Oh, The Places I’ve Been
Instead of being here on Blogger, I mean Image credit: thomas shellberg on Unsplash I didn’t mean to disappear; I never do. Longtime readers know that, at least once a year, …
My book has a trailer and it’s cooler than my book
I love the creative team at Episodic Reading. Before I even sent them a palette of colours and images that I had in mind for my book cover, they said, …
I’m…Being… Published!
Let me start by simply saying, “Squeeeeee,” in as high-pitched and long-held of a tone you can imagine. Does your brain hurt yet? Now imagine it going on for …
The Cranky Book Reviewer Just Read the Worst Book Ever
Plot Twist: Turns out the Cranky Book Reviewer has a conscience My mother recently sent me a book with a note that read, and I’m not making this up, “Please …
Winner/Victim: Potato/Potahto
The footnotes are the best part of this post. I think my husband and kids should get “NaNoWriMo Survivor” badges. (image courtesy of https://nanowrimo.org/ Much like getting married, having children, or …
Why I Write on Medium
DammitKaren: Why I Write on Medium. It’s more than reading and writing about reading and writing. Reading and writing about reading and writing Photo by Anna Auza on Unsplash I’ve …
On boredom and blogging and beginnings
Dammit Karen, Your Life has Been Busy of Late and Your Blog is Suffering. My life is not boring. It’s summer holiday, and with three Hufflings underfoot for nine weeks …
The Cranky Book Reviewer read Calypso by David Sedaris
(She’s cranky because she’ll never write anything as good) Sometimes, good books just upset me. I love David Sedaris. I love his stories about his family, his lifetime of strange …
Rejection
DammitKaren: Rejection First, let me apologize for the technical difficulties you may have experienced with my site over the last week or so. I’m working on routing here with my …
#MarchBloggerCountdown Starts TODAY!
DammitKaren: The #MarchBloggerCountdown starts today! All month, the very wise and wordy MaybeMissMolly will be showcasing and linking to the work of several other bloggers, myself included! She has challenged us all …