Obligatory Thanksgiving Ramble

So, this post is late.  For Patreon, a week late, for my other blogs, a few hours.  I’ll start by apologizing for that.  It’s been kind of a hard couple of weeks for me for a few reasons, and my focus has been all over the place.  That said, I did want to make the …

When to Walk Away

This post is going up a few days late for Patrons, and I apologize for that.  It’s also going to be a fairly short one as these things go.  The last couple of weeks have been weird for me.  Between getting the news that I’m going to be published, and getting my second Covid vaccine, …

Ignore the Tulips

One of the things I do is spend a lot of time thinking about the future.  It’s a hazard of being a science fiction author.  The future is our bread and butter.  But the thing is, when you sit around thinking about the future, you start to see certain trends, and you start to realize …

Cover Artist News

So, I can’t drop the name yet because the contracts are still pending, but I just got word that the artist I requested is doing the cover for Scatter, and I am so excited I’m practically bouncing.  You guys, the cover is going to be absolutely amazing!  I’ll drop the name as soon as I …

How Does It Feel?

On Friday, October 29th, at 7:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, I received an email.  The subject read, “manuscripts” and the body of the message was: “Hi Molly, The Submission Committee has sent me their responses concerning your manuscripts and I would like to discuss contracts publishing both of them. Can we have a skype or …

The Vilification of Kindness

I was born in 1976, so must of my childhood memories are from the 80’s and 90’s.  My first real moment of political awareness was Reagan getting shot.  Before that, I’m not sure I was aware that we had anything called a President, or a government.  I might have been, but if I was, I …

I’ve officially been signed by Desert Palm Press

I’m so excited right now that just sitting down to write this announcement is a challenge.  Back in July of this year, I submitted two manuscripts to Desert Palm Press, and for the last three months, I have been on pins and needles, but today, I am happy to say that they have picked up …

The Glorification of Abusive Relationships

Trigger Warning:  Discussions of Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence I’m an abuse survivor.  I’ve been pretty vocal about that over the years.  I spent 21 years in an abusive home and 13 years in an abusive relationship.  I was so used to the abuse and had been so thoroughly gaslit by my abusers that …

Ethnocentrism in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

I’m a huge Star Trek fan.  Star Wars will always be my first love, but late one Saturday night when I was about seven years old, I was sitting in the living room long after I was supposed to be in bed, and I found a show I’ve never seen before called Star Trek.  The …