The backdrop of Wakanda
Black Panther showed up on Netflix recently, meaning I had to re-watch it so I could get into Wakanda again.…
Tag: the craft
Top 10 words that celebrate the bastard origins of the English language
I’m a bit of a word nerd. Okay, more than a bit. I enjoy finding the right word to communicate…
Thoughts after my first NaNoWriMo
At the behest of an author friend (check out her writing here), I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)…
There’s a word in Spanish…to gaze, to stare, to ogle, to leer
There’s a word in Spanish that I love. And there just doesn’t seem to be a perfect English equivalent. As…
Book Review: The Wanderers
The Wanderers, by Meg Howrey, explores inner space in the framework of our journey to outer space. This book is a…
Cadence, or how writing is like riding a bike
I had a bit of an epiphany while riding home from the other day. Well, maybe not an epiphany exactly,…