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The Future of Politics in Novel
s At the time I write this, we have no idea what the political future of America looks like: with the conclusion of voting in the 2020 U.S. election imminent on November 3rd, I’d venture to say no modern American election has ever quite looked so uncertain from so close a vantage point. But politics isn’t just elections, and there’s a lot more than U.S. Presidents to consider when one thinks about politics. This topic rose to the top of my brain recently when I was reading a fairly recently published romance novel. I love romance; I’d say I generally...
Two years ago, but it seems closer to ten, a nice deputy editor for a new publication approached me to write a piece
He had been reading me forever and was working for this company with a bunch of money invested in it, could pay pretty well and expose me to some new readers not only on the web but a print magazine he compared to Rolling Stone. I said yes and we were going back and forth about what my first piece should be, and then my mom died. Freelance gigs are usually a little stressful and all-consuming for me, but for some reason I still wanted to do it. Looking back at my emails, I was literally trying to schedule around...
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CGMagazine Ring Video Doorbell (2020) Review Ring has been on the forefront of home security since 2015 when the first video doorbell launched. Now in 2020, the company, now owned by Amazon, unleashes a refresh of the base model video doorbell. Costing $124.99, this is a great starting point for any smart home setup, and has just enough features to keep even the most tech-minded people happy—even with Ring finding ways to upsell recording on such a competitive product. The 2020 Ring Video Doorbell has all the major features you would want to see from a modern smart device, especially...
Miskatonic Monday: November 2020 titles abound
It's Miskatonic Monday, so here is the latest selection of new titles in the Miskatonic Repository, our community content platform for independent Call of Cthulhu creators at DriveThruRPG! Sorrow in Tsavo Bridgett Jeffries ($2.99, 43 page PDF) Welcome to 1898 Kenya. The British are building a railway bridge over the River Tsavo to solidify their position of trade and wealth in the region. The Investigators serve as leaders to the project. In addition to social dissonance and illness within the camp, a pair of man-eating lions known as “The Ghost” and “The Darkness” are stalking and brutally killing members of the construction...
This is a Guest Post by the Super Amazing One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Mel {she’s the one who made A Freezer Meal Menu Plan for Four Month’s Worth of Meals, and then made a Big List of Freezer Meal Recipes and Freezer Meal Cooking Tips.}
Mel has also shared how she made all those AWESOME gift bags and shared her recipe for DIY Lemonade Concentrate} and her Super Simple Summer Tomato Pasta. She also told us about her Experience Joining a CSA and Eating More Vegetables. I think at this point, we pretty much all want Mel to be our neighbor. I know I do! Here is her latest post: I started sewing a few years ago, and I’ve been trying to figure out a good sewing setup ever since. We have an odd little bonus room on the first floor of our house, so that room was...