T.J. Masters: Porn is Not Research.

Porn is Not Research. Everyone has their different opinions about what qualifies as porn or how we individually feel about it. I don’t intend to address those questions here, but rather to focus on one particular use for porn. Many Read more

Running, Writing, Falling in love again…

The unexpected news first. I’m taking a running class! Never in my life did I ever consider running for exercise, but something about missing out on this has been nagging at me.  Last year, I made a commitment to undertake a 5K in the fall Read more

Charlie’s Corner of Creative Chaos

Hello all! Thank you so much for joining me. I thought for this month’s post, I’d share my workspace or a.k.a. where the crazy happens. I feel like my workspace should look something like the inside of Willy Wonka’s chocolate Read more

How Authors Should Help Reviewers Write Reviews*

*They shouldn’t. There was a kerfuffle last week around an author’s blog post about the ‘obligations’ of a reviewer to the author. (The author has withdrawn the post, so I am quoting purely as an example of the principle–let’s not Read more

Sharing Secrets

Is it just me, or is January one of those months that somehow seems to last forever, and yet manages to fly by without any regard whatsoever to a person’s sanity? And how, you might ask, can a month do Read more

Review. Revise. Renew.

January. Review. Revise. Renew. I must confess that this winter has been a hard one. I’ve taken a couple on the chin and have spent time sulking, cringing, avoiding. Not exactly a healthy response but probably relatable. The easy thing Read more