Things That Amuse Me Tuesday

My friend Brandy often does a Things I Love Tuesday post, wherein she mixes cute new stuff she’s bought with philosophical shit like becoming more comfortable in your skin.
I am just not that deep, people, so I think I’m going to go with “Things That Amuse Me Tuesday.”  Because although I am not in the [...]

Read Full Post »

Mysterious Mysteries of the Mysterious Kind

So I love my local library system, because I live in a yuppie stripmall hell and therefore pretty much anything I can think of, they’ve got.  At some branch or another.  Because, friends, that is what taxing the rich does:  it gets me (mostly) free books. 
Oh, and provides health care and food and housing for [...]

Read Full Post »

Um, Hi?

I don’t typically experience stage fright unless I’m, you know, ON AN ACTUAL, PHYSICAL STAGE, but then I’m usually writing for an audience that consists of three of my best friends and–very occasionally–my own mother.
In the entire time that I’ve been writing Life Under a Rock, I’ve had to beg, borrow, and steal for more [...]

Read Full Post »

Georgette Heyer Was a Product of Her Time. Also, Water Is Wet.

The second post in an ongoing series in which I re-read the works of Georgette Heyer and respond with equal parts glee and horror.  See the first part here.
Sprig Muslin
This was always one of my favorites, and I was glad to find that it holds up on re-read.  So, the plot!  Sir Gareth Ludlow is on [...]

Read Full Post »

I Love My Dead Gay Husband III: Still Dead. Still Gay. And Now with Bonus Manic Episodes

The Introduction:  Wow, Aren’t You Done with This Already?
The other day I was like, “Hey, you know what would be funny?  Another Dead Gay Husband post.”  But then I was all, “Mankiller, do you really have another five pages worth of ranting about romance novels in you?”  And then I said, “Duh!” and punched myself [...]

Read Full Post »

In Which I Reveal Several Unpleasant Aspects of My Personality

So one of my friends recently reentered the dating pool, and she’s been in the unenviable position of having to tell perfectly nice guys that she’s just not that into them.  And it’s like, “Whatever, boo hoo, you’re pretty and everyone wants to date you, who cares?” but actually?  Telling someone you don’t want to [...]

Read Full Post »

For My 200th Post

For my 200th post, I wanted to write something special.  Something meaningful.  Something that would change lives.
So here it is, internet: 
Windex gets bloodstains out of fabric.  Trufax.  No lie.  Spray, scrub, rinse, wash, and it’s like magic.  No more period underwear!  No more throwing away your favorite t-shirt because the bloodstains are just too incriminating!
You’re [...]

Read Full Post »

I See Dead People, and They’re Really Damn Dumb

So last Sunday I had a number of errands to run—piddly little shit like returning library books and redbox DVDs, picking up some prescriptions, and getting my hair cut in such a way that I no longer look like a nerdy white girl stereotype.
You know what I’m talking about:  emo glasses, puffy, mousy brown hair [...]

Read Full Post »

The Werewolf Ate My Homework

The Introduction
I’ve been reading Young Adult (YA) Fantasy for quite some time now, mostly because adult Fantasy just bores me out of my mind.  It’s either swords and elves or fairies and lots of creepy sex, and guys?  I just don’t need more of that in my life.  I get enough of it in romance [...]

Read Full Post »

The Boids

So I make a big deal about the fact that I’m from the South, but the truth is that I’m more specifically from the beach.  I spent most of my childhood and all of my teenage years living about twenty minutes away from the ocean, and dear god, was that ever annoying.  Don’t get me [...]

Read Full Post »