Got the cover art for my next book, Standing Stones and Safety Zones, from an artist I know personally, Betsy Mott. I'm thrilled with it! Betsy took time off for family care and hasn't painted in several years. I was excited to help her get back to the canvas where she belongs. #amwritingfantasy

gay people wanting to get married was a result of what happened during AIDS and I would like us to never forget that

Got my signs for today!

A kid at school (grade 4) was over the moon when I (65+ aide) told him I watched Delicious in Dungeon and can't wait for the next season.

Did a reading at a small convention this morning and spotted 3 typos. Ugh! #fantasywriter

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as you start cleaning the toilet everyone in the house will desperately need to use it and cannot wait.

I watched NPR coverage of the Epstein victims. Surprised there was no mention of the military fly-over attempting to intimidate and drown out the victims. @lisad.bsky.social what gives?

Today, in honor of Labor Day, I will re-read "Fannie Never Flinched" about the life of Fannie Sellins, written by a good friend, Mary Cronk Farrell. socialjusticebooks.org/fannie-never...

Today's protest sign. Happy Labor Day!

At my union meeting, voting on a 3-year contract. A hard choice because one unit has been ignored for 6 years. If even 1 unit is unhappy, I can't support the contract. It isn't about me, it's about us.

Well, I goofed in #Veilguard and sent the wrong companion into a combat spot. Now I grapple with how Manfred will go on, alone in the world...

Got a nice personal rejection of my short story, "Poppet." After the ritual days of rejecting their rejection, I took another look. Their suggested fix was easy, plus the usual sneaky typos. They didn't say to send it again, so now I search for the next market. #amwritingfantasy #fantasywriter

My grape harvest. +/- 12 gallons of grapes. I use them to make juice. These are pink grapes, so I will have pink grape juice.

Hey, Indy authors of Horror, Thrillers and Paranormal! Teri Polen is taking entries in her annual book event, Bad Moon Rising. Check out her initial blog post. teripolen.com/2025/08/04/c...

Wrote a short story this morning, 1000 words for an anthology. Needs cleanup and polishing, of course. Still -- yay, me! #fantasyauthor #amwritingfantasy

Warlock's Army, the cast has grown so large that I made 3 separate charts for who lives where, who knows who, and what their attitude is toward the whole mess. Fun-ish! And my own fault. If I do this now, I won't have to stop in the middle of writing to try and name a character. #amwritingfantasy

Ready to protest this afternoon. #resist

Warlock's Army: going well, over 20,000 words and starting chapter 4 with a trust exercise among the boy cohort. (They don't call it that, of course.) #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy

Warlock's Army: I'm struggling with something, not sure what. The writing seems to be going well, developing in cool ways. But something is off. I think maybe one section begins in the morning, but somehow the next section is the day before? I mean, times can be shifty but I'm not such an 1/

#Dragonage if you are coming to Seattle Worldcon, I am confirmed for a #Dragonage meet up on Saturday!

Seeing a lot of posts about how mean it is to "mock Texas families" and I think that's one interpretation, but have you considered that is isn't mockery at all? Maybe this is the reaction of kind and caring people who predicted just such an emergency would happen... 1/

I made sure to write early today because I had a feeling the Republicans were about to sell us out. Tomorrow, I'm protesting. Happy Insurrectionist Day.

I should be writing tonight. Just not feeling it. But by darn, I am going to write one paragraph describing the dining room my MC is having lunch in! #amwriting #fantasywriter

The latest WIP is going slowly. Its a complex plot and I have to think things through. It's a sprawling family of magical children, basically raising each other because... it's complicated. Yet, I crossed over 10K words today. Yay, me! #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy

I've been feeling shoulder and elbow pain for the past couple of days. Looks like I might have to lay off the weeding for a couple of days. Oh dear, oh no.

If you're into Indy #fantasy, you might want to check out my blog event, Queen Titania's Court. Every other day I feature a different #fantasywriter. The latest post features Gregory Frost. wyrmflight.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/r...

Don't know what the count will be for Spokane WA Pride Parade and No Kings rally, but add one for a lonely guy with a sign at the corner of Ruby and Montgomery, protesting for NIOSH workers who are being unjustly fired.

Marching in Spokane's Pride Parade with my union tomorrow, and this is my sign!

"Goblin Name Game" is a favorite short story. Not George, the goblin, shows up today in Titania's Court hosted by @drakanox.bsky.social. You can chat with him here: wyrmflight.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/g...

Somewhat to my surprise, despite the anxiety of everything going on, I finished the first chapter of my WIP. Good job, me! #fantasywriter

Sold a short story! Can't wait to share release details when they become available.

Re: Elon going to Mars. It won't help. His life is miserable by his own hand. He can run from DC but he can't escape his miserable life by going to Mars.

Getting into my new novel! But everyone is kind of a mannequin right now. I think I'll fire up the #Veilguard character generator and work on a few of my characters. #fantasywriter

Writing an article about the Unbound/Boundless fuckery that has been going on for a while, from a Librarian's perspective. If any authors would like to provide a comment hit me up!

I got the last painting in myuseum! #acnh

So I was playing the remastered #Oblivion and I got through the whole thing at Sancre Tor. While schlepping back and forth to sell loot, I realized I hadn't put my "boots of hauling" back on beforehand. So basically I did that dungeon barefoot? LoL. Gross!

My latest book is here! Cozy fantasy with a bold girl and her spirit companion saving the world from a drought. #cozyfantasy #fantasywriter draft2digital.com/book/2812529

Trying to run small groups in class and I keep getting story ideas. It's a trial. #amwritingfantasy #fantasywriter

Working on a new story. Planned for protag to peacefully find a runaway boy. Muse says LoL no, it's gonna be a wild chase and a dramatic rescue! With giant crawdad. #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor

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Eye-opening piece on the reality of what tech bros and AI are currently doing and planning to do, not just to artists, but to the world at large. A must read:

A small dream came true on my birthday. A remaster of Oblivion came out on the sly.

I looked up from loading the washer and this is what I saw...

Rain or shine, we rally!

A nice juicy story idea is taking shape in my mind! #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy

Animal Crossing's Isabelle delivers an important PSA: "Resist the urge to engage with posts created to cause a response of anger. These posts are not worth your energy. Block early. Block often."

So they abducted innocent people and the judge said to bring them back. But the justice dept says they can't. Doesn't it go to them state dept then? Aren't they who negotiates with foreign governments when citizens are in trouble overseas?

#Fantasywriters my #submission window is open! That’s for my annual blog event, Queen Titania’s Court. Link to details below. If you know a writer who might be interested, I hope you'll pass the lead along to them. wyrmflight.wordpress.com/queen-titani...

This was incredible. The Hands Off protest in Spokane WA stretched for at least 12 blocks on a major arterial. Estimated 10-15,000 attendees. So glad we went!