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I have some exciting news – “Portal Friends” is a finalist in the Mormon Lit Blitz, and will be published on June 16. I hope you all enjoy it. Other than that, not much has changed since last week. There’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Hugo Reading
Though I haven’t posted here, I’ve been able to find a writing time that works for me – in the morning before kids get up. I’ve been locking my door to enforce me being left alone until 7am, and with … Continue reading
So, how is everyone doing with quarantine? Here in the Seattle area, everyone in my family has been home since March 5, and attempts at distance learning have really wrecked my writing schedule. I’m still trying to figure everything out … Continue reading
It’s been an eventful month. A Disney World trip, my washing machine broke, and now, the coronavirus is throwing things into chaos. The hospital where the Washington deaths occurred is the hospital I go to, so if a quarantine hits, … Continue reading
I did not realize that the rules for nominating Hugos has changed. Instead of a Worldcon membership allowing you to nominate for three years (the year before, that year, and the year after) it now only allows you to nominate … Continue reading
I hardly got any writing done last month, due to all the chaos around the holidays. I did get some new books, a couple of which I review below. The rest are added to my large to-read pile. I think … Continue reading
This month, instead of NaNoWriMo, I focused on doing writing exercises. I had meant to only take 20-30 minutes a day with them, but some took my entire writing time. It was quite instructive. I haven’t focused much on exercises … Continue reading
Besides the following short stories, this month I also read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern for book club. Funny thing is that I didn’t know it was fantasy when I started reading. I quite enjoyed it. Now I’ve got … Continue reading
Wow. Now that kids are back in school, my time has been freed up so much. Not only do I get uninterrupted time to write, I get uninterrupted time to listen to podcasts while I do chores. Plus my health … Continue reading
August was pretty much a lost cause for writing. I changed meds again, wiping me out on the weekends, and sapping my energy on the weekdays. It didn’t help that I’ve been avoiding “Drones of a Fal’Cie” because I never … Continue reading