An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
“Forget Me Not” is a song inspired by the first story I ever sold (of the same name) which is about a man addicted to a memory drug. I love how jazzy and catchy it turned out.
My short story, “The Screen Savior,” really always wanted to be an animated short video… well, I guess, now I have a song ready for when I get to figuring out making videos. It has a lovely early 70s kinda vibe. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – The Opposite of Memory, Disc 1”
I created my first music album! “I Need a Unicorn” has eleven tracks with a mix of sci-fi, furry, and fantasy lyrics performed as light, catchy pop with a blend of mid-60s and early-00s sounds, featuring layered vocals and strong harmonies.
I’ve been trying to fall asleep listening to my new — and first! — album, “I Need a Unicorn,” but I keep waking up in startlement every time I start to drift off… simply too amazed in my sleep-addled state to believe this album is finally real. Continue reading “The Day My Universe Changed”
Brian Wilson’s final album: “Life goes on and on, like your favorite song.”
Taylor Swift’s most recent album: “Life is a song, it ends when it ends.”
Also, that same song, “Opalite,” has a vocal reference to Ronnie Spector’s “Be My Baby,” famously Brian’s favorite song. Continue reading “A Turning Point”
After much research, at the age of 6.5, my cat Piper has invented the concept of sitting on laps. It has been an arduous journey and extremely counterintuitive to her beliefs, and yet, at long last, this innovative thinker of a feline has finally arrived at the inescapable conclusion — after years of study — that the best way to get scritches may in fact be by sitting on a human lap. A previously inconceivable thought.
She sat on Daniel’s lap for seven minutes. An astonishing breakthrough in this weird and vaguely immoral new technology.
Truggster is jetting his way to Worldcon to spread the very important word of OTTERS IN SPACE!!!!
Having arrived in Seattle, Truggster addresses his sales team about what to expect from Worldcon. Some of them—like Admiral Cod & Witch-Hazel—are old hat and have helped sell books before. However, others will be hiding out behind my book display for the very first time tomorrow. Continue reading “Notes from Attending My Best Worldcon So Far”
Words I wrote nine years ago: “I’m working on a story about a green-furred photosynthetic otteroid. That is definitely what I’m meant to do with my life.”
I did not realize how much this really was the truth and not just a funny thing to say when I posted it. But yeah, nine years later, I’m still actively writing about that particular universe. In fact, it’s become my top writing priority. I had the fourth book come out in that series last month; have the fifth coming out in a week; and was working on the sixth just earlier today. Continue reading “Keep Returning to the Projects You Love”
I’m celebrating the release of “Arctic Fox Android” today by listening to the soundtrack for “Maybe Happy Ending” which is a Broadway musical about two robots, one of whom has a special interest in an insect and the other has a special interest in music, so it’s super relatable.
My book, “Arctic Fox Android,” came out today, and it’s a #1 bestseller in the category “Polar Regions”! Continue reading “Polar Regions, Maybe Happy Ending, Book Releases & Pre-Releases, and Casablanket”
After enjoying the Before trilogy and Boyhood, I decided to check out Richard Linklater’s Dazed & Confused. It’s really well done… kind of like a 70s version of American Graffiti… but… wow, it’s also such a strong argument for how much better life is with more video games.
Well, my kid and I finished writing our first book together. We need to do a final editing pass, looking over the comments from our second beta reader, but it should be on track to come out late next month. Continue reading “Tidbits about Linklater, Goodreads, Skeleton Cat, and The Returned”
When I read the news, my body reacted like I’d been slapped in the face. I went back to bed, started doing French lessons in Duolingo, and made it my entire world to win first place in that week’s Diamond League tournament. I studied French all day every day for the rest of the week, barely stopping to eat or sleep.
When I remembered, near the end of that week, that the song “‘Til I Die” exists and realized that he had now died — and so he’s no longer thinking those thoughts — I doubled over like I’d been slugged in the stomach. Continue reading “Brian”
I’ve been watching Arrested Development with my teen. We’re in season two. He’s been laughing for several minutes at one of Tobias’s lines…
“I just found out my cellular telephone was a lemon.”
This is not even a joke. But apparently, my kid had never heard that idiom Continue reading “Lemon Joke, Mashup Ideas, Rewatching “The Offspring,” etc.”