Great Discworld Re-Read: Reaper Man and Witches Abroad via Blogger https://ift.tt/GrznfpH 2026-05-31T08:52:28-07:00

All the World's a Stage via Blogger https://ift.tt/kdc7E9b 2026-05-25T11:14:19-07:00

Riding in a car with my husband and my in-laws, two of whom are having trouble hearing/processing audio and one of whom has laryngitis, means spending the drive playing telephone for everyone. Curse my functioning ears and vocal cords!

TIL our car, Bingeley*, will reach out to the dealership on its own to say it's time to schedule maintenance. I find this both neat and vaguely disconcerting. *Named for the Dis-organizer in the Discworld books (GNU Terry Pratchett), because the car bings about EVERYTHING. It's very anxious.

New blog post (I know, two in two days!): Mission Statement, or: Why Do I Write? www.insertscenehere.com/2026/04/miss...

Two bits: 1) My blog has a new address! I bought myself a domain, but the old link will redirect. 2. New post with a new short story! I'm working on getting better about sharing my writing, so here's a story I wrote for last year's NYC Midnight contest: www.insertscenehere.com/2026/04/shor...

Our black cat Nef is usually the epitome of grace and dignity. Usually.

New blog post, talking about (what else?) my book! Also a bit of a life update. insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2026/04/brea...

OK friends, I'm in need of suggestions. Looking at this through a lens of chaotic whimsy, what are some reasons why a person would pull a fire alarm to clear a dorm building? I need to crowd-source some whimsy, so I come to the internet (Gods help me). What do y'all think? #chaoticwhimsy

#WriterShareWednesDay The Shadows Are No Place For Love is due out this summer (edits almost done!). In the meantime, Balancing Wonderland follows the Hatter when she's tasked with taking out the other queens of Wonderland 🗡️♦️♣️🫖 Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Amz: www.amazon.com/Balancing-Wo...

Hello #WriterShareWednesday! I have two books and a short story out right now! I’d love if you would check them out! Sweet & Wild: books2read.com/u/bzNng9 The Need for Dandelions: books2read.com/u/meYkPE Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...

20 years ago today, @gamethyme.bsky.social and I decided to sign some paperwork and tie our lives together. Since then we've been through 3 moves, 4 jobs, and the loss of 3 cats; health issues, triumphs, failures, & everything in between. I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else.

Holy crap lions I made it to round two! Can't wait to see the feedback for my story and get the ball rolling for the next one!!

I can't remember from last time I did this - when @nycmidnight.bsky.social lists the day results of a round are to be announced, do they mean 11:59pm Eastern that night (meaning, do I need to sit and wait until tonight to find out that I didn't make round 2)?

I promised myself when I was a kid that someday, there would be a book with my name on it. Today's that day.

In 2020, I started writing about characters from different books defending a library of all narrative. Last year, I finished draft zero. Today, that book is available for free on Royal Road, and in eBook and paperback on Amazon. a.co/d/00UOxww4 www.royalroad.com/fiction/1014...

I just backed Ballad Hunters RPG on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pel...

Friends, it's finally happened - I've finished my book and put it up on Royal Road for free! Go, read, share, and (hopefully) enjoy! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1014...

For Traumatic Backstory Reasons, I've been afraid of turning 45. My friends helped me reframe it by helping me throw a Triple Quinceañera today, with a gobliñata representing the brain goblins I fight everyday and snackle boxes with names and googly eyes. They are the absolute best.

I made the mistake of saying, out loud, that this week was going to be the first "normal" week on the schedule for the last couple of months. One day I'll learn.

I have A Mystery! I got an interesting piece of mail with a sticker with several polygons (looking like a set of gaming dice) and a bit of cardstock that I can fold into a D20. No note, no name on the return address, which is a campus apartment for Central WA University. I am intrigued!

She slid a note across the counter to the tailor, refusing to make eye contact. Would they refuse her order? The tailor unfolded the paper, raising an eyebrow before nodding. "I see. What kind of pockets?" She looked up, eyes bright with longing. "All of them."

I trembled as I opened the door, sure something terrible hid in the old craft room. Another curse rang through the air as the creature came into focus. I squinted at the long, curling strands emanating around the spirit. "How did I lose a stitch on that row? I counted three times!"

Who me, hyperfixate on last night's half time show? Bah! Also, read this thread, it's fabulous and talks about a lot of the little details those of us not from PR missed.

heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show

As I set dessert in front of the judges, I hum a few bars, and the fiddle-shaped cake turns red and begins to hiss. It was supposed to turn gold & play Johnny's part, but I think I used the wrong kind of cocoa powder in the devil's food cake. Oh, dear.

New blog post! The Great Discworld Re-Read continues (in spite of *gestures at the world at large*). This time we've got Eric and Moving Pictures: insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2026/02/grea...

I realized I wrote a new post on the Great Discworld Re-Read and forgot to share it! Guards! Guards! gets its own post that you can read here: insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2026/01/grea...

In November 2020, I started writing a book set in the Infinite Library. Yesterday, five years and a bit later, I finished draft zero.

Meanwhile, let me tell you a story: the Infinite Library, Chapter 4 Part 1 youtu.be/qWmmtAPY2hw?...

The next post in the Great Discworld Re-Read is up, in which I fangirl out over Wyrd Sisters and Pyramids. insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2025/11/grea...

It's been a minute, but the next post in my Great Discworld Re-Read is up! This one covers Mort and Sourcery. insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2025/11/grea...

Let Me Tell You a Story: The Infinite Library, Chapter 3 Part 2. TW: brief description of violence against a child #letmetellyouastory youtu.be/X9pm1qeKpq8?...

Hey, friends! Did you know there's a 100% online, FREE convention happening this weekend? Flights of Foundry (flights-of-foundry.org) is hosting their online convention starting today, running for 60 hours around the clock. Here's where you can see my shiny mug. I'd love to see you there!

Let Me Tell You a Story: The Infinite Library, Chapter 3 Part 1. We get to see the team in their home universes in between jobs. youtu.be/56dxNsUaU5I?...

Ways in which my autism is unexpectedly helpful: walking my mother through connecting her new Bluetooth headphones to her phone after they were connected to her computer. Naturally breaking things down step by step is really useful for that kind of thing, and also, oof, I'm tired. #techsupport

Continuing the Great Discworld Re-Read, here's my post about The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites. insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2025/09/grea...

QWERTY is sleeping the sleep of the kitty who has only gotten 15 hours of sleep today, and is utterly exhausted.

Because I apparently forgot earlier today, I'm asking all of you - did you remember to take your meds? Brought to you by the Dammit, I Knew I Forgot Something Council

It's been ten years since we lost Sir Terry Pratchett (GNU) and the last of the Discworld books, The Shepherd's Crown, was published. It's time for a Discworld re-read that will end with finally reading the last Discworld book. insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2025/09/grea...

Well now I know what my next goal/reward will be. If I ever get something accepted for publication, I want a basket of snacks.

It's been a minute, but the Infinite Library is back! I've read through chapter 2 - you can hear all the videos through the playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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When it's been less than a week since the last WorldCon ended and the next WorldCon already has to make a statement of apology, it's not looking so good for the convention scene.

Cautionary tale time! In college, I worked in the library and was organizing the thesis tower one summer (meaning skimming through the theses written by graduates from the ~100 years the school has been around). Came upon a Philosophy thesis of ~30 pages, which is SHORT. 1/2

I love this. Going to look for a Mexican flag magnet right now.

New blog post! My WorldCon, let me show you it: insertscenehere.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-w...

Husband will make a point of calling me when he hears about a book on NPR that he thinks I'd like.

Hello and welcome to WorldCon 2025 and the Hugos! I'm streaming it even though I'm here live, because I hit the wall with people, and unfortunately I missed all but the very tail end of the singing "Down the Hugo Road." Now we're back to our hosts Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford. #Hugo