You made it to 2021! Congratulations!
What better way to start the year than by reading a pair of space opera stories about new beginnings? Continue reading “Happy New Year!!!”
Category: Blog
Two Ways to Gender-Flip Songs
When I was a kid, I loved the beginning of Adventures In Babysitting where Elisabeth Shue dances to the Crystals’ song “Then He Kissed Me”:
I also loved The Beach Boys and was excited to find they’d covered the song “Then He Kissed Me”… but bewildered by the way they changed the lyrics in gender-flipping it to “Then I Kissed Her.” Continue reading “Two Ways to Gender-Flip Songs”
2020 Awards Eligible Work by Mary E. Lowd
This is my round-up of original fiction I had released this year. I’d be honored if readers would consider these works for award nominations, but I’d also be really happy if people simply read and enjoy them.
Novels
My novel ENTANGLEMENT BOUND was published by Aethon Books in December, 2020. Continue reading “2020 Awards Eligible Work by Mary E. Lowd”
New Years Eve, Low-Key
Our traditional New Year’s Eve activity/dessert:
Destroy our gingerbread houses with dinosaurs and eat them.
Closing out the year by introducing the kids to Fantasia (original & 2000). It’s a soothing, low-key way to spend the evening. Continue reading “New Years Eve, Low-Key”
Jack O’Neill and Samantha Carter
Here’s the thing about Jack O’Neill and Samantha Carter in Stargate SG-1: he loves her — she doesn’t have long hair or tight clothes; doesn’t babble, do emotional work, or soothe egos — he just loves her for the brilliant, awkward human she is. Continue reading “Jack O’Neill and Samantha Carter”
Misspelling Cardboard and Remembering Frank Sinatra
That feeling when you turn on an album you haven’t listened to in a while and realize you first got hooked on it when you were three years younger than your elder kid is now.
As it turns out, when I can’t remember anything useful, my brain is still storing a ton of lyrics to Frank Sinatra songs that I listened to repeatedly when I was ten but haven’t listened to for possibly a decade or two. Continue reading “Misspelling Cardboard and Remembering Frank Sinatra”
Soul and Surviving
That feeling when your brain lapses and so you hush the TV and try to turn down the dogs with the remote.
It’s way past time for a massive toppling of current copyright law, huge resurgence of unions everywhere, universal health care, and universal basic income. Continue reading “Soul and Surviving”
A Small Present in Three Parts
Merry holiday season!
It’s been a long, hard year for a lot of us, so we’re sharing three stories today as a Christmas present for anyone who needs one. These three flash fiction stories fit together, following the voyages of a starship carrying scientists from world to world, making first contact with alien species, bringing small touches of hope and connection from the stars. Continue reading “A Small Present in Three Parts”
Tidbits from the First Pandemic Christmas Eve
The thirteen-year-old has learned to make one of my favorite kinds of cookies.
Piper spent several days informing the other cats that she would murder them if they crossed her…
…now she doesn’t understand why they won’t play with her. Continue reading “Tidbits from the First Pandemic Christmas Eve”
Dark and Light
That feeling when you realize the guy famous for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5000% reminds you of your dad…
Of course the other people who remind me of my dad are Bill Cosby (but less funny) & Dr. House (but less life-savey). There’s a reason we’re not in touch. Continue reading “Dark and Light”