This is probably not really a thing, but have you ever found that you’ve taken to something from your ethnic background like a fish takes to water? For example, in spring of 2010 my husband and I took a lovely
Nominated for the Liebster Award
Last week while I was frolicking about New England and Canada, Siri Paulson nominated me for the Liebster Award, which I had honestly never heard of before. Siri writes about writing, books, and other interesting things, and I highly recommend
The Evolution of Social Media
You get this post thanks to Tumblr eating my morning. I don’t even have a Tumblr. These days, everyone says you need to have a social media presence. Twitter! Facebook! A blog! It’s enough to drive a person crazy, and
The Landsquid Is Luckily Not Flammible
Happy 4th of July, American Squiders! (For non-American Squiders, Happy Thursday!) This blog has been sadly lacking in landsquid, lately, so we’re remedying that. (Also, do not ask me how the Turtleduck got her sparkler lit.) I hope you all
Denver Comic Con in Review
So, this past weekend we had the good fortune to go to Denver Comic Con. It’s in its second year; we didn’t go last year due to me being hugely pregnant at the time. The con had some issues–they got
Working Past the Beginning
So I’m finally getting to work on my chainsaw edit, but, like all my stories, I started in the wrong place and have to write a new beginning. (I know, I know, I’m so backwards. Most people start too early,
Los Alamos: Kind of Creepy
I try to keep this blog mostly on topic, as you know, Squiders, but sometimes I wander. Today is one of those days. My family and I went down to New Mexico for a long weekend this past weekend. We
Happy New Year!
Well, Squiders, another year has come and gone, and, thankfully, the world has yet to end, so we can look forward to plenty of landsquid-y shenanigans here at ye olde blog(ge). Every year, WordPress nicely puts together a year-end summary
Merry Christmas!
I hope, if you celebrate Christmas, that you have a lovely day full of love, laughter, and joy. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a lovely Tuesday, which is my favorite day of the week. (I’d look
Holiday Complications
Last week, I talked about how it seems so much harder to get into the holiday spirit now that I’m an adult over at Turtleduck Press. But I’ve been thinking about it, and I think I’ve figured it out. Everything’s
