Let me say this first: the marking of days, months, and years is no more or less arbitrary than marking distance. The road is the road, and the milestones along it do not change it; it is how we measure the distance we’ve covered in our journey, and what lays ahead for us. How we… Continue reading 500 Words on 2016
Month: December 2016
A World Without Leia
So much loss has happened since the last time we celebrated a new year. So many luminaries have left us behind. But if we’re personifying the year of 2016, we can envision it holding back at least one more devastating punch to the emotional gut. And this one… this one hurts. It hurts a lot.… Continue reading A World Without Leia
500 Words on Family
I’m with my family for the holidays. It’s been a refreshing and recharging trip so far, mostly just me and my partner in my childhood home with my parents occasionally checking in with us at they go about their daily lives, preparing for the big events of Christmas. My sister and her family descend upon… Continue reading 500 Words on Family
The Internet's Not Just For Porn
I’ve spun up a new project, since I’m still stymied in my attempt to write a YA fantasy novel with a female protagonist that doesn’t entirely suck. I’m something of a perfectionist, to the point that I am extremely hard on myself when I do not live up to my own standards. I need more… Continue reading The Internet's Not Just For Porn
The Kerrigan Question
“Girls don’t belong in games/movies!” This is the cry of “men’s rights activists” who point to things like Rogue One and female gamers & game journalists (Susan Arendt, IRL Jasmine, etc). “What about Sarah Kerrigan?” I suspect I’d mostly get blank stares. Maybe a bit of drool. Here’s the background: Sarah Kerrigan is a major… Continue reading The Kerrigan Question
500 Words on Getting Better
Getting to a point where I can post here on even a semi-regular basis has been a very long road. Even before my most recent traumas, just a few months ago, I was climbing my way back to a place of relative stability from the rock bottom I’d hit last year. My focus has been… Continue reading 500 Words on Getting Better
Return Of The Code
For years, I made a decent living in a dayjob writing code for an ad agency back east. Well, I say “writing code”, but that was only part of my job. I also had to do some fine-tuning of visual design elements and animations, which unfortunately is not one of my strengths. It’s a skill… Continue reading Return Of The Code
Bullied for Burying My Beak in a Book
I grew up in the days before Harry Potter, but in retrospect, I’ve been a Ravenclaw pretty much from the get-go. I learned to read at a very young age, by all accounts, and was deep into the likes of Tom Swift and Choose Your Own Adventure by the time elementary school rolled around. I… Continue reading Bullied for Burying My Beak in a Book
Quick Update for Year Thirty-Eight
Yesterday I began my thirty-eighth trip around this planet. I want to get it started right with some changes. I mean, a lot of changes have been happening in my life, and I could go into detail about them, but for various reasons, I’m keeping those details personal. Hell’s bells, even writing that feels like… Continue reading Quick Update for Year Thirty-Eight
