Steps to Alchemagery and Libellus setup

Get PO Box–Done Apply for ISBN–Done Recieve ISBN–Pending Get Barcode–Pending Set up Corporation–Pending Set up secondary Cafe Press Account–Done Set up document for print, have printed–Pending

Cafe Press and ISBN

It seems that, if I want an ISBN on my book printed through Cafe Press, I have to buy one. I looked into what it would take to buy an ISBN. It turns out that I will have to be a publisher. Everyone who self publishes has to do this,… Continue reading

It came in a dream…

Personal tragedies have a way of changing your perspective and priorities for a while. All the content I have written in blogs during the past few weeks has been in my Live Journal, which I consider more personal in nature than this one, which is really about writing and costume…. Continue reading

Little Cthulhu’s Book of Occult Baby Names

Interesting piece of news. If you look up the keywords “Occult Baby Names” on Amazon, due mostly to the “feature” that allows you to search excerpts, you get 6665 results under books. So close…Now, ask me my opinion on Amazon’s new Search including excerpts… Remember a long time ago, how… Continue reading

And Who is Derian?

Do you realize that in all the excerpts that I have posted in this place, Derian Fiske only appears once in person and that in only a one sentence description and piece of dialogue. And I thought I was borderline posting too much information. So, when I tell you, say,… Continue reading

Where October?

How did I miss the entire month of October? October was filled with costuming, but not much writing, for once. I finished nothing–ok, not quite true. I finished hand binding the top of my pvc corset. All bones are back in place and nothing poked me in the underarm on… Continue reading

Two Broken Euro Pros

Here I am, three weeks from Dragon Con with two busted sewing machines and I have the costume fever again. Better I fix that popped corset bone by hand than indulge in something new. Better perhaps, but that doesn’t look like its what I’m going to do. I want to… Continue reading

Pictures Posted

Wow! While I was home on Friday with a fever et al, I posted about half of our 2003 Dragon Con pics to this site, moved the 2002 pics, and added 2001 back. (My apologies to everyone who gets a “file not found” for the 2002 pics if you come… Continue reading

Dragon Con 2003

Simulcast on Live Journal It is difficult to give a basic impression after the fact. I wanted to update this journal at Dragon Con, but the free wireless access was over-crowded at the Hyatt, the Marriot wanted cash for theirs, and the communal computer at our hotel did not have… Continue reading