Tag: Awkward Nerd

Song of the Week

Spiritbox, “The Void”

Hello again! Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!

I had a great time at the Awkward Nerd Book Fair yesterday! So, full disclosure, I went to a tiny private school in the 90s and did not get to participate in Scholastic Book Fairs. If the Awkward Nerd fair was any indication, I missed out! It was a lovely time and a great crowd.

This is the last week for the Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter! It will close at midnight next Monday. I’m so excited for this beautiful deck to become a reality. Only two stretch goals remain!

The newsletter will come out this Friday, a little earlier than usual. I’ll be taking a vacation from posting between the 28th and October 5th. I’ll have another Journey to the Water update before then, so stop by again!

Petitions for this week:

Via Avaaz: End impunity for regimes that kill, maim, and torture

Via All Out: End forced deportation of Syrian LGBTQIA+ refugees

Via Amnesty International: Join the call to stop weapons transfers

Via Our Revolution: Support Bernie’s resolution to block a $20 billion weapons sale to Israel

That’s all I’ve got for today. Have an excellent week!

Journey to the Water Update

Pages: 145 Words: 88548

I am happy to report that the new draft of Journey to the Water is now 88,548 words long. I’m reworking the arc that was roughly chapters XLIV-LI in the original version. You can see some of the new chapter headings on the left of the image.

Also, don’t forget, I’ll be at the Awkward Nerd Book Fair this Sunday in downtown Milwaukee! Come say hi and enjoy a nostalgic throwback to the Scholastic Book Fairs of the 90s.

There are still 10 more days to back the Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter. Three stretch goals have been reached, and there are four more remaining.

That’s it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Song of the Week

Christen Mooney, “Aisling’s Song” (from The Secret of Kells)

Hello! It’s Monday again.

On Sunday, I’ll be at the Awkward Nerd Book Fair at the Tripoli Shrine Center, 3000 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee. It’s styled after the Scholastic Book Fairs of the 90s, but geared toward adults, and promises to be a great time! It’ll be open from 11 to 5. For tickets and more information (including the Big Gay Pirate Cruise the evening before), here’s a link.

I’m plugging along on Journey to the Water, and have just about hit a point where I need to write a new plot arc. I wasn’t happy with the adventure to recover an artifact from the kingdom in the trees, so I’m going to try something different.

The Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter has reached FOUR of its stretch goals! There are still two weeks left, so be sure to back the project if you haven’t already.

Petitions:

Via Demand Progress: End US support for the war on Gaza

Via Jewish Voice for Peace: Arms embargo now

Via Ekō: Stop doing business with companies supplying arms to Israel

I think that’s all I’ve got for you today. Stop by again soon!

Song of the Week

Brandi Carlile, “Mama Werewolf”

Good morning! I hope you have some rest from your labors today. Just a quick update for this week.

First, in case you missed it, the Kickstarter for the Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot has launched! Click here to see all the cards and look at the rewards and stretch goals. I’ve backed it, and I highly recommend you do, too.

I’ll be going to the Awkward Nerd Book Fair on September 22! It’s a throwback to the Scholastic Book Fairs of our youths, but geared toward adults. More on that as we get closer, but you can go here for more information.

Journey to the Water rewrites continue, and I’ll try to have something interesting for you to read later this week, probably Friday.

Petitions for this week:

Via Amnesty International: Join the call for a ceasefire and weapons suspension

Via Rep. Rashida Tlaib: End repressive tactics against pro-Palestine protests

Via Win Without War: Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act without delay

That’s all for today. Thanks for being here.