Eschewing False Choices of Dogmatic Book Industry
This week I read an online Writer’s Digest article, “Finding Freedom in Writing Fiction” by Jean Trounstine, which so resonated with me that I started cheering aloud in my living room and then jotted down choice points. This was the initial highlighted quote that had me clicking to read the entire piece: “The idea that […]
Spring Means Dandelions…And Dimwitted HOAs
It’s springtime, and that means dandelions are sprouting up in yards, which also means it’s an annual exercise in dealing with a do-loop of stupid. Specifically, I’m referring to Homeowners Associations (HOAs) and HOA management companies who still seemingly operate with an antiquated mentality from an era when we didn’t yet comprehend that dandelions aren’t […]
Unidentifiable Orb Appears Among F-16s
Last Saturday morning I binge-watched a UFO show on the Travel Channel, beginning with a program that featured mysterious orb-like crafts observed in the vicinity of US military aircraft. Apparently it’s a prolific thing. Check out the (enlarged) photo accompanying this blog post. I watched this UFO program because for three days prior, I’d been […]
Rowan Layne Praises SOTU on International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, so named in honor of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, wherein women protested against adverse working conditions. To honor this day, this post is dedicated to women who read, women who write, and fierce strong women who aren’t afraid to give voice to things like poor working […]
Interviewing Protagonist Rowan Layne On World Pistachio Day
Today is apparently World Pistachio Day, so in honor of pistachio-shaped iridescent alien spacecraft in my Other Worldly novels, as well as the alien-green hue of pistachios themselves, I thought it would be fun to do something lighthearted (I know I need it) for this week’s blog post. First, a caveat. I got the idea […]
Reckoning For Selfish Greedy Gun Mongers
I’ve delayed in writing my blog post this week because the subject of corruption, in particular lawyers, judges, and six justices of the not-so-Supreme Court, has become overwhelmingly tiresome and disgusting. Holding greedy men accountable happens few and far between in this nation, and it takes far too long for justice to be served. Yesterday […]
Lamentations On Lost Love
Valentine’s Day doesn’t usually get to me. It’s not even the day itself that’s a problem this year. Though today does tend to be relentlessly aimed at making many feel as if they don’t measure up because they haven’t got a mate, per societal dictates. Being single and going solo in life is a choice […]
An Opinion Worth The Wait and Worry
It took three women judges and nail-biting weeks to get it done, but it was worth the wait. U.S. v Trump, a unanimous appellate decision rendered by Judges Henderson, Childs, and Pan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia arrived yesterday at long last. I decided to peruse the 57-page decision for […]
Honeycrisp Apple Parentage, An Uncanny Gene Theme
This post is dedicated to my parents, because yesterday was their 69th wedding anniversary. I know, that’s a lot. So many years that I mistakenly wished them a happy 59th, and my mother had to correct me. If they’d been married only 59 years ago, both my sister and I would have been born out […]
Voter Suppression Made Easy With DeJoy Still Postmaster General
As law professor and MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance said today in her Civil Discourse newsletter, voter suppression has long been a part of the US election landscape. Problem is, it hasn’t long been prosecuted for the rampant and blatant crime that it is. Vance was specifically addressing fake Biden robocalls to New Hampshire Democrats […]