I've been thinking about a Kobo for a while!

My kindle did a wonky thing where it signed itself out of things, and then wouldn't recognize my email or phone number. After another hard reset, I'm back in, but I'm thinking that when the big sales hit this summer, it might be time to invest in another reader.

That's going to be an absolutely enormous Fuck Off!

The frustrating part is that our governments here may actually hand stuff like that over. (My state sent all our voting records to Trump, so honestly, I don't trust Texas any more at all.)

I am done. New versions uploaded to Zon and D2D, and I will step away and go make enchiladas.

Being a writer is coming up with hilarious names and nicknames of characters that do not yet exist and will probably never make it into a story.

My story, "Salt in Our Veins," appears in this anthology. Still love my sweet story about friends, pirates, and family!

This image shows bats flapping against a twilit purple background and the text: Important news for everyone who preordered A Waltz of Sinister Import from Amazon before April 10: Due to an error, every preorder made there through April 9 has been cancelled. Preorder again now to get your dose of supernatural mystery & marital banter this autumn: books2read.com/waltzSinister .

For anyone who's missed this very frustrating news...

Re-preorder here: books2read.com/waltzSinister

#romancelandia

Sweater in neutral colors with an elaborate yoke.

Final item of this batch up for blocking. Lola Cardigan, far too late to wear it this year. You can see the striping on the body and sleeves (remember I said that I was embracing the different dye-lots problem) All in all, I think I will be very happy with this one.

April 8, 2026 Story Hour: Effie Seiberg and J.R. Dawson read their Nebula-nominated stories! YouTube video by Story Hour

Hey did you want to listen to "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" (an angry superhero comedy about disability)?

Here's the reading from last night's @storyhour.bsky.social together with the amazing @jrdawson.bsky.social reading their moving "Six People To Revise You"

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Gurdjieff Chants "Hymns and Dances" - 01 YouTube video by Tessar

I have my new CD player hooked up, and am listening to Gurdjieff (Chants, Hymns, and Dances) which is one of my all time favorite writing CDs.

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My class is up for their 45th this year (I feel so so old), but they did cite "Breakfast Club" on the FB page...

Got it!

I am on both Amazon and D2D already. But Amazon counts for about 80% of my sales, so I just have to keep futzing with it.

If someone's going to be counting your stitches, they have too much time on their hands...

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BigPublisher had Book 1, then somehow managed to attached my self-pubbed Book 2 onto their series page (when it was initially on a separate series page I created) and now I'm getting an error message that included the word 'mutation'

Basically, I can't fix it. And amazon is rather unhelpful.

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Cannot get my series worked out on Amazon, and the chat person helpfully gave me a ling back to the exact same page that says "You cannot edit this series on KDP"

Heart-shaped shawl in alternating rows of gray solid and variegated lace with an arrowhead border.

The 3rd version of my shawl pattern is now on the blocking mats. This one has a more distinct border than the other two versions. I will likely do one more, that one with beads, but I need to finish at least one more shawl before I start the fourth, dangit!

Maybe if we told him we'd give him a peace prize if he did...

::hugs::

Ahhhhh, so gorgeous!!!!!

Without saying how old you are, say something that shows your age:

I learned to program in FORTRAN.

::crossing:: Best wishes!

“They exploited a window of apathy” is SO load-bearing for the political right

Raven Rendezvous (metal) | Shane Lamb Photography by Alaskan artist Shane Lamb. The raven has long been recognized as one of nature's most intelligent birds. Some of the names for a group of ravens include a conspiracy of ravens, a murder...

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Gorgeous pic of a group of ravens perching on a fallen tree in the woods surrounded by mist and blue lupines. (Photo by Shane Lamb)

Many moons ago I posted a pic on Tumbler of several ravens on a branch along with the photo's info.

(Raven Rendezvous by Shane Lamb)

I marked it as 'An Unkindness of Ravens' and was knocked in a lot of places by people who wanted to inform me it was a Murder of Ravens. ::sighs::

The best of wishes for your book. Sometimes it's just not a great fit, and I stuck with my publisher even when I wasn't happy... and still regret that. ::hugs::

Of Gentler Dreams is in the pipe for pre-order.

Thank Father Winter it's done.

I have one that I will clutch to me until I die, but I'm off the birdsite, so I never use anything new.

The word guard looks so weird when I'm writing. Gu-ard. What's that all about?