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Velveteen vs. Evolution.

And we're back to Vel, as the situation with Doctor Darwin reaches an explosive new height, and everything gets very paleolithic...

We are now six episodes into volume four (volume three was ...

Not a Drop to Drink.

Just a small rumination on the nature of witches and heroes this month, and how much things change depending on where you're standing when the sky falls down.

(Image: Elsie on the ...

The Silver Sea

(Image: a bucket containing many frogs.)

And we're back to the Undersea, as Simon tries to cope with returning home after Titania's spell, adjusting, and snapping out of a post-traumatic fugu...

Ask an Author: What's In A Name?

(Image: Two of my fancier creepy dolls, specifically Sarah and Victoria.)

Welcome to our $3 reward level, where people ask me questions, mostly about the business, craft, and process of writi...

Velveteen Presents The Princess vs...

You may remember that in volume three, before Velveteen reset the timeline, the government was working to control and restrict animus-type heroes.  Well, we're back at the beginning of that pr...

Ask An Author: Quote Me.

(Image: Alice, making the face of joy she always made when I stroked her head while she was resting in my lap.)

Welcome to our $3 reward level, where people ask me questions, mostly about the...

Fanes That Lie.

We're back to Tybalt and the Brittany timeline as we try to resolve the question of Quickbeam and what's actually going on in the kingdom next door.  Fans of random trivia will love this one, ...

Velveteen notes.

As some people have been asking, the currently extant installments in volume four, with their numbers for where they fall in-series, are:

#51. vs. Recovery
#52. vs. Temptation
#53. vs. ...

It's been a while...

...but Velma "Velveteen" Martinez is back in action, hitting the city streets and planning to save the superheroic world through whatever means necessary.

Because of the long gap between inst...

Drown the Lamenting.

(Image: Thomas, an adult male Maine Coon with a haircut and a shirt, has melted into the blankets in a tangle of limbs and blissful sleep.)

Let's return to the Duchy of Ships, for a little, l...

Bundling humbly.

(Image: Not the most flattering picture of me that's ever been taken, but I'm home, in the corn, wearing one of my favorite dresses, so I'll take it.)

Just dropping a quick note here to let y...

Updated: Shore to Shore.

An upcoming novella goes deeper into Helmi's life with Dianda, and pointed out some continuity drift since their first appearances.  So this updated version of "Shore to Shore" pulls things ba...

Hot New Toy.

July was a very heat-wave-y, nap-y month, and so here is a picture of me, napping with Elsie.

For this month's stand-alone story, we go to a bureau adjacent to the ATI, where toys try to prot...

Notes of Sorrow.

(Image: Verity, a small fawn-point ragdoll cat, looks at the camera like she wants to speak to its manager.)

We really need to find out what's been going on in Armorica while Tybalt was hunti...

Ask an Author: Hoofing It.

(Image: two My Little Ponies painted by Amy Mebberson.)

Welcome to our $3 reward level, where people ask me questions, mostly about the business, craft, and process of writing, and I answer t...

Distinction of Place.

(Image: A very fluffy tortoiseshell Maine Coon does a very big yawn.)

Welcome to June, and welcome back to Tybalt's semi-medieval adventures, in which he tries to stay alive long enough to be...

Still life with owl (bonus outtakes).

(Image: The author, wearing a black tank top, sitting on a loveseat with a candy corn pillow and a fluffy cat's tail wrapped around her neck.)

So writing a book sometimes means heading down s...

Slipping.

(Image: My sister's calico sphinx, Lizzy, looking baleful in a blanket.)

This month's story is a deeply upsetting exploration of the slippery slope, and the laws of unintended consequences. &...

Passing Grades in Penance.

(Image: Elsie, a tortoiseshell Maine Coon, staring at the camera with wide owl-eyes.)

And now we're back to the Alice and Thomas timeline for another visit to Alice's awkward college days. &n...

A request.

(Picture: Let's all look at Kelpie.  Looking at Kelpie is always good.)

So I periodically ask that people who want to get hold of me email through my website contact form, rather than th...

Content/Consent.

(Image: Let's all look at Alice.)

This month we're stand-alone again (this year so far has been a gift to the folks who wanted more stand-alone stories, although I'm going to have to get back...

Hello, Kelpie!

Because being a patron should come with perks occasionally, you get to be the first to see my new family member: meet Kelpie (full name Woodpile's Kelpurnia of the Soddenweald, because Maine Coons ...

Whalefall.

(Image: a very fine albino alligator I saw in New Orleans several years ago.)

This month, we're traveling to an alien world for a discussion of whalefall, biology, culture, and what it means ...

Ask An Author: Schedule Me.

(Picture: a couple of my creepier dolls, staring at the world.)

Welcome to our $3 reward level, where people ask me questions, mostly about the business, craft, and process of writing, and I ...

Ask An Author: Fanfic.

Welcome to our $3 reward level, where people ask me questions, mostly about the business, craft, and process of writing, and I answer them as best I can.  Reasons this is a good idea:

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How Much Harm?

This month's story attempts to answer the question "if you were Death for a day, how much harm could you do?".  It's also about temp work and administrative assistants, because why not.

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Ask An Author: Voice.

Welcome to our $3 reward level, where people ask me questions, mostly about the business, craft, and process of writing, and I answer them as best I can.  This is actually our November Q&A...

Give Sorrow Words.

And now, Yule in the Undersea, as promised.  Simon has started getting help, and he's trying.  Saints above and gods below, he's trying.

As a note, I am going to try for something i...

A question for the floor.

I am having a conflicted, so here is a picture of Thomas, and a question:

I need to get to beating on the story for December if I want to have it ready for the first.  Since that's a big...

Like A Dream.

(Alice again.  It's going to be a lot of Alice for a little while.)

And now it's time for November, wherein Simon gets to learn more about the mortal concepts being therapy and medical t...