Book Completion Checklist

(A long but not exhaustive list of steps.)

Get idea.

Research idea.

Tax Time of Year Again

Render unto Caesar.

Some of us just want to write. Some of us want to be paid writers. With self-publishing, more of us can pull that off.

Hollywood Revamp: The Equalizer (2021)

I’d give the first 2 eps a 3.5 out of 5. Good action, and I think a decent reimagining of an Equalizer-type character for today, but it could do with a lot less preaching

Cinnamon and Improvisation

Posting light today due to legal shenanigans yesterday. But I did bake cinnamon rolls, from Gluten-Free 101,

A Few Heart-Shaped Musings

So. Valentine’s Day. AKA the day I used to sit back in bemusement and watch the scrambling, waiting for tomorrow and half-off chocolate.

These days I’m still bemused,

Worldbuilding: Bits and Bobs

The news recently mentioned an auction where you could pick up “moderately priced bits of interplanetary rubble”. As in, meteorites; from the Moon, Mars, or elsewhere.

Worldbuilding: Reason for War

War is what happens when one side tries to grab something the other side doesn’t think it should have.

Like Pitons Into a Cliff

I recently ran across a time travel fixit fic whose end lines struck to the heart.

“She’d snatched the sword out of his hands and stamped it to the ground before he could do anything with it,

On Poking Crossover Ideas

Brain is stressed, so I’m letting my bunnies play around with the MDZS/Valdemar crossover idea again. Part of doing a good crossover is making sure nobody’s Awesome gets stepped on or underrated.

Stray Thoughts: Good Is Not Nice

It’s a trope for a reason. Warning: I’ve had a bad week.

The vast majority of people I’ve met would, I think, describe themselves as nice people.