Fantasy and horror books and blogposts
Towards the end of January I turned in the last round of deep edits on a project that I had been working on semi-unexpectedly for about two months, referenced in my last post. I promptly felt like falling down and sleeping for ten days, despite the fact that I had just come back from vacation... Continue Reading →
Hello, humans! I debated about doing a MystiCon recap here because I have been...very much feeling like taking a nap. Like really, a nap would be great. I took a brief break after the convention, but it wasn't long enough. So instead I decided to just do a general State of the Author post with... Continue Reading →
Exciting news this week - and in time for MystiCon even! My friend Jane Ostec and I are launching a podcast to talk about all our favorite nerdy things. It's called POP FIZZ, and it is available on Spotify and iTunes but you can listen to the first episode here. Don't forget to leave us... Continue Reading →
Hey folks! It's that time of year and I will be at MystiCon next Friday doing the rounds. You're welcome to stop in and say hello at any of these events: Saturday, February 29th Author Table, 1pm - 2pm Sunday, March 1st Food & Drink in Genre Fiction, 10 am, Dogwood 1 Fruits Basket: Then... Continue Reading →
Violence is a disease. I think about this fact a lot. Violence done unto one person begets a kind of contagion. It's generational - passed down from parent to child. It's societal - normalization of violence against certain groups or within certain contexts. And it's codified in politics - the hegemonic powers of war, of... Continue Reading →
Some days, being a creative and trying to build a career out of it feels like being on a hamster wheel you can't get off of. I am a human who happens to produce an overabundance of ideas. I'm good at it. Execution of said ideas? Sometimes difficult. Ideas? I have them for days. A... Continue Reading →
Two years ago, I walked into my first aerial silks class. About two weeks ago, I returned home from an intensive workshop in the tropics in aerial silks, flying trapeze, and acroyoga. I take aerial silks at a small studio in downtown Roanoke called Cirqulation, owned by my good friend Lynsey Wyatt. Lynsey is a... Continue Reading →
In the wake of this blogpost, you probably already know I'm a Rian Johnson fan. But in case you missed it: I love Rian Johnson. He's a super smart writer. And his recent film, Knives Out, showed just how deftly he could handle a theme and still keep you on the edge of your seat.... Continue Reading →
A friend recently got around to watching this movie and reminded me of the minimal-reshoot revisions that I posited back in May of last year! So without further ado, here's how I would have edited John Wick 2 to make it slightly more coherent (though we all know you're just watching for the action anyway).... Continue Reading →
Good golly it is that time. I'm starting the year off with a bang - I'll be traveling out of the country to study acrobatics for a week or so, and I'm really jazzed about that. In fact, by the time this post goes live I will probably be on a plane! So I haven't... Continue Reading →
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