It’s weird yet gratifying how often, as soon as I reveal my age, someone asks with eager excitement, “What’s your skincare routine?” The implication is that I’m doing something which helps me maintain a youthful look, and that this can Read more
This summer, I cleaned out my garage. We hadn’t done that, well, since moving in. There are still things from the previous owner. For context, we moved in in 2001! Anyway, it was a cornicopia of discovery. I found: But Read more
Remember seeing the Matrix for the first time? How incredibly annoyed you were at the hackneyed plot? No? Just me? Ahem. Yeah, I was the only person in my friend group to leave the movie saying, “That was sooo lame. Read more
I’ve suffered bouts of depression as long as I can remember. I have a vivid memory of being eight years old, crying my eyes out on the upstairs hall carpet, wondering what was wrong with me because I had been Read more
When I first played D&D as a freshman in college, it was all I could talk about. My writing assignments for English 101 were all D&D-based. I re-wrote Red Riding Hood as play about a roleplaying group. “Wow, with that Read more
Blog topic suggested by Nyla Bright. Recursive title is recursive! This year, I took on an adjunct teaching position, for fun and profit. Okay, also to get grad school credit toward a degree so people will consider hiring me to Read more
When I was doing my project on women’s writing credits in science fiction over time, one of the big benefits was getting to see all these cool covers. I saved seven in particular, and here they are. 7. This Messy Read more