Shall I at Least Set My Lands in Order?
My house in not in order. Yes, my literal house: dishes unwashed, clean laundry unfolded, the dog hair unswept from its new home on the …
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Kinky Copyedits
I love getting copyedits for books — they’re always such a cool compilation of weird and wonderful words. I just finished the copyedits for As …
My Internet Search History
The very wonderful and funny writer Bronwen Green recently did a blog post sharing her internet search history. It was so much fun to read …
6 (Impossible) Things Before Breakfast
This week’s six impossible things: I rewatched two incredible movies this week: About Time and Edge of Tomorrow. Both about starting over/time travel (kind of?)/love. …
Call for those interested in Mature Topics in Gaming!
During the Mature Topics in Gaming panel at Dragon Con, I made the suggestion that GMs who had mature topics in their games give their …
6 (Impossible) Things Before Breakfast
Our new rescue dog, Ampersand, in case you haven’t already met her. It’s been a long time since I did this, but it feels like …
all my life I was a bride married to amazement
Sometimes you stand looking forward and step back and back and back. You think there’s nothing good behind you, just an expanse of future failures, …
There’s no getting out alive, but you hope to avoid a deadline
A few years back, I read Haruki Murakami’s book, “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.” “I run,” he writes, “to seek a …
Mothership
(An old poem of mine, a little something for International Women’s Day. May we all deflect our bullets). Mothership Shanna Germain When observed from across …
My Butt Hurts
That is to say: I’ve sat on my keister and written for about sixteen hours straight the last two days. Despite how it may seem, …