If you live in Alabama, our primaries are today and you can vote in either the R or D primary without restricting your vote in the general election this fall. Make your voice heard & support Democracy! (Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania also have primaries today!)

When my son next asks "Mom, will you drive me?", I plan to say yes, wander around the house aimlessly, flop on the couch to stare at the wall, and start working on a craft as he get increasingly irritated at my failure to help as promised. No reason.

I've really been enjoying playing Slay the Spire 2 co-op, despite usually ignoring Early Access titles. If you've been thinking of checking it out, you totally should! Especially since it's run afoul of Gamergate now... not even for any game content, but for devs talking to the "wrong person."

2026 Micro-reviews Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige What if a modern girl was yanked out of poverty and sent to Oz, but Dorothy had turned it into a dystopian hellscape? #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

Hooray for #freecomicbookday ! Thrilled that I made it in time to get a copy of the Dungeon Crawler Carl handout because I am totally vibing with this "Lisa Frank, but rabid" aesthetic #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg

2026 Micro-reviews: The Daily Grind by Argus IT guy accidentally stumbles into a gamelike dungeon at his work that can give him real-life skills like Calligraphy and Helicopter Piloting. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

2026 Micro-reviews: Kitty Cat Kill Sat by Argus Lonely uplifted cat is the only one who can save the world from itself Standalone! #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #&microreviews

Yasss, played through the whole campaign of Labyrinth Chronicles with the kids and took down the final boss in one shot! Scored 88! Now to reset and turn on all the Challenge mode options and co-op it with my husband. #nostalgia #boardgames #family

Happy World Book Day! A.K.A. every day for me, but I'm glad everyone else has their priorities ever-so-slightly straighter. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀

2026 Micro-reviews: Beneath the Dragoneye Moons by Selkie Myth Girl brings basic germ theory to magical world, builds on knowledge to become mother of medicine over thousands of years. Also a surprisingly lethal individual. Series is now complete! #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

I was interviewed by the Me, My Skirt & I YouTube channel! I appear in the video twice. The first time is a brief intro to Apocalypse Parenting. The second appearance (linked below) is me sharing a story about how Wheel of Time was there in a critical moment of my authorial journey.

2026 Micro-reviews: The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes Look, this series is perfectly titled, as long as you understand that the adjectives are wishful thinking on the part of the protagonist. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #&microreviews

Super proud of my old fencing buddy (and current litRPG author buddy) Reck Well for winning the JordanCon spear tournament and getting 4th in the sword tournament. I was hosting a panel and couldn't participate myself, sadly!

Having a great time on panels at my first #JordanCon! Lots of fun reconnecting with other authors and meeting a few I hadn't met, not to mention talking with a lot of enthusiastic readers!

Saw this on Facebook and had to reshare because I cannot agree more. I love match-3 mechanics, but finding a match-3 that doesn't use toxic strategies to keep players is... Tough.

This year's r/Fantasy bingo is out, so reviews are back! 2026 Micro-reviews: The Enchanter (Journals of Evander Tailor) by Tobias Begley Tailor’s apprentice gets magic and goes to magic school, which is filled with nobles, danger, and intrigue. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

Got my yearly guide to using as much Gamelit/Progression Fantasy/LitRPG as possible to complete this year's r/Fantasy reading bingo card! Might do some more guides for indie works in general or YA, but I know I'm weak on more recent YA books.

Watched the Matrix today to show it to the kids. Some elements are still uncomfortably relevant in 2026.

Enjoying a really fierce Easter argument about the proper (and cursed) ways to eat ice cream off a spoon.

Kind of excited to watch the Artemis II launch (hopefully tonight)! Launching the first lunar mission in 50 years on April Fools Day will probably seem fake to a lot of people, but despite not hearing about this before today, I am pretty sure it is legitimate. :D

Middlest is busy convincing my Youngest that April Fool's Day has always been April 2. I've been asked to weigh in on this and I'm pretending not to hear because Middlest's delivery was so perfect.

Cover reveal!!! So excited about the art for the paperback!

Very pleased to report that Project Hail Mary is one of those rare unicorns where you can like both the book and the movie! Saw it with several others and both those unfamiliar with the book and those who'd read it enjoyed themselves immensely.

Oh dang, Roguebook is 90% off on Steam. $2.49. It was a great game, and my only complaint would have been that it was shorter than I wanted it to be, so if you like Roguelike deckbuilders, that is an absolute steal.

I am excited to share that the entire Apocalypse Parenting series has been picked up by Tor Books for publication. You’ll be able to find the paperback for Book 1 in physical bookstores on August 18 of this year, simultaneous to the eBook release of Book 5! (Bought myself a sweet hat to celebrate!)

Mental status: Got myself some carrots and peanut butter and... went to put the knife back in the drawer after using it. Fortunately, the "knife" I grabbed was the peanut butter jar and did not fit.

Also, for anyone who's like "she stopped posting her mini book reviews!" I haven't forgotten about them. I've been tracking my reads and I'll resume posting in April after the new r/Fantasy bingo list goes out so I can say what squares they fit :)

Someone is messaging me somewhere. My computer keeps making a "someone is messaging you" sound. But I've checked every site and app I can think of, and there's nothing new! It's driving me bonkers. Anyway, if you're trying to talk to me tonight, um... I couldn't find you.

Look, Space & Rocket Center, I love you. But yesterday was March 1, not April 1, and you cannot possibly have been serious about these.

Oh my gosh, actual cassettes? What a publicity stunt. 10/10

Dolly Parton is so wise

I actually had the two chapters ready this Monday that I try to have for my Patreons every week! To celebrate, I made my first-ever YouTube video, a Let's Play video for the minesweeper rogulite Demoncrawl, which is half-off for the rest of today on Steam. It's kind of a terrible game, but I love it

Anyone intrigued by my post about Demoncrawl a few days ago... it is not only now available for sale again, it is also 50% off for the next few days. Minesweeper roguelike. It either has you at that or it doesn't. It will crash sometimes. Somehow this doesn't dim my affection.

One of the joys of kids is sharing things with them, like when I mentioned the PC Master Race and Dirty Console Peasants to my son and got to go down a great rabbit hole together. Apparently he'd heard "PC Master Race" before but knew nothing of the context. Kid's gotta know his roots.

Yeah, this is us.

That's shady. Wearing the photos of fellow athletes who died in any particular way is CLEARLY an act of mourning and should not disqualify you from a medal. If the collection of photos paints a bad picture for someone... maybe that entity should do less killing.

Repeating my offer of Valentine's cringe, especially for parents with teens!

Three years after the last update, after over a year of crashing on open, I can finally play Demoncrawl again. The Minesweeper roguelite my heart needed.

Do you have kids? Do you like making them groan? I made these Valentines for my oldest last year and scattered them through their backpack to haunt them through the day, leaving the last on the door to our home. When they came in: "Mom, WHY?!" I replied: For those cringe vibes, pookie.

Want to try to read some authors of color during Black History month, but the rec thread from this year's r/Fantasy Bingo is pretty much exclusively horror recs and that is not gonna work for me right now. Anyone got some fun/lighthearted speculative fiction reads by Black authors?

You are probably not at your finest on any day where you wonder "Did I put my cell phone in the fridge?" (I did not. It was on the couch. Wondering was still a low moment.)

Whenever I have to do something hard that seems impossible, I think to myself "I CAN ROUN ARCOSS THE PARP!!! I CAN GO TO THE PARPY!!!" Thank you, @alliebrosh.bsky.social

Got a fun surprise when I went on Longwinded One's podcast last week!

As he says in the follow-up: "I refuse to look into this any further as this is now my emotional support fact." Praying for the people of Minneapolis.

2026 Micro-reviews: Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer This cyberpunk fairytale mashup series starts with a volume following a cyborg mechanic Cinderella. Surprisingly, this works very well. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #fantasy

A momentous day! 1000 ratings on Goodreads! I no longer qualify for the "Hidden Gem" category on r/Fantasy Bingo! Thanks so much to everyone who has tossed me a review :) It absolutely helps. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg

The second-worst thing about your Kindle running out of battery is how absolutely you know you have only yourself to blame. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀

2026 Micro-reviews: Red X Wolf by Dakota Krout Take four-ish fairytales and smush them together with some game mechanics, shake vigorously, and get the Damsels of Distress series. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

2026 micro-reviews In Spite of the Inevitable by Morgan Biscup @vazdimet.com Ex-military fugitive necromancer is trying to raise his adopted son in peace when his former nation attacks his new planet. He wants to run, but his son convinces him to fight. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #&microreviews #spsfc

Behold, I have answered the question: "I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?" #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff