Author: marylowd

I went to see Beautiful: The Carole King Musical tonight. It told the stories of the songwriting teams King/Goffin and Mann/Weil. I spent hours as a teen staring at those names on CD liner notes, wondering who they were, how they had written such beauty. It was deeply moving to see their stories played out on stage — these people who wrote so much of the music that I’ve leaned on.

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I always liked “He’s Sure the Boy I Love” by Mann/Weil, but I love it so much more having seen it in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

The more dystopian the real world gets, the brighter, lighter, happier, and more optimistic my space opera will get. Take that, world.

After several years of barking at a blank wall, the Sheltie has finally figured out that we moved the printer to the other side of the room!

Between Halloween, autumn weather, and #FurryBookMonth, October is clearly the best month.‬

Getting closer to a working title for my NaNo novel — Entanglement Dynamic — sounds like a physics text but better than my previous best.‬

It’ll be interesting to see if the rain clears up before the time I plan on biking home…

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Danger of being a furry writer: instead of writing actual fiction, get carried away talking about how great various types of animals are Continue reading “Tidbits While Writing at a Coffee Shop”

The four-year-old, in response to being told he can’t watch another They Might Be Giant’s music video: “But I have rights!”

Oh my goodness, the ten-year-old made blueberry muffins from scratch this morning before I even got up. ‬

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The four-year-old has figured out how to microwave oatmeal for himself and turn on Ghostbusters. My parenting here is done. Back to sleep. Continue reading “Tidbits About Star Trek and Meals”

‪Ring around the playground,‬
‪Pockets full of nuts found,‬
‪Sunset,‬
‪Sunset,‬
‪We all go home.‬

Happy Furry Book Month!

This year, to celebrate Furry Book Month, I’d like to talk about an anthology series published by FurPlanet.  It’s called ROAR, and there have been eight volumes so far.

I personally discovered ROAR the first time I attended a furry convention.  I was still getting my bearings, trying to figure out what furry writing was all about, so I picked out a few books from the FurPlanet table to buy and take home.  One of them was ROAR Volume 2.  Perhaps that’s why I’ve always thought of ROAR’s role as being the perfect introduction to furry fiction. Continue reading “Let’s talk about ROAR”