For the past few years, I have begun my annual favourite things post by talking about what a hard year it has been and how glad I am it’s over. You would not be wrong in expecting me to start this year’s post the same way. After all, it is 2020. But although it’s beenContinueContinue reading “My Favourite Things: 2020”
Category Archives: Rambles
The Things They Don’t Tell You
As far as I know, there is no definitive manual on how to be an author. There are hundreds of books about the craft of writing and dozens of places to go for advice on how to write a good query letter and synopsis. You can take a course on everything from nailing that firstContinueContinue reading “The Things They Don’t Tell You”
Remember When I Said I No More MMOs?
I really meant it last time. I also really meant it when I said I was giving up cheese. (Why is it so hard?) So, here I am to report failure on two counts. I’m still eating cheese. I’m also playing another MMO. In my defense, The Elder Scrolls Online isn’t the most MMO-y ofContinueContinue reading “Remember When I Said I No More MMOs?”
Ordinary Heroes
When the world shut down and everyone learned to make bread, we decided to re-watch Star Trek: The Next Generation from beginning to end. It is, quite literally, the best thing I have done for myself this year. I remember watching TNG when it first aired. Later, if I caught rerun, I’d nearly always sitContinueContinue reading “Ordinary Heroes”
The Nerd List
Every time I hear someone say, “I was a nerd before it was cool,” I don’t think to myself, When was being a nerd not cool? My thoughts tend to flow more along the line of I’ve never been cool. I’ve pretty much always been a nerd, though. Being the child of a computer programmer, it was probablyContinueContinue reading “The Nerd List”
Kelly Jensen 