Friday Chatter: It's my birthday!!
I’m 34 years old today! I’m having a quiet, restful day and saving the big celebration for next weekend, but I’ve opened a few presents from family and...
Meet the characters from THE FALLEN
It’s been four months since the launch of THE FALLEN, the much-anticipated sequel to my cosmic horror space opera novel THE OUTSIDE. In the week leading up...
Friday Chatter: Stigma
In case it wasn’t clear, I didn’t post Tuesday’s post to garner sympathy - I already have a robust friend network in place for the times when that’s what I...
On Therapy
One of my pet peeves is when people demand, jokingly or otherwise, that a stranger or fictional character "needs therapy." Whether it's because the person is...
On Therapy
One of my pet peeves is when people demand, jokingly or otherwise, that a stranger or fictional character "needs therapy." Whether it's because the person is...
Friday Chatter: Questioning Authority
This week’s post, about rebellion and power, seemed to hit a chord. But (so far) nobody could think of examples of media that do a good job at the thing I...
Friday Chatter: Questioning Authority
This week’s post, about rebellion and power, seemed to hit a chord. But (so far) nobody could think of examples of media that do a good job at the thing I...
Rebels Without a Cause
(TW: COVID-19, anti-vaxxers, fascism) These past few months, in my hometown, students have returned to university in-person for the first time since the...
Rebels Without a Cause
(TW: COVID-19, anti-vaxxers, fascism) These past few months, in my hometown, students have returned to university in-person for the first time since the...
A Living Place
Sometimes I go out on the front porch, hang out with the grass and trees and plants, and ground myself. It's soothing to get the reminder that I'm in a...
A Living Place
Sometimes I go out on the front porch, hang out with the grass and trees and plants, and ground myself. It's soothing to get the reminder that I'm in a...
Fawning
Ever since I read this article about fawn responses and people-pleasing, I've been thinking about how these responses tie in to the toxicity we see on Book...
Fawning
Ever since I read this article about fawn responses and people-pleasing, I've been thinking about how these responses tie in to the toxicity we see on Book...
Rebuilding
Lately I feel like I have come to a turning point with the house emotionally. Most of the “cleaning out the junk” phase is done (though not all; there is...
Rebuilding
Lately I feel like I have come to a turning point with the house emotionally. Most of the “cleaning out the junk” phase is done (though not all; there is...
Posey's Psychically Resonant Super-Plants
I like to say I've always been writing, and in a way that's true, but in a way it's not quite. There was a specific moment when I decided I was going to...
Posey's Psychically Resonant Super-Plants
I like to say I've always been writing, and in a way that's true, but in a way it's not quite. There was a specific moment when I decided I was going to...
Friday Chatter: New Genres
This week’s post about genres created some discussion in the comment section of whether, and to what extent, genre labels are useful or not. What do you...
Friday Chatter: New Genres
This week’s post about genres created some discussion in the comment section of whether, and to what extent, genre labels are useful or not. What do you...
Genre Genre Genre
Last week's post about hard science fiction got me thinking. If I don't think of myself as writing hard science fiction, what genres do I write? The Outside...
