Balancing 3 lives (aka: How do I do it all? Answer: I don’t!)

I am a wife, mother, Marine, pilot, writer, marathoner, costumer, all around geek, and more. One of the questions I often get asked is “How do you do it all?” The truth is, I don’t. There simply aren’t… Read More

My DragonCon schedule & where to find me

As most of you know DragonCon is looming & I once again have a packed schedule. I’d really love to see those of you that are going, so if you can make it to one of my panels,… Read More

Don’t tell me what to write

I recently came across a Tumblr post with tens of thousands of notes that said the following “petition to make young adult authors stop writing about girls whose lives change when they meet a boy.” My initial reaction… Read More

GeekGirlsRun, a new running club for everyone

Hey all! So, because I’m not a busy enough person, I totally got involved in ANOTHER thing. And now I’m going to tell you about it. I’ve no idea if you guys have seen anything about a new… Read More

Handmade LotR costumes for sale *signal boost*

Need a new costume for D*C? Want something to wear to the midnight premiere for the next Hobbit film? Did you know Halloween is only like 100 days away? Well guess what? One of my very talented friends… Read More

A catchupey type of post (is catchupey even a word? No? Oh well.)

As I sit here with a splitting headache from being out way too late late night at the Paul McCartney concert (it was amazing, but the jerks in the row in front of me kept lighting up all… Read More

The importance of author photos – oh hey, I’ve got a new one!

People say you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover… but we do. We certainly shouldn’t judge people by their appearance, but again, we do. Now before you think this is me coming off super shallow and vain,… Read More

Guest blog post: Robert Osterman

I first met Rob many years ago at Dragon*Con through a mutual friend, Maggie Allen (her guest blog post is here). We clicked over love of all things geeky, books, and of course, costuming. In the pic above… Read More

More thoughts on “Man of Steel”…

…because apparently I’m a glutton for punishment – but what can I say, this has me “all fired up”, and here’s why: So you may or may not have seen my “Man of Steel” review that posted here…. Read More

A not so Superman

Dear DC: I think we need to go on a break. It isn’t because you have consistently put out terrible films (I’m not a Batman fan, so I’m sure those are wonderful for those of you who are,… Read More