Monthly Archives: March 2018

Dive Into Wroldbuilding

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Marion

Tomorrow, March 27, at 4:00 pm Pacific time I will be a guest on Juliette Wade’s Dive Into Worldbuilding program, available via blogspot. Here’s a link, where you can see some previous  episodes. Juliette is an anthropologist, a linguist and … Continue reading →

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A Wrinkle in Time

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Marion

I enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time so much. It was not a movie made from my A Wrinkle in Time. A Wrinkle in Time was read to me by my fourth-grade teacher before I read it myself. We were still … Continue reading →

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The Last Jedi. I Yawned.

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Marion

Spoiler Warning. Somewhere sort of near the end of The last Jedi, a group of rust-bucket desert speeders face off against a bushel of First Order war-machines; fliers, walkers, storm troopers, plus a big old thing called a battering ram … Continue reading →

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Ragged

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Marion

This is my original work. You are welcome to link to it. If you quote from it, give me credit. Commentary:  I think I do achieve the illusion of a non-human main character in this fantasy story. It’s one of … Continue reading →

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Eating My Way Through FOGCon

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Marion

Part of the pleasure of a speculative fiction convention, along with panels and readings, is sitting down with longtime friends and new ones in a bar, a cafe or a restaurant. My title makes it sound like I was a … Continue reading →

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Magic; Who Gets to Wield It?

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Marion

Magic can stand in for a lot of things. It can symbolize trickery and deceit. It can represent art, healing, spectacle; it can be about loss, sacrifice, family and love. In epic fantasy, nearly always, the question about who has … Continue reading →

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The Working Rehearsal

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Marion

Spouse and I listened went to the Sebastopol Library to hear the Santa Rosa Young People’s Chamber Orchestra.  The email notice I got called this event a Dress Rehearsal, but it wasn’t that, as least not by every definition I … Continue reading →

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Running in Slow Motion; A Writing Exercise.

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Marion

My husband and I have this thing we do sometimes where we run toward each other in fake slow motion* –true, silly, very, very dreadfully silly we have been and are, but why will you say that this is bad? … Continue reading →

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Magical Systems

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Marion

I had a great conversation with Brandy this week about magical systems. It got me thinking. I’ve loved fantasy since I can remember. I loved fairy tales as a child, particularly ones where girls went alone into a dark wood … Continue reading →

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