It’s Caturday! Without my cats.
Spent a lovely day on State Street in a sea of red. (HINT: Badger Game). Picked up a few treats for matt_m_mcelroy at the Farmer’s Market and a new cactus for yours truly. Here’s hoping Archimedes V will NOT be eaten by my cats. So far, I have not had the best of luck with [...]
The Time Has Come…
…for me to talk openly about my views on feminism. I have finally figured out a way to express my views, which will be necessary in the coming months. (HINT: Especially before WisCon.) The short of it, is that I do not like the word “feminist.” My relationship with words is semantic and contextual, just [...]
I have thoughts…
…which means I’m writing and researching like crazy. Have been sharing some things here and there, but still trying to find that balance between “Hey, do you read books? Wouldn’t you like to read my stories? YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.” sorts of promotions versus “Yes, I do play games. Yes, I read a lot. [...]
2010.09.21 A Modern Alchemist’s View on Food
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been obsessing about the idea that a modern alchemist would be appalled by the food that we eat. Potassium Benzoate. Calcium Disodium Edta. Brominated Vegetable Oil. (And that’s just a few of the ingredients in the pop I’m drinking!) The question is: Why? Well, first — I probably [...]
In Which I “Go There”
Yesterday, some heavy drama came across my desk. I tried to avoid it, but found that I couldn’t. There are only a few things that press my buttons: intolerance happens to be one of them. Sadly, I knew I was in trouble when I started writing a philosophical conversation between two characters in the story [...]
2010.09.17 The Modern Alchemist
When I checked in with you the last time, I talked about how I wanted to get behind what motivates William and some of the other Alchemists in this book. To do that, I wanted to live as one of them so I could better describe them without boring you to death with long diatribes [...]
2010.09.03 Fear and Transformation
Things have been interesting lately, because ever since I stopped working the “day job” there’s been a lot of opportunities that have popped up, which have mostly been a lot of talk. Summer is one of those seasons where people are more focused on vacations than anything else. Summer, unfortunately for me, is very difficult [...]
