Alright, something fun for the weekend! So, I am blessed and cursed to have friends that forget nothing and love to never let me forget anything, either. Yeah, I now have photographic evidence of the time I made a Closer-era Trent Reznor My Little Pony for a friend’s birthday ten million years ago. I would … More Project Pics: My Little Trenty
What can I say – I’m back from vacation this week and the wireless has been cutting out on me. At any rate, I wanted to do a second look at this post, because I think it warrants it. It’s probably the only serious post I’ll ever do under the Lost Manuscripts tag (usually reserved … More 2nd Look: Dropping the Mask and Exposing the Spirit
Going to highlight another amazing teacher in my life this week, this time from junior high and in a class that I didn’t exactly excel at any given point: *** So obviously, I was a right gem in Jr. High. Honestly, I think a lot of my attitude and ineptness was residual issues that came … More 2nd look: It’s okay to stand up for yourself
Today I want to hit another of my favorite, recent titles, this time in manga. While recovering from respiratory issues this winter and trying to deal with a case of sudden existential dread, I started reading a lot of manga again. I hadn’t really gone on a binge like that in years, and I … More SJ Reads: Natsume’s Book of Friends
It’s my birthday today! And to celebrate I thought I’d have a contest on my blog and see what happens. So, here’s what I’m going to do: I’m putting up a photo of Paddlelump, and I want you to caption it. Keep it clean, and the best entry (I’ll take into account what also hits … More Caption Contest!
I felt like I needed to do something for today because I’m so excited for It. So, here’s a little flash piece I threw together, copyright mine, like everything else on this thing. Heh, enjoy. The Moments Before They waited in the toy box, neglected and hidden under other, more comforting toys. They waited in the … More Flash fic: The Moments Before
Since we’re at back to school time, I want to tip my hat to some teachers that forever shaped me (and who are probably regretting that now). These are actually past blog posts of mine, so I’ll give you the intro and then link you to the rest of the original post. Today’s look back … More Becoming a Germ of the Wild, another look back
So for once in my life I don’t have any columns or reviews to share – some things are scheduled, but nothing new at the moment. I did put up the new flash stories under the free reads page, updated the books page, and I’m working on getting all the other pages on this thing … More Project Pics: Paddlelump
So since September is my birthday month (I will take your adulations in the form of praise, reviews, and other related worship), this month’s SJ reads will cover stories that have really reached up through the nostrils and grabbed me by the soul. Today, we look at the Courtney Crumrin series by Ted Naifeh. … More SJ Reads: Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things
So the other day I talked about the oddly profound effect The Lost Boys has had on my creative life, so we’ll just piggy back on that theme today because it’s the weekend and thinking, ugh. I’ve mentioned this story before on podcasts and in interviews when talking about influences and advice for authors/creatives in … More Influences: Billy Wirth and the Best Advice I’ve Ever Gotten
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