I have recently had an epiphany. It's fairly common knowledge that, along with being an author, I perform a storytelling show at Renaissance faires and other such events. It's been a rough year for me performing the show. I've had to deal with snow,…
As I'm beginning my fifth year as an up-and-coming professional writer attending conventions, I've made a few observations. This post isn't targeted at any one convention, but rather, it addresses something I've noticed about convention culture as a whole. Some cons are…
A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post in response to a conversation I'd had with some friends regarding the terminology and categorization of people who commit despicable acts upon their fellow human beings. If you'd like to read that post, it's…
I originally wrote this post on Monday. I've been considering whether or not to post it since, because I share some pretty detailed information about my income as a writer. After making sure I've had time to cool down and stop seething from Monday, I'…
This is going to be a long one. It started out as a response in a discussion on Facebook, and then I realized that it was much bigger than I first realized. As I worked on it, I saw more stuff going on in other posts I’d made that…
This rant has been a long time coming. It's been boiling in me for well over a year. I've come close to writing this rant several times before, but always decided not to because I didn't want to call undue attention to an accusation…
WARNING: LANGUAGE (I really mean it. This post has some strong language. If vulgarity offends you, I recommend passing it by.) To those people who enjoy trolling the internet with hoax articles about celebrity deaths: FUCK YOU. Seriously. FUCK YOU. Just a few minutes ago I saw someone post a…
THIS RANT HAS SPOILERS FOR TOY STORY 3 AND POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3. I just saw that Change.org has a petition going trying to affect the end of the How to Train Your Dragon movies. The point of the petition is to have DreamWorks…
Yesterday I posted the following to all of my various social media: "Awww man... A book I've been looking forward to starts with one of my biggest pet peeves in writing." People have been asking me about it ever since, so rather than post explanations to…
Went to get my haircut today. The main street in my smallish town has an old fashioned barber shop. Two old guys share it: a white dude and an Asian dude. Last two times I've gone in, the Asian dude has cut my hair, and I've…
