I think I’ve mentioned here briefly before that I finally have a name for my cohesive, overarching storyverse, to which perhaps 75% of my stories, both published and planned, belong. It’s The Veiled Worlds, a reference to the fact that the fey live in The Realms, a world veiled from ours, and ours veiled from […]
Is Tolkien Making Me Rethink My Primary Story Universe? Read More »
Okay trialling a new Friday tradition here for a bit, which is Friday Favs. Feel free to reply with anything you’ve particularly been enjoying this week, and let’s end the week on a note of gratitude and joy 🙂 <3 Shareable things I have greatly enjoyed/appreciated this week: Lazy Housewife beans. Truly living up to
Kiddo the first is of the age when he has joined Pathfinders, our church’s answer to Scouts I guess. As part of this, he went through a couple of weekends ago and pulled out all the honours (patches) he’s interested in doing. Spoiler, there are 38 of them and it took us 2.5 hours to
#MadeItMonday: Block Printing Read More »
>.< Look, it’s not been a great previous 10 days, m’kay? Like, I’m fine, I’m just two weeks behind schedule on EVERYTHING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD and this week is also going to be a trashfire of ALL THE DEADLINES EVER. But on the other hand, I handed in my next Aurealis article this morning
Wow, I’m Only 10 Days Behind Now Instead of 14!! Read More »
Found this in my meanderings earlier in the week, and it was hyper-relevant, since I found it while spending an hour procrastinating for diving into some revisions I’m supposed to be doing :’D Worth watching to the end. I’ve actually blogged about the photography story he mentions before, only I’ve heard the story with an
The 70% Rule (On Perfectionism) Read More »
I had a question about this from a student this week, and since I went to all the effort of typing out a long response, I thought I’d share it here too in case anyone else finds it useful 🙂 The question is, in essence, Why Am I Having A Creative Block And What Can
When You Really Want To Create Something, But Just… Can’t. Read More »
Yeah, it’s been one of those weeks, and it’s only Tuesday night >.< Never mind. Next week is shaping up to be much, much less frenetic, and then there are two weeks of school holidays. Phew. But! We did make things last week! In particular, we made something ridiculous like 20 or 30L of grape
Phew. Got knocked around a bit last week getting sick, but I guess I shouldn’t really be surprised: it was a ridiculous couple of weeks, what with a grandparent dying, a grandparent getting critically ill, and me suddenly acquiring a mini leadership role at work o.O So yeah. Not especially surprised, really, that as soon
On Relearning How To Write/Create Regularly Read More »
I think I’ve mentioned this in a cagey manner before now, but it’s official and announceable and exciting: I have an article in the current issue of Aurealis! Yes, THAT Aurealis, of the Aurealis Awards, Australia’s answer to the Nebula and Hugos. Like, whoa. The article is about climate and worldbuilding (a la How To
Aurealis, Updates, and New Releases Read More »
Anything can be critiqued. Criticizing something is easy. It makes the critiquer feel smart, and just a little bit superior to the writer. But that kind of critique serves no real purpose, because that kind of critique is wrong from the moment the critiquer picks up the story or the manuscript or the 400-year-old play.
Thought of the Day: Critiquing is Easy. Doing is Hard. Read More »
