Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Dear Everyone in the Mental Health Industry: Do you have any idea how hard it is to get mental health care? I’m not talking about FUNDING it. I’m talking about GETTING it. At all. I’ve had to track down therapy…
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In honor of “the season” I’m going to post three creepy stories on three consecutive days. (If you’re wondering whether Christians can believe in ghosts, the answer is yes.) For Halloween, one that’s just scary. Probably because the thing wanted…
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I was about 17, a neophyte philangelus, and heavily under the influence of the family friends who awaited the world’s ending. It was sometime after midnight, and everyone had gone to bed already. I awoke and laid there in the…
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Remember 24 hours in the life of a freelance writer? One of the pieces mentioned got accepted and published! I present to you, Thinking outside hundreds of little boxes. Again from 24 hours, remember the riding instructor who wanted to…
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I’ve been trying for a few days now to come up with a snarky, sarcastic comment, as my weblog’s subheader indicates. I mean, if I can’t come up with a sarcastic remark for this, then I need to hang up…
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I don’t know if it qualifies as fan art because the artist is a friend instead of a “fan”. But Diinzumo posted a picture of my character Remiel from Seven Archangels: Annihilation. I give you Remiel by *Diinzumo on deviantART…
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I’ve kept journals on and off since I was about eleven. Even my Patient Husband’s patience is tried by the sheer number of journal books in storage at Casa Philangelus. Ivy mentioned journal writing in her recent WritingCast episode, and…
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If you, like many other people, occasionally have to plan events in advance, you’ll probably be buying a calendar for 2009. You might have relatives for whom you will be buying a Christmas gift. And if you will do either…
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I picked up some clearance yarn a few weeks ago, and I’ve discovered I can’t knit with it. Not because of the yarn, but because I decided to knit this for me. This would be the first time I set…
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Being a writer is, in a lot of ways, like winning a dollar in the lottery. (To quote Calvin and Hobbes.) Last night, I mentioned to my daughter’s horseback riding instructor that if I could sell a piece here and…
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