Hey all, Sam here. At the moment I'm not sure if the writing advice I need is the gentle kind or the harsh kind. I mean, obviously I'm trying to be more gentle with myself when I have multiple days (or weeks) in a row where I'm not getting a whole lot of actual writing… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself by Chuck Wendig
Hey all, Sam here. Oops...I had yesterday's post mostly prepped but forgot to finish it and schedule it, and I got a little busy at work, so I wasn't able to get it posted...which broke my 10 day blog streak. But, since I had the post mostly completed anyway, I'll just do a double post… Continue reading Book Review: Lady of Darkness by Melissa K. Roehrich
Hey all, Sam here. It’s the start of a new month, and that means it’s time for more Weekend Writer prompts! As I mentioned in a previous post, I am making some changes to how this blog series works, mostly because I was spending so much time prepping and writing these weekly posts and it… Continue reading Weekend Writer: April 2024 Prompts
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, so to go along with today's book review, I am so, so excited to say that I was approved on NetGalley for the third book in Seanan McGuire's Alchemical Journeys series, titled Tidal Creatures, which is coming out this June. The reason this ties into today's review is that this… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker
Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to another bookish deep dive for Weekend Writer. So, if you've been paying attention, I was supposed to spend this month finishing up my deep dive into The Emotional Craft of Writing by Donald Maass...but I just wasn't connecting to the book and it just wasn't working for me.… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Writing with Emotion, Tension, & Conflict by Cheryl St. John Chapters 1
So like many are right now we here at FreeStateofGeek have been trying out Diablo 4. Play one of five classes as you fight to take down the daughter of hatred. Review: Rating: 4.5 So we decided to take up this challenge together. Sam decided to play a Druid and act as our tank, while… Continue reading David’s Game Reviews: Diablo4
Hey all, Sam here. I both love and hate my days off work...love them because they're days when I can relax and do whatever, but hate them because sometimes I want to be doing things and instead I end up taking a nap...which is why this review wasn't up an hour or so ago. Even… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long
Hey all, Sam and David here today. Here we are at another Tuesday, which means it is time to talk about tabletop gaming once again. David and I are huge gamers, and we play a lot of tabletop games, whether that is a board game, a card game, a dice game, or a role-playing game.… Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday: Arcane Goods
Hey all, Sam here. I'm continuing my Pride Month posts with more talk about Asexuality, because it is an important topic to me, and I feel like most of the time when I mention Asexuality in everyday conversation, people don't really understand what it is or they have these misconceptions about what it is. Last… Continue reading Book Review: Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else by Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca
Hey all, Sam here. Well, everyone, it is Pride Month, and I am feeling the need to talk about that a bit. I have four books with a focus on Asexuality that I'm going to talk about this month, one for each Saturday. The reason why I am focused on this section of the LGBTQIAP+… Continue reading Book Review: I am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life by Cody Daigle-Orians
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