Lake reached by the Panama Canal. #blueskyartshow #photography #nature

#blueskyartshow #photography. Clouds over the Merrimack River. Lowell, MA.

Doctor Who wasn’t exactly subtle today (I laughed when they acknowledged “planet of the incels”), but I love Belinda being a nurse as a grounding point. Thousands of years from home, she did her job. And her challenging the doctor on consent and boundaries made me appreciate her. #doctorwho

My work is here to say, “How can I get enough good karma to score tickets?” I’m hoping that having early access as a perk will make it happen.

#writingcommunity. I realized today that my current MC was getting her BA in psychology in 2012 in Boston and it took me a lot of research to figure out that she wasn’t an undergrad at BU. She got her MSW at BC. Why care? I almost made two books’ MCs college roommates. Conversation could be 1/2

Years ago, a friend said, “if you need to fix Kaki, bring her to water.” This is why my self-care is often along the Charles River. #photography

#fanfic I remember the day my friend asked me to write her a story where Bail Organa told Darth Vader that his daughter’s birth mother was Padme to save her from the Empire. Did not expect to get to that scene and then go, “oh, crap. I have to write the rest of the war with this context.” The 1/2

Happy Asexual Awareness Day. Im demisexual, which falls under that umbrella. So was my first novel’s protagonist. We’re here. We’re real. We’re not weird, alien, or robot as has been suggested by people I know.

Back when I started #writing a character, a friend introduced me to “Orpheus.” It fit the love story of this person and her husband perfectly. Yesterday, I realized that “if the bottom drops out, I hope my love is someone else’s solid ground” is about the story of her adopted daughter. I cried.

#writingcommunity I have to admit that I’m trying to not be afraid of my WIP. This isn’t the first book I’ve written. It’s my first murder mystery. But I have so many things hiding under the surface of the premise that it feels like a potentially awful lasagna instead of a nuanced tale.

I’m going to hell for having this much fun writing this. But all those quotes are from real interviews and you should look up Tim’s 2012 prank. Apologies to Claudia Gray and Mark Hamill in a sorry/not sorry style.

Here's my message this #TransDayOfVisibility: Our power begins and ends with the solidarity we have with one another.   @housedemocrats.bsky.social stand with our trans neighbors to defend the best of what this country stands for: opportunity and freedom for all.

My sister claimed that people and sunsets are more beautiful than photos depict. My sunset from last night disagrees. I’m very fond of it.

I spent a little too much time reading about Han Solo’s rich stepfather and the Cloud People while reading up on Leigh Brackett, but boy, did I enjoy this list.

The detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk is so appalling. No, I don’t think arresting other foreigners is okay. Don’t at me. I am anti-fa and this fascism is unchecked. They weren’t stopped by a federal judge’s orders. This is the grudge tyranny that we opposed and we’re keeping track.

Mine. Mine. Mine.

I have two decisions coming. One says by March 17 and the other by April 1. I am apoplectic with anxiety about both. The March 17 one is just about community stuff I hope to be involved in, but for the other, I am waiting to hear if music that I’ve written will be in a new hymnbook. So nervous.

I’m getting too excited for the uprising.

This is a simple picture of me wearing a nice ballet flat. But it’s progress. I’ve been dependent on various ankle braces since my fracture on September 20 and I still have days when I need to wear a big slipper over a brace, but I’m wearing these shoes to the ballet on Saturday.

I’m several chapters into Mask of Fear and I respect how well Alexander Freed seems to historically have done his homework on the nature of dictatorships, but I’m deeply depressed by resemblance to current events. On the bright side, I wrote to my friend that someone FINALLY got Bail Organa right!

Unacceptable

The trade federation are the villains for a reason.

I loved getting into the intentions and interpretations of this.

True story: because of court dates, my marriage ended on the same day as the Skywalkers’. Just 8 hours later and much less dramatically. I went to a midnight showing and then got up and went to tell a judge that my husband was a danger to me.

This is monstrous

I am the unapologetic fan girl who wrote this.

Swans are important to me, so I loved finding them near home en route to church today.

Will Jod's ending in the Skeleton Crew finale be more Treasure Island, The Goonies, or something else? We muse on the different possible pirate-y endings for this swashbuckling antagonist! dorksideoftheforce.com/star-wars-sk...

I was in the mood to read “Robert Galbraith’s” The Silkworm for the first time in a while and boy, did I miss how transparently TERFy it is at times. The one trans character hysterically waiting to attack the good guys and being threatened with sexual assault and hate crimes to get them to talk.

Tonight, I tried to write a verse about God down. Thanks to how much time I’ve spent thinking about #skeletoncrew, it autocorrected to Jod. True story.

This is one of my favorite articles I’ve done.

From Acheron to Coda, we look at the mythological parallels and historical locations in our own world to see what we can deduce about the Jewels of the Old Republic in Skeleton Crew. dorksideoftheforce.com/star-wars-sk...

Spent New Year’s Eve in Boston with a couple of concerts. #photography

Rest in peace to Submariner LT James Earl Carter Jr, USN (Ret). Carter, the only U.S. President to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, leaves a legacy of service. The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, carries his name in honor of his dedication to our nation.

In the foreground, overall comments from my first editor on my debut novel. Just above the edge of that page is a copy of my debut novel. I keep the first edit to remind myself how far it came and how grateful I am to be a published novelist with smart friends. #writing #books

Happy place #photography day 29. I love walking along rivers and this is the Merrimack in Nashua, NH.

Are you gearing up for the Doctor Who Christmas special this year? Are you going to do some re-watches of past specials? We have some suggestions of our favorites. #DoctorWho #Christmas teaandbanter.com/3-doctor-who...

This week, my roommate discovered that not picking up your food delivery immediately can result in a curious rodent getting into your Grubhub. We named the rat Peter and he was let out of the house on one really intense night. Thing is, only two of us were there, so it could be a fake adventure.

I could get a LOT of people to chip in for a birthday present. :-P

Today, I admired a picture of a flower and said I wanted to grow one. The person told me I needed something that wasn’t ephemeral and started sending me links to things I can’t easily kill. They won’t ever get why this brutish Neanderthal keeps crying out of depression. And I tried to say it.

The other swans aren't gonna believe this

Mine.

Happy place #photography Day 28. In 2013, I broke my ankle the night before vacation to Europe. I spent two weeks walking in a brace with a cane. It made me appreciate every place I walked to, such as the second floor of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Happy place #photography day 27. I was too busy for a few days, but I’m resuming this. I last gave you birds and today is another bird. My friend and I went to Spain together and the day after my publisher sent me final draft of my swan lake novel for review, I bought this in a pair.

Jude Law becomes the latest Star Wars actor to receive a place on Hollywood Boulevard: dorksideoftheforce.com/star-wars-sk...

I have so many theories about this guy. I might be biased by him looking like Bernard from Westworld.

I need to rewatch Goonies because I’m seeing Dread Pirate Roberts and Peter Pan all over #skeletoncrew.