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  • Kindness (beyond politics)

    The world is a crazy place.  It always has been, for many people. People of colour, people with certain religious beliefs, disabled people, women… Some folks know the face of… Read more

  • Peanut butter philosophy  

    *picture of old man, words over the top* You are the things you have done.  *picture of infant, words over the top* And the things you’re going to do.  We… Read more

  • Oh yeah…

    I’d forgotten.  When I walked into the registration area, and it was all women, of varying ages, gender presentations, and shapes, I remembered.  It’s a wonderful feeling, being surrounded by… Read more

  • What do you think: genre or literary? 

    Next weekend, several of us will be on a panel at the Lesbian Lives: Lesbian loves conference in Brighton. The overarching title of our panel is Permutations of Lesbian Love. … Read more

  • Wow

    They’re here, and I’m speechless.  What a feeling.  Read more

  • Mortality 

      I’m one of the clumsiest, most accident prone people you’ll ever meet.  I’ve had my head cracked open when someone was swinging for a piñata. I’ve stepped off a… Read more

  • Perception 

    I’ve been thinking a lot about who I am, and who I wanted to be. I always wanted to be the girl kicking ass in the movies, the one taming… Read more

  • Pondering the Wandering 

    I started reading Anne Mcaffrey’s The Dragonriders of Pern series when I was in junior high. It was my gateway drug into fantasy and sci-fi.  It was also the vague… Read more

  • Carving out word time

    ​ I recently signed a contract for the third book in the Afterlife, Inc series.  Obviously, this is exciting stuff. Book one comes out in March, book two in September.… Read more

  • 12 Days of Writing Tips: Day Seven–Action/Reaction

    Does your grocery or to-do list make you emotional? Well…scratch that, it might. But would it make a random person emotional? Would they know more about you than the fact… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Vic. I’m an editor, a writer, a coffee enthusiast, a book coach, a cheerleader, a wife, a navel gazer and someone who loves to share writing stuff and random thoughts that occur to me at more random moments.