I recently needed to get a new dip pen holder for teaching a calligraphy session for the Latinx KidLit Auction and didn't like the usual holders of metal dip pen nibs that brands like Speedball would create. I've seen them for so long that I just wanted something different (and because my original nib holder... Continue Reading →
Reading, according to some reports, is going downward. In the US, at least. I kind of have this one issue with reading: it's seen as some venerable, intellectual skill that only implies that someone is refined and utmost diligent. And so many people find the idea of reading noble - but boring. I have to... Continue Reading →
Firstly, what a wild ride it has been from the Hugos cocking up yet again because gotta love bullsh#ttery. Nice to know I'll super never be able to win a Hugo, either because they hand out awards to writers of color like Scrooge hands out charity or if I even get on the ballot (I... Continue Reading →
Auction for a chance to have my stuff! Or pick my brain! I have donated books for Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, which runs Feb 5 - 16. Here's what you win if you participate in the auction! Signed copy of The Glassman, with clear, glass-like page holder, custom guitar pick and sticker. Signed in blood... Continue Reading →
I once wrote about the concerns I had about getting things like a Patreon. They're still extremely valid concerns but I decided to open a Ko-fi instead to see how that works out. Click the picture to go to my Ko-Fi! Why am I trying my hand with Ko-fi when I did all that work... Continue Reading →
Caveat Emptor “Caveat Emptor” is basically Latin for “Buyer Beware”. Long post, ahoy! All for Ko-Fi, woo. I have available on my Ko-Fi a goal to go to South Korea so I can work on Soaring, my sci-fi/fantasy alternate history series. This series has been in the works since I came up with the idea... Continue Reading →
This past year was The Year of the Ink Sample. I tried to dial back ink buying because I do not need to Buy All The Pretty Colors. My ink box, the box I have to hold all my ink bottles, samples and pen case, is full and overflowing. Mind you, the box is about... Continue Reading →
I'll be donating my books to an event held in Chicago called "The People for Gaza", a silent auction to raise funds to donate to Pious Projects a charity that fuels humanitarian aid for Palestine, as well as other affected areas. For those who don't exactly understand what's going on over on the West Bank,... Continue Reading →
Woo, year of submissions. I’ve done these posts in the past but since going more indie, I submitted to others way less and less. There’s almost no point in doing so when it feels like I have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than getting a story accepted because racism in spec fic... Continue Reading →
First and foremost, both The Glassman and Dreamer are available as free ebook giveaways for Prolific Works' group giveaway "Hidden Magic". Get them before they're gone. Also, I am expecting a galley-in-proof of an upcoming anthology about the global water crisis penned by Black authors from around the world called Yemoja Tears: Water, Bodies &... Continue Reading →
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