Dawning Sky – An Artist's Site

Whizzywhig. I still think it’s one of the silliest yet most appropriate acronyms that’s out there, and it’s not used enough beyond the description of code editors and application interfaces. It’s actually a pretty good guide for presenting oneself in many environments, but “what you see is what you get” is not always as highly [...]

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So, I’m a little late with the post today… and I confess, it’s because I was recording more chapters for an audiobook. Plus, I needed to catch up with Drag Race this morning. What? I adore RuPaul’s Drag Race. I love the costuming, the characters, the makeup… the visual shift is gorgeous. I’ve been watching [...]

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Another week has passed, and I have to talk about this simple yet amazing tool that’s been out among the writersphere (if that’s not a word, it is now!) that has been helping me with my three words for 2013. This is the Magic Spreadsheet, and it works. I found out about the Magic Spreadsheet [...]

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Another chapter will come to a close this summer, as I follow through on the finish pledge from this year’s three words. Unless some major education monster rears its ugly head, I will take my comps this summer and complete my Education Specialist degree in Science Education. I’m still working toward the PhD, but this [...]

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At the recommendation of a few podcasting folks, I’m using the blog to create a custom feed for an infrequent short audio series. This series of first-person transmissions sets a bit of backstory for a character I’ve loved for years, but who hasn’t had her story written yet. As I finish up other projects, I [...]

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Apologies to Pink Floyd, but the title popped into my head and it seemed too good to pass up. Validation of my work and my abilities in many creative and professional areas is something with which I struggle daily, and giving up that dependence on validation is tough. Really, really tough. One of my favorite [...]

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When I was pulling the late night/early morning feeding schedule with my second child, I stumbled onto a lot of late night comedy on various cable channels. This included a comedian named Katt Williams, who has a rather well-known comedy routine focused on the Rick Ross track, “Every Day I’m Hustlin’.” If you played Grand [...]

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Hey, people TAGGED me in the latest crazy blogging escapade known as The Next Big Thing. Specifically, two authors for whom I’ve always enjoyed reading, Scott Roche and Nobilis Reed, separately tagged me for this. So, here goes! For those who aren’t familiar with this adventure, here are the rules: 1. Mention the person who [...]

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Another week. Another set of projects that I’m working to completion, although more of them are in “start” or “maintenance” mode than “ready to finish” mode. The academic year is off and running, which means that my dayjob persona of college instructor and sublevel administrator puts me squarely in the middle of students, staff, and [...]

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((The following is from Hollow, my work-in-progress that I’m rewriting scene by scene.)) Like its sister city of Las Cruces, Las Perditas awoke slowly as the sun fought the chill air that rushed over the mountains. Daylight had barely started to push through the clouds, the streets still cold and grey from the previous evening. [...]

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