Life
The Pain
Remember those terrible health issues I was having? That got all better on their own? Not so much. Many people asked me, “Can you at least glean something from this experience to make a story?” Maybe? Someday? Mostly I’ve felt… Not quite here. I joked about having come up with Read more
Writing
Crap
When I was sixteen, I attended my first writing workshop, bringing with me my first attempt at a short story. It was a first draft, all rough, no editing, no outline beforehand. It was everything you would expect from a sixteen-year-old’s first short story. In a word, it was crap. Read more
Announcement
Zombie Hitler Vs. Neil Armstrong
Zombie Hitler Vs. Neil Armstrong came out today. I sold the story… well, it was last summer I think. I got to use it for a public reading and it was well-received. (Meaning I cracked people up.) I still can’t believe I got paid for this. It was the easiest, Read more
Blathering
Princessing
We were at Aunt Grace’s farm and her sons were playing battle in the snow. I wanted to play, too. They said I could be the princess they fought over. There was an igloo that would be my ‘tower’ and we set icicles in the doorway for bars. One of Read more
Excerpts or Whole Work
Space Princess Coronation
So, this weekend was the Global Game Jam. My husband and I made a 3D game scripted from a text adventure. I started writing in Twine but attempts to import from Twine to Unity failed. If your only tool is a hammer, all your problems look like nails, so… uh, Read more