Embroidery and Redwork artistry I sat down with Tisha Dolton, also known as Aprilsongstress, about her art of choice, embroidery. She does redwork, portraits, and recently did Doctors from Doctor…
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I switched from having my books individually uploaded to different sites to using Smashwords, an ebook distributor that translates my files into multiple formats. You can download a 10% sample…
Imagine the worst In some writing book I read, I don’t remember which one, it advised to think of the worst possible thing to do to a character, and then…
Why write a novel? National Novel Writing Month starts today. This is where crazy people from all around the world write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. There’s something…
Book of Librarian Crafts I’m starting a new project, with the working title of “Librarian Crafts.” My idea is to have sections with different categories: pre-school story-time crafts school age crafts…
I made a hood out of a black t-shirt for my evil queen costume. I used a hoodie to estimate the curve, cutting out two pieces. The bottom of the…
The process and not the product You worked really hard on something and it bombed. no one likes the dinner you made (including yourself) you sewed an outfit and it…
“Ta-da!” When I reach the end of a roll of barcodes, I take a moment to acknowledge the accomplishment. Each roll holds a thousand barcodes. I do not share…
Dragoncon (Get off my lawn!) This year I brought my whole family to Dragoncon. There were over 62,000 people there, and it showed. What happens is each year, everyone who…
I made a pikachu costume for my son. I used a hoodie pattern as the base, and added ears tipped with brown cloth. The hood is lined, but I left…
