As you may have seen recently–I’m not sure if I’ve posted about it before on my blog, or just kept it to social media–I’ve fallen in love with a new murder mystery series. The Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers are pretty much perfect. Lord Peter, the main detective, is unique and witty …
I’m back! It’s been a while, y’all–partially due to some technical difficulties with the website, but mostly because teaching takes up 90% of my mental energy and I like to spend the dregs I have left over on stuff like cleaning my house and making sure I have food to eat. I’m on Thanksgiving break …
I’m mad. And to explain why I’m mad, I have to tell you a story. In writing, there’s a concept called “fridging.” Basically, you have a character (usually female) who gets hurt or dies, prompting the (usually male) main character to do something important to the plot. The term was invented after some comic book …
My second year of teaching has officially begun. I’ve just woken up from an hour-long nap (except that I don’t think I actually slept, my sister is over and she never stopped making noise). My brain is fried. But no one died or threw up in class today, so that means that today was a …
I really dropped the ball on blogging this summer. My apologies, y’all. My creative juices have taken a hit since entering the “real world” of teaching and living alone, and I tend to pour whatever words I have into my actual writing. I’m almost 27,000 words into the rough draft of my fantasy novel–and those …