Hey all, Sam here. It has been a little bit since I've had a post here on the blog. I keep saying that I have a bunch of half-written book reviews that I just need to finish and then post, but then stuff keeps happening and I just don't manage to finish them. Trust me,… Continue reading Pathfinders Writing Collective (PaWriCo 2026)
Hey all, Sam here. I have been out of the writing habit again, and I haven't done much writing since Gen Con and the Writer's Symposium. I need to make writing a little more of a focus in my life, and I do have a few different stories I'd like to work on more and/or… Continue reading Fall 2026 Write Brave Challenge
Hey all, Sam here. Last year I wanted to participate in the Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour, but we just ended up not really having the time to plan out visits to bookstores because of our schedules. But this year, I told David that I wanted to try and visit at least a handful of the… Continue reading A Day on the Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, this is a little overdue, but it took me a little longer to recover from Gen Con than I expected. We had a couple of very long days at the convention, and then the two days after we got back, I had to go in to work, so there wasn't… Continue reading July 2026 Wrap-Up
Hey all, Sam here. We are just over a week away from Gen Con, so I think now is a close enough time to talk about my schedule, because I have a lot of fun events planned. I like to do this every year, partly because I get to see if anyone wants to hear… Continue reading Gen Con 2026
Hey all, Sam here. All right, here we go....July is already off to a better start than June (because this is my second blog post of the month, and I only had two posts in all of last month). It was a wild and packed month, though, and there is a lot to cover in… Continue reading June 2026 Wrap-Up
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, so June was obviously a reading focused month, which was wonderful, and I was happy to be able to focus on that, because I really needed a good reading month. I'd missed the feeling of just devouring book after book. That being said, I did mostly let my attention drift… Continue reading PaWriCo’s Bookish Bootcamp 2026
Hey all, Sam here. So, of course, the same day as my June TBR post goes live, I have a co-worker who has decided that it would be fun for us to having a reading contest. Now, I should say that I love this co-worker, and it's overall a low stakes contest...but it does mean… Continue reading A Bonus Pride June TBR
Hey all, Sam here. Today I wanted to try and do a little something different. We'll see how this goes and I might explore some other fun sub-genres moving forward. There has been a massive rise in popularity for the LitRPG genre of books the past couple of years, although the format first achieved popularity… Continue reading Genre Exploration: LitRGP
Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to another Weekend Writer post. I've had my Freewrite Traveler for just over three weeks, and I figured it was time for a quick little post about it. Also, Freewrite is hosting a 50K May writing challenge, and yes, I already know that I'm trying to build up my… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Freewrite Traveler
