Author: marylowd

Okay, so, clearly this season of Bridgerton is Cinderella… but the Beauty and the Beast vibes of episode three are off the charts.

Off. The. Charts.

I enjoy Bridgerton, but honestly, I think I watch it more like a well-constructed piece of horror about an absolutely heartbreaking dystopia than a romance. Continue reading “Bridgerton Season 4, Part 1”

I didn’t realize until after making soundtracks for them, but “Welcome to Wespirtech” is about leaving behind a place that doesn’t fit and “Beyond Wespirtech” is finding where you actually belong… which makes it kind of bittersweet to me, ‘cause I still haven’t really found it…

I guess I wrote “Beyond Wespirtech” as a sort of an aspirational collection of stories, still believing in the idea of finding a place that fits… even if it’s only been in my imagination so far. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Beyond Wespirtech”

Celebrating the fact that Zooscape re-opens to submissions in a few hours by finally getting around to watching Zootopia 2.

Okay, I love Pawbert, but hiring Andy Samberg to voice a feline? He’s clearly a labradoodle. Continue reading “Zootopia 2”

I finally finished converting Brunch at the All Alien Cafe into a soundtrack album! It’s 48 stories long, so this is no small feat.

This is exciting, because it means I now get to test the album out by just listening through it… Continue reading “Different Story Collections, Different Album Vibes”

As a kid, I used to do my homework in front of the endless Star Trek: TNG reruns — if I timed it right, I could catch three a night.

Now I’m writing Tri-Galactic Trek stories with Heartland playing in the background — extremely sincere people taking care of lots of horses.

It’s weird to me that I find it easier to write with a low-commitment TV show on in the background, but hey, work with the brain you’ve got. Continue reading “Heartland, Shrinking, Star Trek, and Progress”

I wrote an essay on furry fiction a few years back (‘22) that was very well received (even won a Leo Literary Award and nominated for an Ursa Major).

Here’s a line from it:

“Arguably, every android character ever written is furry, because androids are anthropomorphic machines.” Continue reading “Furry and AI”

My 12-year-old tried to claim we can’t put them to bed, because it’s noon not midnight. I asked what happened to the sun.

Their answer? “The same people who stole from the Louvre stole it… by pretending to be planets.”

It’s the final detail that really makes it.