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White Wedding
I’d never been to a wedding, so I wasn’t sure if a goat attack was part of the ceremony. Back when Rain and I married, we drove to a...
KL Forslund
Nov 25, 20219 min read
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Trick or Tweet 2021
In honor of the Halloween season, I participated in #TrickOrTweet2021. The rules were simple, write a scary story including the hashtag...
KL Forslund
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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Metric of Writing
Now and then, folks need to account for their work. Also, I needed a topic for this month. So let’s talk about my book in progress....
KL Forslund
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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Skinwords
I’m old enough that my color crayon box had one called Fleshtone. I remember remarking that it didn’t really match me that well. I ended...
KL Forslund
Aug 22, 20215 min read
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Using Scene & Sequel
A few weeks back I wrote a program. I reckon that’s not unusual, given that I program for a living. But this one I wrote for myself. ...
KL Forslund
Jul 27, 20215 min read
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Juneteenth
Sometimes the news is a little slow. Like when NPR said Juneteenth was the day enslaved Americans found out they were free. Texas is a...
KL Forslund
Jun 20, 20211 min read
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Idea Farm
I can tell you where the Mississippi starts, but not where the water comes from. The same is true for ideas. Folks ask creatives like...
KL Forslund
May 8, 20215 min read
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Masked Reasoning
We’re a year later and folks are still arguing about masks. My drive has a couple drafts of unpublished articles on the subject. It...
KL Forslund
Apr 25, 20213 min read
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Got Shot Today
I got shot today. It was a setup. They knew I was coming. I drove to this place where I had to prove who I was. Then I waited. My turn...
KL Forslund
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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Axis of Diversity
One of the most impactful things Gene Roddenberry did for society was putting Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of the Enterprise. Countless...
KL Forslund
Feb 28, 20218 min read
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Frigid In Texas
Others had it worse, but the Freeze of 2021 wasn’t fun for us, either. I feel like it’s a touchy subject because I got lucky and I had...
KL Forslund
Feb 20, 20219 min read
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The State of Black Science Fiction
We honor the dead on Memorial Day, but they’re here to remind us every day. We forgive on Forgiveness Day, but we should be doing that...
KL Forslund
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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Twitter for Newbs
The question of how to use Twitter as an author came up a few times this week, and I’ve got some answers. Here’s everything I’ve...
KL Forslund
Jan 31, 20216 min read
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Dino-Pirates Christmas Special
The Part Where Sulking Happens Captain Raptor glared at the mirror, his baleful eye unblinking in the dim light of his cabin. His head...
KL Forslund
Dec 21, 20206 min read
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What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor
Never split up the party, unless everybody wants to see different things at the Ren Fair. Like last year, the wizards gathered at my...
KL Forslund
Nov 26, 20206 min read
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Murder Most Fowl
Warning: Swearing, Violence, Fan-fiction The clues that Moreau Cay was a murder island were there from the day I woke up inside the...
KL Forslund
Oct 31, 202029 min read
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Cross Animals
Seeing K.K Slider play all morning in the rain, I tried to put a cup of hot cocoa down for him. Tom Nook’s voice blared over the PA,...
KL Forslund
Sep 20, 20205 min read
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Done But Not Done
Last night, I wrote the ending to the novel I started writing back in 2018. A little over two years pecking at the project. Technically,...
KL Forslund
Sep 7, 20203 min read
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NI:22 Everthing's Not Back to Normal
#42 walked along the beach. It had been a long day, but the ninjas were home and repairs were being made to the villages of Ninja Island....
KL Forslund
Aug 1, 20203 min read
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Social Bubbling
It’s time to put a bubble in your ear. Everybody misses their friends. Seeing all of them would increase the risk of infection for...
KL Forslund
Jul 17, 20201 min read
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