Yesterday, September 10th, 2025, I received the call from my mom that my maternal grandmother had died. This is where I have to frame this properly because my grandmother hasn’t been Granny for a number of years, at this point. The past few years, in particular, it was a genuine surprise every time she managed… Continue reading On the Passing of a Matriarch
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April Reads and Reviews
Check the end for promos, free books, and special sales from the Bookfunnel community of indie authors. For updates on my own books delivered to your inbox, sign up for your newsletter of choice. Queer Fantasy :: Sci-Fi Romance When the Moon Hits Your EyeJohn ScalziSci-fi (2025, Recent Release!) From Storygraph: One day soon, suddenly… Continue reading April Reads and Reviews
March Reads and Reviews
For updates on my own books delivered to your inbox, sign up for your newsletter of choice. Queer Fantasy :: Sci-Fi Romance SoftwareRudy RuckerSci-fi, Cyberpunk From Storygraph: "It was Cobb Anderson who built the "boppers"-the first robots with real brains. Now, in 2020, Cobb is just another aged "pheezer" with a bad heart, drinking and grooving on… Continue reading March Reads and Reviews
February Reads and Reviews
Check the end for promos, free books, and special sales. For updates on my own books delivered to your inbox, sign up for your newsletter of choice. Queer Fantasy :: Sci-Fi Romance We Have Always Been HereLena NguyenScience Fiction (2021) From Storygraph: Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship… Continue reading February Reads and Reviews
January Reads and Reviews
Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke Science Fiction, 1953 From Storygraph: In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and… Continue reading January Reads and Reviews
How Comics Expose Our Expectations Around Critical Analysis
Recently I’ve been spending a lot more time in comic book and super hero spaces. Despite being a low-key (and occasionally high-key) fan of a few different franchises for years, those kinds of spaces were not great to navigate as a kid or teen femme-presenting person. As an adult, I don’t give as many shits,… Continue reading How Comics Expose Our Expectations Around Critical Analysis
I Hate the Book It, but Love the Mini-series
When I was about nine (give or take a year) some cable channel or other was re-running the 1990 It mini-series over the course of a week leading up to Halloween. My mom hadn’t seen it since in released the first time and thought it would be fun family TV. Now this might be horrifying… Continue reading I Hate the Book It, but Love the Mini-series
Dune is a Science Fiction Novel and You’re NOT ALLOWED to Fight About It
I’ll make two strong statements regarding how we label our favorite books: 1. Genres are made up marketing terms. 2. Genres are an integral element in how we navigate the the reading and literary landscape. The nature of language where all things are made up, in the end, makes both these things true and addressable… Continue reading Dune is a Science Fiction Novel and You’re NOT ALLOWED to Fight About It
NaNoRenO Check in Week 4
This week, Ayu decided to extend the submission period to April 14th. While we're not going to be taking that long to release, one of the artists did need some extra time due to Covid-related shenanigans. So the tentative release will be April 3rd. Now the fun part is that the game is at this… Continue reading NaNoRenO Check in Week 4
NaNoRenO 2020 Three Week Check In
What a freaking WEEK, huh? That being said. If It Had to Perish Twice is trucking along pretty okay. All the writing is done. Most of the art is done (waiting on one more background and sprite), and all the variable mapping is done. Now I'm at the point where I'm actually getting the game… Continue reading NaNoRenO 2020 Three Week Check In
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