2024: Already Slicing Me Open

I know I've been quiet a bit on the blog front. It's mostly because I was out and about creating my Book Baubles Swappable Bling 2.0 TM line of creative bookmarks. Then I had been working on...

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AI: The Djinn Is Out Of The Bottle

AI. It's a thing that has been out there for longer than you think. Have you ever talked to Siri or Google? Have you ever relied on a spelling or grammar checker like ProWritingAid? A...

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Imaginarium 2023 Wrap Up

Well, I did it. I drove myself to Louisville twice to participate in the Imaginarium convention. If you have ever met me out in the wild, you may not know I have crushing social anxiety and I hate traveling....

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Graphic Novel On Hold

The other day I refreshed my graphic novel. I took out some older pages and put some new ones in. I didn't change the content, only the "advertisements", which at this point were over 5 years old....

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The Dragon’s Treasure & Murder In Loft 36:

I've tried to write several short stories this year for various anthologies. Unfortunately, both of my attempts have jumped to over 10K words in a matter of minutes! The first story I failed at making short ended...

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Rogue Goddess Productions: The Many Branches of Shannon

Hello everyone! I'm excited to announce the launch of my brand-new website featuring my art portfolio, author services, stationery, stickers, and unique gifts. As an artist and writer, I'm passionate about creativity and self-expression, and I'm thrilled to showcase...

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There’s Still No Make Art Button: The Myth of AI Art

By now I know most of you have seen the crazy AI art swamping the internet. I remember the brouhaha when artbreeder came out a few years ago. Of course, being the digital art person I am,...

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Breaking News: Select Books Now Available In Audio

I've been asked many times why I don't have my books in some kind of audio format. I've read many articles about how "audio" books make the most money. Personally, I can't stand audio books. I just can't get...

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Dragons Within: A Trilogy of Adventure

Dragons Within Anthologies by Balance of Seven When I was working on gearing up for promoting "Guarding Her Own" the book was called "Winter Dragons" in our communications because we didn't know the title of the book yet. We just...

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Celebrating 12 Years of Learning

January 16, 2010. That's the date I made my first purchase in the DAZ store. I got V4 and a butt-ton of other items for free. I had a tiny little Eee-machine computer I did most...

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