Murder your darlings. Not my favorite cover It’s a phrase in publishing that’s often associated with a similar phrase: Torment your darlings. The first, allegedly, means that you can’t afford to fall too much in love with your own prose. It can be the best thing you’ve ever written, but…
Aside from hurricanes and tornadoes, one of the things that can generate 1.21 gigawatts of enthusiasm in Texas is ComicPalooza. This year there are more celebrities than ever, a bigger cosplay crowd, and a pretty cool NASA/STEM tie-in. With the tornado in the past and most of the lights being…
Ardith shepherded this guy to safety We live in Houston and last Thursday got hit with a Spielberg-class storm. 100 mph winds, heavy rain, memorable lightning. We’re well away from the nearest pond/lake and a turtle ended up in our yard. Power was out for 3 days and is back…
Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m late on taxes this year. One of the things that I have to do, since I sell on Amazon, is pull my sales/royalty information from them to include in tax calculations. It’s fairly painless and yields some interesting information. This little tidbit was a big…