Just as a head’s up, squiders, June is going to be a rough month for me, so there may be a few weeks where you only get one post a week. Those posts will go up on Wednesdays. And then
Writing Around Life: School (Full-time College)
Good afternoon, squiders! Or at least we shall pretend. Today we’re going to look at strategies for people attending college full-time. This assumes you are carrying a full course load of 12-16 credit hours a semester. College students are notoriously
The Return of the Space Dinosaurs
Ugh, Squiders. It is already getting hot for the year, and I do not like hot. My Celtic and Scandinavian genes are not equipped to deal with this madness. (It could be worse. I could live in Arizona. Ha. Ha.
Writing Around Life: School (Part-time College)
Happy Thursday, squiders! Today we’re going to look at techniques for students attending college part-time. As a caveat, most students attending part-time are doing so because they have some other responsibility (children, work, aiding aging parents, etc.) so one of
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
To be unoriginal in our titles. Let’s talk about graphic novels and associated subjects! You know what I like about comics/graphic novels/manga, etc.? You can get through a 300-page book in, like, an hour. Sometimes less. What’s not fun is
Writing Around Life: School (High School)
Good evening, squiders! We’re moving on to more specific tips this week. We’re doing school first, because almost everyone goes to school (one would hope, anyway). I’ve got this section divided into three subsections: high school, part-time college, and full-time
Announcing the Sparrow Readalong
Right, squiders, the results are in from last week’s poll! So for this month’s/quarter’s/however often we get to it’s readalong, we’re going to the doing The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. My spouse will be pleased, as he greatly enjoyed the book
Writing Around Life: General Tips (Part 2)
Moving along! (I finally finally finished my draft, squiders! I’m in the process of sending it out to betas. And then it’s on to something else, which in this case, shall be the return of the space dinosaur book. I’m
Which Book Shall We Read?
Well, squiders, I was looking at my bookshelves for books to read for the next readalong, and I realized something: I am terrible at picking out books. Sure, we did Harry Potter and A Wrinkle in Time and Howl’s Moving