Viewpoints in research–women
I’m doing some research on deserts, in particular the Saharan and my anthropology brain kicks into gear. I ran across this line: “As with most peoples living in the Sahara, […]
Electryone, who was she?
Today, I spiffed up chapter 20, where our hero, Zara has to fight off the cartel who have come to return her to her foster mother, the cartel boss, in […]
Texas Author Con was a blast!
Y’all, I had a BLAST at the Texas Author & Reader Convention this past weekend (July 19-20) at the Irving Convention Center, in Irving, Texas! What a fabulous event run by Merrill David! We were […]
LLM writes poetry
I’m not above stealing cool stuff! LOL Honestly though, I got this off best selling author Hugh Howey‘s blog. Thanks, Hugh, for sharing this with us all… The following was […]
BOOK REVIEW: Draft No. 4 by John McPhee
I don’t know if you remember, or if I even mentioned it to you, though I have discussed it over on my Facebook page, @PattyPulsar. I am a member of the […]
ArmadilloCon 47 — ATTENDING!
ARMADILLOCON 2025 — ATTENDING! Austin, Texas – Sept. 12-14, 2025 Austin Southpark Hotel: 4140 Governors Row, Austin, TX 78744. Phone: 512-448-2222. Catch me at Austin’s long-running convention for SF, fantasy […]
Bedouins
The Winged Warrior uses a conglomerate of desert-dwelling societies. One of my first images that came to mind when I was writing this novel were the Bedouins, part of a predominantly desert-dwelling […]
Daily Journal 06/07/25 AI
AI. Is it good or bad? I use Claude for now. How do you use it? Meet Noz Urbina at Truth Collapse.
The novel process 1
I sat down at my computer desk this morning (well, almost not morning) and realized, I’ve attended a lot of lectures and read a lot of books on the process of producing a novel. Did I remember any of them? eh…
After the first draft
……………………………………………………………………… Sometimes, I like to call myself a mythogographer, one who is a compiler of myths, who renders myth to page to create something new. The more I write, the […]
