Author: marylowd

I won an award! My short story, “The Canoe Race,” written with Daniel Lowd won the Coyotl Award for Best General Short Story!

DRAFT ONE OF “OTTERS IN SPACE 2” IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Instead of fading away as I’ve grown up, my imaginary friend from childhood has taken on new life, first as a side character in my novels and now moonlighting as a baby-sitter for my daughter’s imaginary friends while she’s in school.

Proof I enjoy playing my new ocarina: I’m choosing to practice playing it instead of listening to the new Owl City album.

I can play themes from Indian Jones and Jurassic Park on my fish ocarina. It’s nice to have a little clay fish who will sing for me.

Editing my grandfather’s account of my grandmother dying from Alzheimer’s is a heart-breaking process.

Oh my gosh! Diablo 3! New Beach Boys album! THIS CAN’T BE POSSIBLE. What’s next??? A new Star Trek series????

Diablo, Beach Boys, and Star Trek are pretty much how I survived high school.

“Zippity-zap, I wish this dandelion would turn into a tree just like that!” Elaine points at a very tall tree. “Look it turned into a tree!” she declares dancing around. A few moments later, “It turned into a dandelion again.” Four-year-old magic is strong.

I’ve added a chapter break!  That counts as writing, right?

After many hours touring Eugene elementary schools, we’ve decided that our default neighborhood school is actually the one we like best. Yay!

SteamPunk: a silly genre of fiction that requires me to study whether the invention of electric light predates the discovery of aluminum.

(Spoiler: Yes. But its use wasn’t widespread yet.)