Hey, we did it! If you're reading this, we survived the train wreck that was 2020. I sincerely hope that your loved ones fared as well, and that we all do much better in 2021. I'm keeping expectations low and assuming that I'm in for another year doing a lot of reading and playing video … Continue reading December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Con Report: Starbase Indy 2019
Looking for the full slide set for my "Alternate History: Creating Stories by Changing the Past" presentation? See below! Usually I try to have my convention reports posted on the Wednesday after the con, but this month I had the crazy idea that I could do two events in a row. So because I traveled … Continue reading Con Report: Starbase Indy 2019
Con Report: FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2018
Wow. What an absolutely amazing trip. [If you're here to find the copy of my alternate history presentation, you're in the right place! It's included below!] I'm not even going to recap last year, because this year blew it out of the water. I was honored to be invited back, and I hope to return … Continue reading Con Report: FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2018
Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales
Written by Justin Richards Illustrated by David Wardle As part of an amazing Doctor Who-themed raffle basket I won recently, I acquired this amazing boxed set of "Time Lord Fairy Tales." These sixteen short stories are told in the fashion of the fairy tales they are based on, but just like the television show they are … Continue reading Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales
Con Report: In Your Write Mind 2018
I had another wonderful retreat at Hogwarts Seton Hill University this past weekend, where I originally received my Masters degree in Writing Popular Fiction. The alumni of this program wanted an excuse to keep coming back every year, so In Your Write Mind was developed. It's open to former students and the general public alike, … Continue reading Con Report: In Your Write Mind 2018
Build Report: BB-8
There was no reason for me to buy this year's special Star Wars Day LEGO set, but that didn't stop me! While the awesome Y-Wing Starfighter set is waiting patiently in my "to be built" pile (dwarfed only by my "to be read" pile), I couldn't resist putting together this cute freebie I got with … Continue reading Build Report: BB-8
Con Report: Salt Lake Comic Con 2017
Getting to Salt Lake Comic Con was a hell of a ride. Some back story: A year ago, you may remember that my husband headed to the wilds of Mississippi for 6 months for work. While Erik was there, he met a very cool guy, comedian and actor Jay Whittaker. A few months ago, Erik and … Continue reading Con Report: Salt Lake Comic Con 2017
TARDIS Contest: Winners and Final Tally!
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted guesses in my crazy contest! And the final TARDIS tally: 34! Congratulations to the following: Kelly M., the random winner of a hardcopy of their choice from the Steel Empires series Kat S. and Jules D., who both guessed the closest at 32, the winners of an ebook … Continue reading TARDIS Contest: Winners and Final Tally!
TARDIS Contest: Final day!
Have you made your guess of how many TARDISes I have? Here's one: Don't forget to submit your guess by tonight at midnight to win a book of your choice from the Steel Empires series! I'll be announcing the winners at noon tomorrow. For more information about this contest, check out the initial blog post.
TARDIS Contest: 1 day left!
Have you made your guess of how many TARDISes I have? Here's one: Don't forget to submit your guess by this Friday night to win a book of your choice from the Steel Empires series! For more information about this contest, check out the initial blog post.
TARDIS Contest: 2 days left!
Have you made your guess of how many TARDISes I have? Here's one: Don't forget to submit your guess by this Friday night to win a book of your choice from the Steel Empires series! For more information about this contest, check out the initial blog post.
TARDIS Contest: 3 days left!
Have you made your guess of how many TARDISes I have? Here's one: Don't forget to submit your guess by this Friday night to win a book of your choice from the Steel Empires series! For more information about this contest, check out the initial blog post.
Contest announcement: Win a book from the Steel Empires series
While writing up a post for Speculative Chic last month regarding My Favorite Things, of course I had to include my favorite mode of travel through time and space: the TARDIS. While I consider myself a general fan of the television show it's from, Doctor Who, I've been in love with this blue police box … Continue reading Contest announcement: Win a book from the Steel Empires series
My Favorite Things at Speculative Chic: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #1
On stop #1 of the Steel Blood blog tour, head over to my second home on the internet, Speculative Chic, to learn about some of my very favorite things. Here's a sneak peak: Traditional space ships are cool and all, but there’s just something more magical and special about a strange blue box. Though I … Continue reading My Favorite Things at Speculative Chic: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #1
The Waters of Mars
Things that NASA did not announce today: The discovery of sentient alien life. The development of a working faster-than-light engine. That we've been using a Stargate in Colorado Springs to explore the universe since the mid-1990s. What they did announce was just as cool: the confirmation that liquid water flows on present-day Mars. It's briny … Continue reading The Waters of Mars