Tag: Navel Gazing

• Wrestling with Resting

  It is Friday and I am taking A Rest Day. They’re hard. I love them, and I need them, but settling into Rest Mode is like dealing with new sheets or a new pair of shoes. Every single damned time I have to fuss with things and poke at them until they feel comfortable. I…

  K. M. Herkes

  January 14, 2022

  Writing Life

  measuring progress, Navel Gazing, work-life balance, writing

• Gen Con 2021: ready to rock & roll

  

  I’m ready to hit the road in the early AM. Suitcase & car loaded except for last-pack items. Electronics updated & charged. Clothes laid out. All prep lists checked off. “Don’t forget” list of last-pack items updated & ready. And because a super-kind coworker took my shift tonight, I get to enjoy a restful evening…

  K. M. Herkes

  September 14, 2021

  Authoring, Cons & Appearances, Whimsy, Writing Life

  conventions, gen con, gencon2021, Navel Gazing, writer’s life

• Making Big Small Plans, also grumping

  

  Covid Vaccination Armor Build will be complete in three days. What will I do next?

  K. M. Herkes

  May 7, 2021

  3. Other Things, Writing Life

  covid-19, life detours, Navel Gazing, rant, science pet peeves

• This isn’t over. Not yet. Maybe never.

  Look. I’ve spent years into studying societies, how people fuck them up, and how they unfuck themselves. Politics is history happening, science fiction is the history of the future, and I write hopeful dystopian fantasy & science fiction. So of course I’ve been glued to the news for, um, ever, but especially the last few…

  K. M. Herkes

  January 19, 2021

  2. Worldbuilding, 3. Other Things, Writing Life

  dystopian research, elections, future history, history, life, Navel Gazing, politics, social justice

• The latest in thinks

  A little political rant, a recipe, and some random trivia.

  K. M. Herkes

  September 2, 2020

  Writing Life

  blogging, brain, branding, Navel Gazing, politics, writing