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Hello fellow travelers. Welcome to the Weird side of Wednesday. As always, I am Crymsyn, your host to guide you through this weirdness we call a hump day. Quick note: A couple of the ‘Gators are going to be at Mysticon in Roanoke, VA at the HolidayInn – Tanglewood from Jan 23rd-25th. Alexandra Christian, Crymsyn…
Good Day. I hope everyone is having a good day. It’s hump day so we’re getting closer to the weekend. Just a quick post today of some weird happenings taking place on January 14th. (Or at least something I find interesting and weird 🙂 ) 1690: The Clarinet Invented The musical instrument, the clarinet, was…
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Shortly after my first book was published, I attended WorldCon, the annual gathering of speculative fiction professionals that includes the Hugo Awards ceremony. I was excited to meet some of my favorite authors at last. On the first day, an SF writer whose first book had really impressed me showed up at an evening reception,…
Hello 2026! Let’s hope it’s a different year than 2025. If you go with the numerology of it all, then the 2026 year is a 1 year meaning it’s a new beginning. 2025 is a 9 year meaning it’s the ending of cycle. So here’s hoping there is New Beginnings coming along for all of…
The new year always makes me feel like I have another chance to get it right this time. To recover the joy of creating and spill words onto the page like a pitcher I’ve tipped over. The trouble is that by February I’ve usually discovered that I’m still me, that the ways I can sabotage…
Morning, ‘gators! It’s The first Monday of 2026, which means many people are making plans and resolutions, picking themes and words, and gearing up to make this the BEST. YEAR. EVER. Not me. I’m not people. I don’t know about y’all, but my weird, little neurodivergent brain looks at goals and deadlines and goes “nope,…
Just a quick bit of weird news for your Christmas Eve Reading Pleasure. Did you know that on December 24th 1826 West Point cadets, in a drunken whiskey laced eggnog fugue, started a fight leading to the court-martialed. 1818 – The Christmas Carol “Silent Night” composed by Franz Xaver Gruber was performed for the first…
How do you find the name of your character? Do you name them after your best friends or other people that you know? Do you use some random name that pops into your head? Or do you run to the baby book of names or website and see what’s trendy these days? Or do you…
In my house, Die Hard is a holiday movie. It’s not really Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower. Not that we especially like watching someone go squish from a thousand feet up, but because Hans is one of the greatest bad guys to ever grace a screen, and he deserved no less than…
Hello world. Wow I can’t believe I’m actually getting to break out of my author’s mind and get a chance to address all of you. It isn’t like my author keeps me chained up and tortures me. Although, there are certain times when my fellow muses and I do have to attend workshops so we…
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