I’m psyching myself up to finishing some major pieces of fiber, bead, & book art this year, including some pieces in the design phase for years! To start, I wanted a pair or two of gloriously beaded sandals. (To work on, enter in art shows, wear to art & book events, etc.) I can’t justify…
Read More Beaded Panels for ShoesThe Putz-in-Chief has once again demonstrated…to everyone but his cultists… how little he really knows or cares about America’s Heartland. This SuperbOwl tweet from Donald Trump was taken down quickly, but screenshots abound. Here is one more. What’s even more pathetic? #BoneSpurs Donny has attended several rallies in Missouri! Recently! You’d think Kellyanne or Hannity…
Read More Um, Kansas City is in MissouriI’m looking back on old art pieces that stalled out, got trunked, went into limbo…whatever we call it, most artists have some. Why they stalled? All reasons are valid: ‘I made it for someone, we lost touch, I’m embarrassed by them now, they’re embarrassed by me, I’m not finishing this!’ ‘I bit off way more…
Read More Making, Unmaking, RemakingFor the last month I’ve been drafting a blog post about the organization called Romance Writers of America. I keep having to add new stuff. So I’ll get this out there now. A month ago I would have told you “The RWA (Romance Writers of America) is a storied professional organization with a lot of…
Read More The RWA Meltdown(This is a long post. If you just want my review and not my commentary, stop before the spoiler breaks.) People keep saying Emily Skrutskie’s space opera adventure BONDS OF BRASS is basically Finn/Poe fanfic, and I disagree. Oh, the pedigree is there, but this story has a much deeper….birthright, if you will. If you…
Read More Review: BONDS OF BRASS by Emily SkrutskieNeal Peart is dead. On January 7, of glioblastoma. He’d been ill for three-and-a-half years. He and the close-knit Rush band family kept it quiet. When I found out, I cried. I’ve been a Rush fan since my brothers introduced me to the band’s unique music forty-five years ago. Every record…nearly every song…was a marker…
Read More Wallflowers and Warrior PoetsHi, everyone! I’ve had an absolutely shitty day that reinforced my basic cynicism toward seven-tenths of humanity. I won’t go into the details, it would just bore you. So I came home, ate a piece of very fine chocolate, took a new picture of a beaded tapestry wall hanging, and entered it into an art…
Read More Revenge queries and art show entriesI’ve had a couple of blog posts over the years about Alis Franklin’s take on Norse mythology, Loki legends, and responsible LGBTQIA storytelling. Alis has updated and self-published those works, so go have fun. Link here. New covers, new material, squee! Not feeding an irresponsible beast of a Big 5 publisher, yay!
Read More An Alis Franklin update