An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
Back during the summer when I first got access to some of the AI art programs, I spent hours and hours putting together illustrations for as many of the upcoming Zooscape stories as I could manage.
Now that I’m approaching the April issue, and the programs have improved… Continue reading “Evoking Appropriate Emotion with AI Art”
My spouse brought me a little cup of peanut M&Ms and black jelly beans, labelled with a post-it reading, “10 WORDS EACH,” because he knew I was struggling with getting started on my writing tonight.
This has proved surprisingly effective. And also tasty. Continue reading “Writing and Willow”
As a writer, I know it’s tempting to read meaning into the length of time it takes a market to reject my story… and okay, sometimes there is. But as an editor, I know that the biggest factor is just which day I have free to work my way through a lot of stories and decisions.
Absolutely burst into laughter when a cover of “Crimson and Clover” started playing during a feast in the middle of a forest in the fantasy show Willow. (Yes, I’m several episodes behind.)
Really nice cover though. And love the weirdness of the choice. Continue reading “Willow and Quantum Leap”
I’m so furious about my kids’ school policies about “attendance.”
Both of my kids are bright, have no trouble keeping up at school, and are doing distance learning. Yet, because we took them on a week-long trip where they didn’t log into their classes, the school’s in an uproar.
We tried warning the school that we’d be traveling to a family member’s wedding, but we were told family trips weren’t a valid excuse for an absence. Continue reading “Attendance Policies, Broken Keyboards, and Hidden Mold”
I’ve never been woken up by the crowing of a rooster before…
Time to put ear plugs in and go back to sleep.
Mango toast and fresh pineapple for breakfast. Continue reading “Last Day in Hawaii”
Turns out my sleep schedule wasn’t broken… I just switched to Hawaii time several months in advance of finding out I’d be coming to Hawaii.
Snorkeling is magical. Continue reading “Just Another Day in Hawaii”
The 15-year-old this morning at a zip line place: *steps into thin air to ride a half mile zip line with zero fear*
The 15-year-old this evening at a restaurant, expressing genuine anxiety: “I’m just afraid they’ll bring the mushrooms out before I’m ready for them.”
Thor: Love and Thunder seems pretty good. It’s hard to be totally sure since I watched it on an airplane after getting up at crazy-still-dark-AM-early o’clock and was too tired to be awake but too uncomfortable to be asleep. Continue reading “Flying to Hawaii”
Just listenin’ to the Beach Boys’ song “Hawaii”… in Hawaii. No big deal.