I was more than pleasantly surprised by Deus Ex Rand(): Misfits, demigods, and a beer drinking dog. D.J. Bodden manages to weave an entire new world into one hundred and thirteen pages. The narrator addressing me, the reader, threw me at first. I almost stopped reading on the first page. But the patter of the narration was excellent […]

A dark little piece of lovely by Lizella Prescott. Definitely not your normal retelling of Cinderella. We eshew the gentle, sweet servant girl of yore for a tale about pyrokinetic psycho. And I liked it. It’s short, but rich, and relies on taking the elements of a familiar story and giving them chilling twists. I wanted […]

A stand alone short story about a boy connected to the seasons by potentially malevolent means. While the actual writing is superb, I found the plot anemic. Hartling has a good handle on his characters’s personalities but at times their actions feel like they are done to facilitate the plot, and not organic actions of […]

There is some artwork up today, but no comic. And there won’t be a comic for about a month. This is because I am moving. I finally, finally get to say it outright: I AM MOVING!!! And not just across town. I’m moving across the country. But this does mean that some things need to […]

This short story is a prequel to a series of novels, that I haven’t read, about a computer game that actually transports you to a magical realm, but the author, Anthea Sharp, promises a stand alone story with no cliffhanger. I don’t think she quite delivered. There were scenes and details (specifically the time spent […]

A long time ago, when I was a wee novice of a writer, I knew that I needed to train myself. I needed to write daily, even if it was only writing about why I wasn’t writing. Because I also know that posting updates to your friends and family can be motivating, I started in […]

I’m stuck. Not on plot, but on blocking. My novels have a huge cast, and I’m trying to rework a fight scene. Just constant juggling people and choreography. Yes, I am frustrated, while still maintaining myopic intensity. Yes, I KNOW I have other writing stuff to do. But where is Edie standing right now?

I got some really, really bad news, and was in no fit mood for human interaction. Even through my blog. Feeling better today though. I even got my work done on the Red Witch last night. With any luck, my spirits will be back to normal levels tomorrow. Miss Ashley will have a comic for […]

For two days, I have opened Scrivener and done nothing. I’m very aware of what I need to do. I have to add in a a few fights scenes, which can be heavily adapted from the ones that I cut (and still have saved in older drafts.) The problem is that this is a lot […]