by Ashleen OGaea | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
For writing conventions, I’ve got a workshop called Writing Witches, about how to create realistic Pagan characters. But in this blog, I’m talking about Writing Bitches, because that’s what I’m trying to do right now. Constance Evershaw is the... by Ashleen OGaea | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
It has been some time since I’ve blogged here, probably because it has been some time since I’ve been writing. But – it’s November, and that’s National Novel Writing Month, and it compels me. (This is my thirteenth year... by Ashleen OGaea | Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
So, Husband-man, aka Dear Husband (DH, which is the abbreviation we use on the RV FB pages), had his first cataract surgery last Thursday, and will have his second this coming Thursday. For the next forever weeks (not really – 7 weeks, really) there will be eye... by Ashleen OGaea | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
So, I started reading Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and even before I’ve finished the book, I’m heavily into the process. I’ve modified it some, but it’s working for me. And in theory, tidying one’s space also... by Ashleen OGaea | Feb 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
No, no, not trying to get you to change anything. I want to talk about language in fantasy and sci-fi (and other other-worldly, other-timely) settings, We take it for granted, we writers, that most people have the same feelings. Not about the same things, of course,... by Ashleen OGaea | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I finished another novel, in draft, during November. It turned out to be my twelfth year of participation in National Novel Writing Month; I think I’d thought it was ten years. I hope my writing’s getting better, generally, but this year, I’m...