transforming Negative Traits into Powerful Character Arcs
That Blinking Cursor
Panning For Gold
See Why Three Types of Character Motivation Matter
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Maladaptive Fantasy
What happens when family and friends don't support your writing?
YouTube for Writers, Part 4: Editing Tips to Improve Your Videos
Why Writers Grow Outside Their Comfort Zone: The Power of Discomfort in the Writing Life
How to Begin Your Novel at the Beginning
And of course have a blessed Solstice!
Challenge yourself to write 75000 words or more in 2026!
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or
getyourwordsout and if those are too high pressure join us for Write Every Day which is super low pressure and bounces from host journal to host journal (if interested just ask me where it's at this week)If you're looking for an online critique group (also low pressure) that leans into the urban fantasy/SF/horror/mystery genres again just ask me. I'm looking for people to join us. All I ask is if you decide it's not for you, just let me know, no harm no foul.
As for my goals they are as follows
1. keep looking for open calls, especially for the stories languishing in files
2. finish editing the 1980s monster hunter thing and get it to a beta (same as last year)
3. deep edit the werewolf novel which I finally DID start this year (after years of saying I would and didn't) but found out it was in worse shape than I thought
4. even though I said I wouldn't do this again, I DO want to take my thought monster long short story and expand it to a novella to make it more marketable
5. keep working on the sequel to the 1980s story
6. Decide if I ever want to do another story as Jana Denardo
7. I have so many unfinished novels. maybe I should finish one.
8. Do BETTER at balancing fanfic and original fic and the time spent on both
That seems like a nice fat set of goals. How about you? Let's do this. And if you worry about are you good enough, let me point out I'm currently watching Sharkopus and it makes Sharknado look like Oscar Worthy material. If this crap can make it, there's hope for us all.
Open Calls
Fairy Tale Magazine: January 2026 Window Green Man/Woman, Dryad, Yaksha, Tree Spirit
Crepuscular Magazine Microfiction stories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between
Untitled Anthology About Teeth Eerie, or creepy, or Gothic stories about Teeth
Inner Worlds, January 2026 Window. Science fiction, fantasy, or supernatural horror prose with a strong emotional or psychological focus.
Horrific Scribblings New Year’s Apocalypse Challenge New Year’s Apocalyptic stories (particularly the apocalyptic fears that defined the transition into the current millennium)!
The Ranger’s Almanac Winter 2025 Window. Short stories that must relate to a forest or park in any genre
30 Magazines Accepting Flash Fiction
From Around the Web
The Difference Between Tricking Your Reader and Surprising Your Reader
Easy Podcast Promotion for Writers
Comps Can Clinch Your Query
How to Track Book Sales and Identify Your Most Profitable Channels
How To Legally Quote Song Lyrics in Your Book
How To Get Book Reviews
How to Format a Book for Publishing
Optimizing Your Amazon Meta Description
Marketing Planning For First-Time Authors
From Betty
Writing a Short Story vs a Novel
Six Common Villain Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them
Seven Common Causes of Reader Confusion
Five Common Motivation Issues and How to Address Them
here.
Busy Writers: When Does “So Much” Become “Too Much?”
Transforming Negative Traits into Powerful Character Arcs
That Blinking Cursor
Panning For Gold
See Why Three Types of Character Motivation Matter
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Maladaptive Fantasy
What happens when family and friends don't support your writing?
YouTube for Writers, Part 4: Editing Tips to Improve Your Videos
Why Writers Grow Outside Their Comfort Zone: The Power of Discomfort in the Writing Life
How to Begin Your Novel at the Beginning
And of course have a blessed Solstice!
First party of the season
Dec. 20th, 2025 11:32 pm(since I skipped the work party) My brother and his wife had all our parents over their house plus one of my brother's BFFs since first grade for noshes and playing with kitties. That was the whole of my evening and my morning was putting decorations on the Star Trek Christmas tree (it's our secondary tree upstairs and always left for me) I did a weird job of it. I think I'll need to redo it again.
My brother's new kitten is a little shit. He's exactly like a cat I had in the 90s. He was evil too. He's going to give me trouble when I'm house sitting. I can just see it.
Shockingly my vascular surgeon did NOT send in the script. If he doesn't do it I'm calling my PCP and she will.
I finished anotherfandomtrees story, the last of the Hazbin Hotel ones. I have about 3 others I would like to write from my original once over of the list. I might not tackle them until post holiday because there are a crap ton of zero gifts and only 1 gifts so I know this isn't going to reveal any time soon. I have a story I'd like to write for someone not part of a challenge.
Thought this might interest you Free Online Book Talk · Haunted Histories for Yuletide · Tales from America's Most Gothic with Authors Andrea Janes and Leanna Renee Hieber Leanna is the one I mention at Steampunk conventions. It's part history part paranormal. You do have to 'buy' a ticket but it's free (tips encouraged)
Have a little science saturday
Something Just Crashed Into The Moon – And Astronomers Captured The Whole Event
These Are The Best Fictional Spaceships, According To Astronauts – What Are Yours?
Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk they admit there are problems with the study. However, since the nervous system does have high levels of fat (in the myelin) this doesn't seem too implausible (or maybe I just want to eat more cheese)
Diarrhea and stomachaches plagued Roman soldiers stationed at Hadrian's Wall, discovery of microscopic parasites finds
here.Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week
My brother's new kitten is a little shit. He's exactly like a cat I had in the 90s. He was evil too. He's going to give me trouble when I'm house sitting. I can just see it.
Shockingly my vascular surgeon did NOT send in the script. If he doesn't do it I'm calling my PCP and she will.
I finished another
fandomtrees story, the last of the Hazbin Hotel ones. I have about 3 others I would like to write from my original once over of the list. I might not tackle them until post holiday because there are a crap ton of zero gifts and only 1 gifts so I know this isn't going to reveal any time soon. I have a story I'd like to write for someone not part of a challenge.Thought this might interest you Free Online Book Talk · Haunted Histories for Yuletide · Tales from America's Most Gothic with Authors Andrea Janes and Leanna Renee Hieber Leanna is the one I mention at Steampunk conventions. It's part history part paranormal. You do have to 'buy' a ticket but it's free (tips encouraged)
Have a little science saturday
Something Just Crashed Into The Moon – And Astronomers Captured The Whole Event
These Are The Best Fictional Spaceships, According To Astronauts – What Are Yours?
Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk they admit there are problems with the study. However, since the nervous system does have high levels of fat (in the myelin) this doesn't seem too implausible (or maybe I just want to eat more cheese)
Diarrhea and stomachaches plagued Roman soldiers stationed at Hadrian's Wall, discovery of microscopic parasites finds
here.Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week
Things I can't say but really want to
Dec. 8th, 2025 11:22 pm1. Why are you asking me for extra credit when you didn't do the REAL credit?
2. Why are you emailing me after the final and asking me what you can do to save your grade?
3. No, you can't have extra extra credit (okay I DO say this one all the time but no one listens)
4. How do you NOT KNOW what chapters are on the test?
5. Why do you think THOSE chapters are on the test? When the hell did we ever touch that chapter?
6. Why do you think you can ask for a pity D (that's 60% btw) when you have a 30% in class
7. Why do you think I'll give you extra anything when you haven't even shown up for exams
8. No I don't care that you're a senior and you won't graduate if you fail. The time to worry about that was weeks ago when I COULD have helped you.
9. How the fuck do you think leg muscles are LUNGS?
At any rate two are done and one to go. Some people are not going to have happy holidays.
At least I busted out a replacementfandomtrees story that I really like as well.
I have forgotten that I got an advent calendar from Simpson and Vail tea and haven't done my yearly tea tasting so buckle up, here comes 8 days at once
1. glacier national park - Black teas, organic juniper berries, birch bark, huckleberry flavor, uva ursi leaf (bearberry), and white cornflowers petals. One of my favorites (I get this one all the time)
2. Cinnamon Chocolate Brownie - Organic Chinese black tea, organic cacao nibs, organic cinnamon pieces and natural chocolate flavoring. - Not as a cinnamon as I would have liked
3. Snowberry Frost - Black teas, organic cacao nibs, cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), cranberry cream flavoring, and white cornflower petals. = I'm not a fan of cranberries but this one is good
4. Herbal Chai Masala- Organic cinnamon pieces, cardamom seeds, organic black peppercorns, organic whole cloves, orange peel, organic ginger pieces, organic anise seed and Indian sarsaparilla. - THANK YOU for no rooibos in this or chamomile
5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Black Tea Blend - Black teas, lapsang souchong tea, hibiscus flowers, wild cherry flavor, orange blossoms, and bourbon whiskey flavor. - This is one of my go tos and I love it
6. Candy Cane Organic Rooibos Herbal Tisane - Organic green Rooibos, natural candy cane flavor and organic stevia. - As much as I don't like red rooibos I do like green and the peppermint is really nice in this and the stevia doesn't give me a headache like it often does nor tastes bitter
7. Victorian Earl Grey Tea - Rose Congou black tea, lavender petals, rose petals, rosemary and natural bergamot oil. - Another of my favorites from them. I'm not sure what really makes it Victorian, probably the flowers. Rosemary is a strong flavor but here it works
8. Rooibos Pear Herbal Tisane - Rooibos, pear flavor, alfalfa leaf and marigold petals.- Literally the worst of the bunch. Of course I don't like red rooibos and that's all you can taste. Some one should know pear is too delicate to stand up to rooibos
And for Music Monday the prompt today is A Song by someone Who has Passed away. I have two
The sound of my college days
And since I'll be heading back to his hometown soon
2. Why are you emailing me after the final and asking me what you can do to save your grade?
3. No, you can't have extra extra credit (okay I DO say this one all the time but no one listens)
4. How do you NOT KNOW what chapters are on the test?
5. Why do you think THOSE chapters are on the test? When the hell did we ever touch that chapter?
6. Why do you think you can ask for a pity D (that's 60% btw) when you have a 30% in class
7. Why do you think I'll give you extra anything when you haven't even shown up for exams
8. No I don't care that you're a senior and you won't graduate if you fail. The time to worry about that was weeks ago when I COULD have helped you.
9. How the fuck do you think leg muscles are LUNGS?
At any rate two are done and one to go. Some people are not going to have happy holidays.
At least I busted out a replacement
fandomtrees story that I really like as well.I have forgotten that I got an advent calendar from Simpson and Vail tea and haven't done my yearly tea tasting so buckle up, here comes 8 days at once
1. glacier national park - Black teas, organic juniper berries, birch bark, huckleberry flavor, uva ursi leaf (bearberry), and white cornflowers petals. One of my favorites (I get this one all the time)
2. Cinnamon Chocolate Brownie - Organic Chinese black tea, organic cacao nibs, organic cinnamon pieces and natural chocolate flavoring. - Not as a cinnamon as I would have liked
3. Snowberry Frost - Black teas, organic cacao nibs, cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), cranberry cream flavoring, and white cornflower petals. = I'm not a fan of cranberries but this one is good
4. Herbal Chai Masala- Organic cinnamon pieces, cardamom seeds, organic black peppercorns, organic whole cloves, orange peel, organic ginger pieces, organic anise seed and Indian sarsaparilla. - THANK YOU for no rooibos in this or chamomile
5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Black Tea Blend - Black teas, lapsang souchong tea, hibiscus flowers, wild cherry flavor, orange blossoms, and bourbon whiskey flavor. - This is one of my go tos and I love it
6. Candy Cane Organic Rooibos Herbal Tisane - Organic green Rooibos, natural candy cane flavor and organic stevia. - As much as I don't like red rooibos I do like green and the peppermint is really nice in this and the stevia doesn't give me a headache like it often does nor tastes bitter
7. Victorian Earl Grey Tea - Rose Congou black tea, lavender petals, rose petals, rosemary and natural bergamot oil. - Another of my favorites from them. I'm not sure what really makes it Victorian, probably the flowers. Rosemary is a strong flavor but here it works
8. Rooibos Pear Herbal Tisane - Rooibos, pear flavor, alfalfa leaf and marigold petals.- Literally the worst of the bunch. Of course I don't like red rooibos and that's all you can taste. Some one should know pear is too delicate to stand up to rooibos
And for Music Monday the prompt today is A Song by someone Who has Passed away. I have two
The sound of my college days
And since I'll be heading back to his hometown soon
Happy Thanksgiving
Nov. 27th, 2025 11:01 pm
For those celebrating, I hope you had a good holiday. Me, I went to this...I don't want to call it a soup kitchen per se, free community meal? Mostly it's there and free for the students who can't go home and for townspeople who can't afford it etc. Helped out. Had lunch of well stuffing and cake and a bit of turkey. the rest is...not to my taste but that's okay. Can't complain about free.
Came home, didn't clean. Wrote some. Did book reviews I forgot to do. Made pumpkin soup, stuffin muffins and threw the rotisserie turkey breast in the oven. Not a bad meal at all.
I have Free HBO, Starz etc this weekend. Have recorded the new Superman movie and 5 episodes of It Welcome to Derry so there's that.
Hope you all had a nice day. I'm thankful for my friends in RL and online.
Il Giorno dei Morti
Nov. 2nd, 2025 11:37 pmSo much was going on today I felt it deserved it's own separate post.
If my kitchen was fully functional, I might have tried some pane dei morti and you can find a little write up
here. and here.
I was going to share pictures that have been on my mind of my great grand mothers but for the life of me I can't remember what file folder they're in and it's been too busy of a day to find it.
Speaking of which, sorry I owe lots of comments. I am just slammed. I will get to them. Promise.
Last nightysabetwordsmith shared an article on New study: Viewing art in galleries 'immediately' reduces cortisol levels, boosts health which I found fascinating and I wonder what else art can do. With that in mind I did go to the Witch Walk art trail in Athens tonight (I was on the fence) Here is the facebook event post
A free, family-friendly “spooky art trail” featuring glowing upcycled installations and community-made magic along the Ora Anderson Trail. Costume friendly!
The Witch Walk is a first-year pilot designed to empower youth and foster multigenerational connection through hands-on creative collaboration. By transforming the Ora Anderson Trail into an immersive, upcycled art experience, the project fosters artistic skill-building, environmental awareness, and community pride—culminating in a free, one-night “spooky art trail” for all to enjoy.
Sounded fun. and it was...but would have been better if I didn't have to drive an hour to get there because it wasn't quite as expected. The Dairy Barn is open with free snacks, pizza and hot apple cider for us (the Dairy barn is now the arts center) and they had environmental booths set up and tons of stuff for the kids. There was an accordion player and an art scavenger hunt.
And Ora Anderson Trail turns out to be a one mile trail...up a hillside...through the wetlands...in the dark. Lit by luminieres. So being the I can do this person I am, I grab my cane and up I go. In the dark. (and OMG people why do so many of you need flash lights half blinding me. I can tell who has never been in the woods in the dark before).
I was expecting a different kind of art. It was basically upcycled stuff (tires, other detritus) turned into 'scary things' It was basically a horror trail with no one popping out at you. At the top of the hill was a theater, a puppet show on offer (sort of the big puppets you kinda wear) Well puppets are at least part of the Sicilian day of the dead (or so I read. I am not Sicilian) Also I hate puppets. I turned around and went back and that's when things got weird
I'm not more than a few yards from Puppet central when I feel someone behind me. Not surprising it's well attended but it's just me and a young man in all black with the barista hipster look going on, short beard, slightly longer hair. I invite him to go around me as I am slow with a cane going downhill in the dark. He does but around the next bend he is behind me again. And again. And when invited he doesn't go around me. When I can finally see the lights of the dairy barn, he isn't there. But I have to go through one more dark woods spot and there he is behind me again. It was strange (I feel a horror story coming on)
And let me share all the other fun stuff.fandomgiftbasket opened and I got two Hazbin Hotel gifts (from the same person so thank you to them)
Emotional Support Pigs and the Cats They Sleep On and and a bunch of icons
As for me I wrote a few stories. Hope you like them
Someone in the Dark Hazbin Hotel
Evil Minds That Plot Destruction Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Jealous Kind Hazbin Hotel
Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting For? Hudson & Rex
If my kitchen was fully functional, I might have tried some pane dei morti and you can find a little write up
here. and here.
I was going to share pictures that have been on my mind of my great grand mothers but for the life of me I can't remember what file folder they're in and it's been too busy of a day to find it.
Speaking of which, sorry I owe lots of comments. I am just slammed. I will get to them. Promise.
Last night
ysabetwordsmith shared an article on New study: Viewing art in galleries 'immediately' reduces cortisol levels, boosts health which I found fascinating and I wonder what else art can do. With that in mind I did go to the Witch Walk art trail in Athens tonight (I was on the fence) Here is the facebook event postA free, family-friendly “spooky art trail” featuring glowing upcycled installations and community-made magic along the Ora Anderson Trail. Costume friendly!
The Witch Walk is a first-year pilot designed to empower youth and foster multigenerational connection through hands-on creative collaboration. By transforming the Ora Anderson Trail into an immersive, upcycled art experience, the project fosters artistic skill-building, environmental awareness, and community pride—culminating in a free, one-night “spooky art trail” for all to enjoy.
Sounded fun. and it was...but would have been better if I didn't have to drive an hour to get there because it wasn't quite as expected. The Dairy Barn is open with free snacks, pizza and hot apple cider for us (the Dairy barn is now the arts center) and they had environmental booths set up and tons of stuff for the kids. There was an accordion player and an art scavenger hunt.
And Ora Anderson Trail turns out to be a one mile trail...up a hillside...through the wetlands...in the dark. Lit by luminieres. So being the I can do this person I am, I grab my cane and up I go. In the dark. (and OMG people why do so many of you need flash lights half blinding me. I can tell who has never been in the woods in the dark before).
I was expecting a different kind of art. It was basically upcycled stuff (tires, other detritus) turned into 'scary things' It was basically a horror trail with no one popping out at you. At the top of the hill was a theater, a puppet show on offer (sort of the big puppets you kinda wear) Well puppets are at least part of the Sicilian day of the dead (or so I read. I am not Sicilian) Also I hate puppets. I turned around and went back and that's when things got weird
I'm not more than a few yards from Puppet central when I feel someone behind me. Not surprising it's well attended but it's just me and a young man in all black with the barista hipster look going on, short beard, slightly longer hair. I invite him to go around me as I am slow with a cane going downhill in the dark. He does but around the next bend he is behind me again. And again. And when invited he doesn't go around me. When I can finally see the lights of the dairy barn, he isn't there. But I have to go through one more dark woods spot and there he is behind me again. It was strange (I feel a horror story coming on)
And let me share all the other fun stuff.
fandomgiftbasket opened and I got two Hazbin Hotel gifts (from the same person so thank you to them)Emotional Support Pigs and the Cats They Sleep On and and a bunch of icons
As for me I wrote a few stories. Hope you like them
Someone in the Dark Hazbin Hotel
Evil Minds That Plot Destruction Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Jealous Kind Hazbin Hotel
Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting For? Hudson & Rex
Ognissanti
Nov. 1st, 2025 11:17 pmIt's All Saint's Day. Since time no longer means anything to me I thought it was Il Giorno dei Morti (head desk) You can learn more here.
Since right now with my broke ass fridge I don't have milk/eggs so I couldn't make any of the sweets. Was going to make Frutta Martorana (marizpan shaped like fruit) but Kroger was out of it and I'm WAY too lazy to make it by hand. I did make up a batch of suga di zucca because I am too lazy to make pumpkin gnocchi so I'm putting pumpkin sauce over shelf stable potato gnocchi. You can find the recipe I used here. (unless you read Italian, you will need to hit translate)
Got a letter today. My bank has change my routing number. Remember when my job couldn't pay me and my loans couldn't get paid back in April/May and my bank insisted it wasn't them...bullshit. You see my bank bought out my original bank EIGHTEEN years ago and suddenly now they made it a Wesbanco routing number so now I have to go change ALL my credit card payment sites, paypal, Payroll, my student loans, change my checks and they gave me my new routing number. It's my SAME number. OMFG. did you send this to everyone?!? now I need to call them.
And it's NaDruWriNi right? Well I didn't look at the discounted wine when I grabbed it to make my sauce. It was peach/mango yellowtail (I thought I grabbed the pinot grigio) It was like adult kool-aid. I drank a little...turned out it was half the bottle. Oops. off to write.
It's been a long time but here you go, science saturday (all from one source, lazy lazy me)
Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests
Building blocks of life detected in ice outside the Milky Way for first time ever
'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe
James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one day
Nanotyrannus isn't a 'mini T. Rex' after all — it's a new species, 'dueling dinosaurs' fossil reveals
Halloween dragons click them if you want
( Hazbin Hotel S2 spoilers but what ain't a spoiler is it has 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is now the most viewed animate show. Ever. )
Since right now with my broke ass fridge I don't have milk/eggs so I couldn't make any of the sweets. Was going to make Frutta Martorana (marizpan shaped like fruit) but Kroger was out of it and I'm WAY too lazy to make it by hand. I did make up a batch of suga di zucca because I am too lazy to make pumpkin gnocchi so I'm putting pumpkin sauce over shelf stable potato gnocchi. You can find the recipe I used here. (unless you read Italian, you will need to hit translate)
Got a letter today. My bank has change my routing number. Remember when my job couldn't pay me and my loans couldn't get paid back in April/May and my bank insisted it wasn't them...bullshit. You see my bank bought out my original bank EIGHTEEN years ago and suddenly now they made it a Wesbanco routing number so now I have to go change ALL my credit card payment sites, paypal, Payroll, my student loans, change my checks and they gave me my new routing number. It's my SAME number. OMFG. did you send this to everyone?!? now I need to call them.
And it's NaDruWriNi right? Well I didn't look at the discounted wine when I grabbed it to make my sauce. It was peach/mango yellowtail (I thought I grabbed the pinot grigio) It was like adult kool-aid. I drank a little...turned out it was half the bottle. Oops. off to write.
It's been a long time but here you go, science saturday (all from one source, lazy lazy me)
Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests
Building blocks of life detected in ice outside the Milky Way for first time ever
'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe
James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one day
Nanotyrannus isn't a 'mini T. Rex' after all — it's a new species, 'dueling dinosaurs' fossil reveals
Halloween dragons click them if you want
( Hazbin Hotel S2 spoilers but what ain't a spoiler is it has 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is now the most viewed animate show. Ever. )
Happy Halloween!
Oct. 31st, 2025 10:54 pm
I've been so down I didn't even dress up today but at least I did get to watch the first episode of Hazbin Hotel. Will watch the other one tomorrow and share my opinions then other than I'll need to rewatch is a few more times, not just to write it. It's got so much going on I can't follow it all (I will say didn't much care for either song)
So have the fannish 50 for the week, all the recs
( there is a lot this week )
I can't live 55
Oct. 30th, 2025 09:41 pmSo last night (after a lunch of pancakes and apples and pizza for dinner) I was feeling peckish at midnight. I hate eating late but I had a few tablespoons of peanut butter. 20 minutes later my dexcom alarms. My sugar is 68 and falling. I go get more sugar pills. 20 minutes after that it's now 55. If I can't get my sugar up now, I better get to calling 911. So more peanut butter (with some hot dogs after to stabilize things with protein) and more sugar pills. I'm also in the fridge drinking maple syrup like it's beer. It took until 2 AM to get it back up to 110 and I felt safe trying to sleep.
I finished really cleaning out that fridge so I can call to get it replaced (once I have a weekend/thursday free) What the hell happened to it? It's like 3-5 years old. It looks like it's 30. The freezer has a crack, the seal is a degenerated ripped mess. I took out the crispers and there are SIX cracks in the floor of the fridge. the one shelf's bracket crumbles as I clean it. The door racks are cracked. I think this thing had some manufacturing issue.
And dear sweet god, is it me or is this creepy AF and...wrong
Hey here are a lot of my Halloween related stories (spook me and otherwise)
Like my Pro stuff
These Haunted Hills
Cassadaga Nights
And let's get the fanfic into fandoms
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Daddy's Little Monster
A Little Night Music
Dead Man’s Party
Prodigal Son
All Treats, No Tricks
Hidden Horrors
Not Her World
A Cabin in the Woods? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
What the Hex Is Going On?
The Flutter of a Moth’s Wings
Pareidolia and Fog
They Linger
Hazbin Hotel
It’s a Dead Man’s Party, Who Could Ask For More?
Surviving Horror Movies series
Rosie Had Everything Planned
Fullmetal Alchemist
The Believers
Beware What You Ask For
The Owl House
Raven’s Hollow
The Amazing Digital Circus
Remnant of Hope
I finished really cleaning out that fridge so I can call to get it replaced (once I have a weekend/thursday free) What the hell happened to it? It's like 3-5 years old. It looks like it's 30. The freezer has a crack, the seal is a degenerated ripped mess. I took out the crispers and there are SIX cracks in the floor of the fridge. the one shelf's bracket crumbles as I clean it. The door racks are cracked. I think this thing had some manufacturing issue.
And dear sweet god, is it me or is this creepy AF and...wrong
Hey here are a lot of my Halloween related stories (spook me and otherwise)
Like my Pro stuff
These Haunted Hills
Cassadaga Nights
And let's get the fanfic into fandoms
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Daddy's Little Monster
A Little Night Music
Dead Man’s Party
Prodigal Son
All Treats, No Tricks
Hidden Horrors
Not Her World
A Cabin in the Woods? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
What the Hex Is Going On?
The Flutter of a Moth’s Wings
Pareidolia and Fog
They Linger
Hazbin Hotel
It’s a Dead Man’s Party, Who Could Ask For More?
Surviving Horror Movies series
Rosie Had Everything Planned
Fullmetal Alchemist
The Believers
Beware What You Ask For
The Owl House
Raven’s Hollow
The Amazing Digital Circus
Remnant of Hope
Pizza Party
Jul. 4th, 2025 08:52 pmI don't much feel like celebrating this fourth but found myself at the 4th party/doggie birthday party. My brother's sister in law has two labs. They're so sweet. She also has a pizza oven so it was make your own gluten free pizza. I definitely want one of those ovens. It's stupid and ridiculous and I still want it.
The heat, on the other hand, nearly killed me and I'm still nauseous from it. Ugh.
Have the friday fannish 50 recs
Time For Bed FAKE
Rocky Road Deadpool
Memento Torchwood
A Narrow Escape Teen Wolf
Adronitis The Owl House
i’m starving, darling (let me put my lips to something) 时光代理人 | Link Click
Allow Me To Demonstrate Hazbin Hotel
Plant The Murderbot Diaries
burned with desire Star Trek Voyager
Realism The Murderbot Diaries
For Now Prodigal Son
Another Fine Mess Torchwood
When Val Leaves A Trail Of Corpses... Hazbin Hotel
You Kissed Me Just to Kiss Me (Not to Take Me Home)
Hazbin Hotel
just spread my arms and go The Murderbot Diaries
The Great Wolf Lodge 9-1-1
Sometimes Things Don't Go As Planned Queer as Folk
There Has Been a Poisoning, Sire Hazbin Hotel
Mischief on the Loose Teen Wolf
Midnight Eclipse The Murderbot Diaries
The heat, on the other hand, nearly killed me and I'm still nauseous from it. Ugh.
Have the friday fannish 50 recs
Time For Bed FAKE
Rocky Road Deadpool
Memento Torchwood
A Narrow Escape Teen Wolf
Adronitis The Owl House
i’m starving, darling (let me put my lips to something) 时光代理人 | Link Click
Allow Me To Demonstrate Hazbin Hotel
Plant The Murderbot Diaries
burned with desire Star Trek Voyager
Realism The Murderbot Diaries
For Now Prodigal Son
Another Fine Mess Torchwood
When Val Leaves A Trail Of Corpses... Hazbin Hotel
You Kissed Me Just to Kiss Me (Not to Take Me Home)
Hazbin Hotel
just spread my arms and go The Murderbot Diaries
The Great Wolf Lodge 9-1-1
Sometimes Things Don't Go As Planned Queer as Folk
There Has Been a Poisoning, Sire Hazbin Hotel
Mischief on the Loose Teen Wolf
Midnight Eclipse The Murderbot Diaries
Happy Beltane
May. 1st, 2025 11:12 pmIt wasn't a great day for me honestly. My hernia which is literally from rib cage to bellybutton now was hurting a lot. If this keeps up I'll never make it to June (when I have time to look after myself) Today I feel worn out and sad and old.
But there was something to make me smile today. My chair slides into my office and she asks 'You want a Mr. Softee'
Me without missing a beat I prefer a Mr. Hardee.' (I'm a jackass). So what's a Mr. Softee
Turns out it's a softserve food truck (stupid name). Do I want it?? Where is my lactaid? Found. It's raining! No fears I have an umbrella. I got a vanilla cherry dip. In line there's a young man behind us and my chair says Dana he has your shirt.
I look and his shirt reads 'In my defense I was left unsupervised.' My reply 'well it's YOUR job to supervise me. It's all on you.' Ha.
So community recs
intoabar is open. It's fun. check it out. I signed up for my exactly same sign up as last year because everyone wanted another Eda goes to the Hazbin Hotel sequelUsername: cornerofmadness
Who goes into the bar?: Eda Clawthorne
What fandom are they from?: The Owl House
What other fandoms can you write? (1-6): Hazbin Hotel
Also
lyricaltitles is starting their album cover title challenge. You pick an album and write a story per song title. I know which one i want to do but it's 17 damn songs...might have to pick a shorter one. Still, this is another low pressure challenge and a lot of fun. I fell in love with this type of challenge when the Buffy fandom used to run them 20 (OMFG) years ago.And
smallfandomfest is now open for prompt submission!Back to Reality
Mar. 17th, 2025 11:02 pmIt was a long night because after a day of 300+ sugar, it crashed out at 1 AM so I didn't even get into bed until 2 AM. I woke up too early but got nothing done. Work was fine at least.
I'm beginning to wonder about my area though. How can I go to Kroger at 3 pm on a monday and not find a single parking place? So crowded and I was so tired I forgot to get my meds. I didn't even remember until 7 pm. sigh
But I did find something that made me happy and sad at the same time. Someone wrote to me on Jana's blog asking if These Haunted Hills was going to have a sequel. Personally I'd love to but I doubt it'll get published after how bad this sold. They loved my book and my talent and that gets you right in the heart, you know?
And since it's St Patrick's Day let's have an Irish themed Music Monday. Let's share our favorite Irish bands (or Irish/American Irish/Canadian etc).
( I could share forever so I shall show restraint )
I'm beginning to wonder about my area though. How can I go to Kroger at 3 pm on a monday and not find a single parking place? So crowded and I was so tired I forgot to get my meds. I didn't even remember until 7 pm. sigh
But I did find something that made me happy and sad at the same time. Someone wrote to me on Jana's blog asking if These Haunted Hills was going to have a sequel. Personally I'd love to but I doubt it'll get published after how bad this sold. They loved my book and my talent and that gets you right in the heart, you know?
And since it's St Patrick's Day let's have an Irish themed Music Monday. Let's share our favorite Irish bands (or Irish/American Irish/Canadian etc).
( I could share forever so I shall show restraint )
Not much of a holiday
Feb. 17th, 2025 10:10 pmHard to be excited for president's day just generally but I'm off and I wanted to go do something but the rain the whole weekend was worse than I thought. The side walk is covered with creek sand and the entire parking lot is covered in creek debris because it flooded. My car is frozen a) shut b) to the ground. Luckily even though it's cold (only in the 20s) it's bright and sunny.
I had already given up my hiking plans by friday because of the rain. I like hiking in the cold but not when I'm knee deep in mud and now half iced over mud. I was going to go to Point Pleasant and shop around the Mothman but my back hurt this morning so instead I go to Jackson to the coffee shop and get a few things at Krogers I forgot and did the recycling so ho hum there.
Still putting off my research project. I am unhappy with myself and there's no one to blame but me.
I am, however, getting writing done and while my last two Hazbin posts didn't get that many kudos yet both did get comments that made me very happy and want to write more in both series. I also need to get off my butt and submit the stories I want to submit.
My parents are now deep into the covid symptoms. Sigh. Good thoughts are appreciated.
Continuing the animal theme for Music Monday, here's some for the cat (I'm saving tigers for another day). Come share if you dare. ( Meow )
I had already given up my hiking plans by friday because of the rain. I like hiking in the cold but not when I'm knee deep in mud and now half iced over mud. I was going to go to Point Pleasant and shop around the Mothman but my back hurt this morning so instead I go to Jackson to the coffee shop and get a few things at Krogers I forgot and did the recycling so ho hum there.
Still putting off my research project. I am unhappy with myself and there's no one to blame but me.
I am, however, getting writing done and while my last two Hazbin posts didn't get that many kudos yet both did get comments that made me very happy and want to write more in both series. I also need to get off my butt and submit the stories I want to submit.
My parents are now deep into the covid symptoms. Sigh. Good thoughts are appreciated.
Continuing the animal theme for Music Monday, here's some for the cat (I'm saving tigers for another day). Come share if you dare. ( Meow )
Happy Valentine's Day
Feb. 14th, 2025 09:32 pmHave some fannish Valentine's wishes
I'd be more interested in Galentine's Day but my local friends aren't partiers. Pout.
My parents got the gift of getting the news that everyone at the funeral yesterday have covid today but not until they all went to visit my uncle in the nursing home. My parents feel okay still so here's hoping.
The rest of the day was me writing like life depended on it so let me go straight to the fannish recs
Something Different FAKE
First Loves Murder, She Wrote
Missing The Alarm Hazbin Hotel
roses red and i know it (fuck me dead every morning) 时光代理人 | Link Click
Bedtime Story Torchwood
(One) No Hit Wonder Murder, She Wrote
The End of the World as We Know It Murder, She Wrote
Covet and Love Hazbin Hotel
Wearing Nothing (but glitter and lashes) Hazbin Hotel
live, not just survive 陈情令 | The Untamed / 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
The Best Sax of My Life Hazbin Hotel
Drizzle Torchwood
Domestic Life Murder, She Wrote
The Rest of Rule The Owl House
Their Secret Hazbin Hotel
Vices and Virtues Hazbin Hotel
Knight Medley Batman
Ready About Vorkosigan Saga
Shear Force Doctor Who
A Record Of The Unsaid Star Trek: The Original Series
Lips Were Made for Extraordinary Things The Witcher
Three Steps Forward, One Step Closer Hazbin Hotel
Absence Hazbin Hotel
back to the crowd and you ignore me (bedroom eyes to those before me) 时光代理人 | Link Click
Ready. Set. Go (Away)! Teen Wolf
where the edges start to blur The Owl House
Love's a gamble, and baby I'm all in Hazbin Hotel
Serendipitous The Owl House
I'd be more interested in Galentine's Day but my local friends aren't partiers. Pout.
My parents got the gift of getting the news that everyone at the funeral yesterday have covid today but not until they all went to visit my uncle in the nursing home. My parents feel okay still so here's hoping.
The rest of the day was me writing like life depended on it so let me go straight to the fannish recs
Something Different FAKE
First Loves Murder, She Wrote
Missing The Alarm Hazbin Hotel
roses red and i know it (fuck me dead every morning) 时光代理人 | Link Click
Bedtime Story Torchwood
(One) No Hit Wonder Murder, She Wrote
The End of the World as We Know It Murder, She Wrote
Covet and Love Hazbin Hotel
Wearing Nothing (but glitter and lashes) Hazbin Hotel
live, not just survive 陈情令 | The Untamed / 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
The Best Sax of My Life Hazbin Hotel
Drizzle Torchwood
Domestic Life Murder, She Wrote
The Rest of Rule The Owl House
Their Secret Hazbin Hotel
Vices and Virtues Hazbin Hotel
Knight Medley Batman
Ready About Vorkosigan Saga
Shear Force Doctor Who
A Record Of The Unsaid Star Trek: The Original Series
Lips Were Made for Extraordinary Things The Witcher
Three Steps Forward, One Step Closer Hazbin Hotel
Absence Hazbin Hotel
back to the crowd and you ignore me (bedroom eyes to those before me) 时光代理人 | Link Click
Ready. Set. Go (Away)! Teen Wolf
where the edges start to blur The Owl House
Love's a gamble, and baby I'm all in Hazbin Hotel
Serendipitous The Owl House
