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I’ve got a full first draft of the soundtrack for Maradia’s Robot Emporium!

I’ll have to listen to it a few times through to be sure it’s done, but wow. That will not be a chore! It blends 80s weird synth pop with 60s do-wop aesthetics in just the best way.

Between the 3D-printer we just got and the advances in music two months ago, I’m having the best week. Every day, I can print myself new toys and create new 60s/80s sci-fi songs. Continue reading “Toys and Songs”

I wrote my ultra short story, “Greatest of Them All,” at a conference about women in fantasy called Sirens. It seemed like the perfect intro to COMMANDER ANNIE AND OTHER ADVENTURES to tie the whole book together.

And now it makes a pretty little song.

My novella, “Commander Annie,” is very strongly inspired by a friendship breakup I went through in middle school. It was fully my first heartbreak. And there’s something just so healing about the catchy 80s-style song I’ve made to go with the story. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Commander Annie and Other Adventures”

I’ve made it halfway through converting my book, Maradia’s Robot Emporium, into an album of 80s-style weird synth pop songs, and it’s really turning into something special.

There should be more music about robots. And now I can do something about that! So exciting. Continue reading “What It’s All Been Building Toward”

I’m watching episode three of Pluribus and the fleet of trucks and people that roll up to the Sprouts right after Carol insists she’s a really independent person is quite the sharp commentary on the concept of independence.

Well, I won the game of random Christmas movie roulette tonight with two unusually excellent finds: Continue reading “Pluribus, Christmas Movies, and Other Tidbits”