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  • Chronic Pain part 1

    I have psoriatic arthritis, and it’s currently untreated. It means that I’m in constant pain. I medicate my pain with cannabis, and for the most part it helps, but what I need (and what I don’t have access to) is an immunosuppressant. The inflammation that causes my skin to heal so fast it flakes off…

  • Schedules and How They Work for Me

    9:00 am: Wake up, make coffee for breakfast   9:05 am-10:00 am: Pet Skye, put Skye down, try to get words done, rinse repeat  10:01-10:20: write  10:21-11: pet and wrangle Beerus (much like Skye)  11:00 am-1:00 pm: words   Lunch  Afternoon reading or school stuff or time for other projects  Dinner  Television (currently Star Trek Deep Space 9)  School maybe, other projects maybe  More words  …

  • Mental Illness and Me, part 1

    I’m bipolar. With that comes both therapy and medication. Therapy helps sort out my headspace and keeps tabs on where I am at any given moment, but medication is what really helps. Therapy is good for coping skills, for sounding off when frustrated, for validation and a kick in the pants when I’m being my…

  • Outlines, yay or nay?

    Do I use outlines? Certainly. But I’m relatively new to them. I finished my first book without one, which is probably part of why it took eight years to finish. And it still needs work, being a first novel and all, so it’s currently shelved while I work on other projects. For my second one,…

  • Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder

    I suppose it’s natural for a fantasy author to be into table top role playing games. I mean, it’s an interactive story. The Game Master is sort of the narrator, and the players the characters, right? And I’ve been playing a not insignificant amount of time. I started playing Dungeons and Dragons when Second Edition…

  • Notebooks

    I love notebooks, as well as pens. I love the tactile sensation of the pen gliding over paper, of the little scratch as I make my mark on the pages. I love the smell of the paper and the hint of ink, and it always brings a smile to my face when I finish with…

  • Inspiration

    As an author who writes primarily genre works, it’s probably no surprise that I’m a huge nerd. I grew up watching Star Trek: TOS, Dr. Who (Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor in childhood), playing video games, and watching anime. My dad started me out by introducing me, but I quickly developed other tastes. Where…

  • Why I tell stories

    You probably want to know why I write and how I got started, right? Well, my parents are avid readers, and they did their best to share their love of reading with me. They read to me every night for years. We didn’t have a lot of money growing up, but there was always a…