It is truly nonsense the sheer number of things that druids are allowed to do while in flight form that other classes cannot do while mounted (in World of Warcraft). It makes the classes wildly unbalanced, steeply skewed in favor of druids.
Jekyll & Hyde
My kid’s Gothic Literature class has moved from Frankenstein onto Jekyll & Hyde… so far, I’m not loving it.
Frankenstein was overwrought, but I actually quite enjoyed the prose. That’s not so much happening with Jekyll & Hyde so far… However, it does look to be quite short. Continue reading “Jekyll & Hyde”
Writing in the Cold
I’m writing at that cute little open air plaza at the market downtown today, and because it’s cold, I brought: a baby blanket to fold up and sit on, a baby blanket and hot water bottle to put on my lap, three jackets, a warm hat to pull over my baseball cap and fingerless gloves.
Oh, also, my amazingly cozy and cute dragon scarf, not to mention a hot pumpkin spice latte. Continue reading “Writing in the Cold”
The Challenge of Remembering Things I Made Up Myself in My Own Brain
There’s a minor character in the book I’m writing named Kalithee… except about 49% of the time, I write Kathlani instead.
Apparently, my brain finds these two made up names entirely indistinguishable.
Odd vs. Even
Feeling conflicted about whether I like odd numbers or even numbers better, because even numbers are smoother… but they also seem kind of pretentious and smug about it. Odd numbers are all weird angles and elbows, but at least they’re down to earth and relatable.
Black Swans
by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original, October 2022
I watch the lake, peaceful and serene; white swans float on it with the graceful delicacy and stillness of ice sculptures or many-tiered, fondant-covered wedding cakes.
Then the black swans come. One after another. Crashing into the water, wings spread wide and flapping.
Progress has begun. Continue reading “Black Swans”
Tribute to Candy Apple Red
I really love the music of Reina del Cid, and I especially love her album Candy Apple Red. Every song is good.
I also enjoy creating AI art, so I thought it’d be fun to put together a thread of song illustrations using Midjourney. Continue reading “Tribute to Candy Apple Red”
Things I’ve learned about Midjourney today:
—given a chance to put flowers in a woman’s hair, it will go way overboard; like a whole giant bouquet; practically a little garden
—it does not understand that when you’re on the moon, you can’t also see the moon in the sky
Dispelling Unexpected Fears
Kid, very suddenly and long after bedtime:
“What if I murder a doctor & then have no reason not to plead guilty & I spend the rest of my life in jail & I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in jail. So maybe always warn me before taking me to the doctor?” Continue reading “Dispelling Unexpected Fears”
Hard-Hitting Allegory
That moment when you’ve been trying to wrangle an AI artist into illustrating something, and nothing’s coming out quite right, but then you gasp, because suddenly, there it is, and it’s beautiful.