I think I'm a wizard, Harry. There really aren't many other supportable options. I'm a firm believer that nothing happens by coincidence, and I seem to have symptoms that much wiser minds than mine have more or less universally decided herald the passing of some sort of sorcerer. No electronics may withstand me. Lights in … Continue reading Don’t Be a Witch

October is a busy month, everyone. We should probably pull a Caesar and add a thirteenth month just so that October can catch a break. Suddenly everyone's done with strawberries and watermelons and now it's all about gourds and dead grass things. People want to rock flannel like they just descended from the Rockies with … Continue reading October is for (Art) Lovers

Taking a quick break. Summer's in the hospital right now. Again. Don't worry, she'll be fine, I'm sure. Seriously, though, she really ought to be more careful. She's just mortal you know? Someone should have a talk with that girl. OH WAIT, I think they will! I just hit one hundred typed pages written on Blood … Continue reading Summer Isn’t Dead Yet

How much discussion about violence and beating people up can you have before it becomes weird? Asking for a friend. I am not sure what writers who are not me and people who will talk to me converse about, but I always seem to have questions about, or field questions about how best to hurt … Continue reading Kill Your Darlings

I walked into the library after seventeen days traveling for work. My local library is very small. It has two parking spaces and is mostly geared towards the kids who live in the neighborhood. It's just a small branch of the bigger town library, which is connected to most of southeastern Pennsylvania's book collection and … Continue reading The Hawk Guard and the Fairy Wizard

Don't you love the end of summer? Kids going back to school, pumpkin spice replacing strawberry everything, ghosts no longer invading your laundry...truly it's a wonderful time. What's that? You don't think ghosts are invading your laundry? Oh, you poor, poor innocent. In Taiwan, and indeed in much of the world, the seventh month of … Continue reading Is That A Ghost In Your Pocket?

You know that story about the little boy who realizes the dam is leaking and manages to plug all the little holes until the townspeople can come help? I feel a little like him this summer, except that he saved an entire town, while I haven't even managed to finish a season of The Great British … Continue reading The Secret to Productivity

First of all, remember that there's a giveaway for Feeding Frenzy you don't want to miss. It's ending soon (how is it already the end up August?!) so get on that. Second of all, continue to be good, kind, and intolerant of intolerance. Act with compassion wherever you can safely and effectively use it. Be … Continue reading Lord Help The Sister

As you know, today I was gonna discuss something else, but I can't hit publish on it. There is so much hurt in my home country right now that pretending I'm thinking of anything else is...disingenuous, and does not honor the people I love. Instead, here's a story. Millie was an orphan who lived with … Continue reading The Orphan Maids: A Fable