I swear writing is, like, 10% actual writing, 10% getting it ready to be published and 80% doing what you can to advertise. The new book - previously titled All the Devils are Here, now titled Magic's Perdition - is about a week away from going live but can currently be pre-ordered on Kindle. You can read excerpts of it on my author journal, and ( Read more... )

Thank you everyone so muchf or the birthday greetings and well wishes :D My big plans for today include going to see Magnificent 7, which I'm really looking forward to. After which there will be dinner at Red Lobster and, hopefully, for my present I'll be getting a drawing tablet, which I'm really, really looking forward to. I'm going to go nuts ( Read more... )

Okay so I really have to question my search skills. Ever since I started making dolls I couldn't find squat in tutorials about making even stuffed animals, only to one day stumble onto a tutorial even though I wasn't actively looking for one ( Read more... )

Dang it, this is the second show that's almost made me cry. I know a show is doing something incredibly right when it hits me in the feels like that. Come on, Netflix, I need season two like right now!

So this is yet another show I got into after the fact, mostly because I didn't know what day and time it came on, and but mostly because I'm really not into watching TV as I used to be. Actually I hardly watch any TV at all these days save for a small handful of shows (which I mostly record and binge on when in the mood). But I'd been wanting to ( Read more... )

My gosh it's finally done. After days of research and dithering and more research, my Etsy shop is open: The Critter Emporium.

Right now I just have the two dragons for sale although I plan on doing more than just dolls. The store is also up and running - http://storytellermelissa.wix.com/dreamscape - although I kind of feel like I made this ( Read more... )

Okay, last post deleted because I actually went and did research beyond merely looking at Etsy and Ebay's selling policy. I don't know why I didn't do that sooner. I blame being distracted by putting a new website together. But it looks like I'll be going with Etsy.

Now I''m dithering over whether or not to get rid of my author website on Weebly ( Read more... )

And I know this because it keeps giving me the weirdest ailments that leave even doctors scratching their heads ( Read more... )

So not only has my goal of doing more art gone incredibly well - actually I've never had a goal that was so thoroughly met - I think I may now be addicted to doing digital art, as can be attested to by my DeviantArt page, which was mostly silent up until the last couple of months ( Read more... )

This has not been a good year for our dogs thus far. First there was Ginger's back, now our Chihuahua, Gibbs, had a little accident and injured his eye. He has to spend three weeks with his injured eye sewn shut while wearing the cone of shame and remain cooped up in the bedroom because he can't be active. And there's a chance that his eye may be ( Read more... )