This (Last) Week in Sniderville: 14
I decided last week I’d move the Sniderville posts to Sunday, to better incorporate Saturday’s goings-on. A full week, if you will. I don’t think I like it. It messes with my title (what week is this,...
View ArticleWhen I Think How Good (Life) Can Be…
“Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.” - Truman Capote Today is a holiday for most of Canada, including Ontario, where I live. All long weekend I’ve been having...
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 15
It’s Spring! Time to get the eff outdoors! Our nephew trying to murder my bubbles at my in-laws’ last Sunday I’m going to try this whole back-deck-garden thing again — I have NO IDEA what I’m doing....
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 16
So. Long time no see. I’ve been working on a very cool idea with my writing. I don’t want to say too much yet, but if it goes according to plan I’ll have a full-length, dead-tree book for sale before...
View ArticleJesus Built My Hotrod
Seeing as I’ve been struck with my weekly Sunday night insomnia (surprise, surprise), I thought I’d share this with you. Come morning I’ll be riding high on energy drinks and sheer force of will, and a...
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 17
This week I learned that apparently the Internet hates Canadians. My sister-in-law called and asked me to grab something off Amazon for her, since I shop there all the time and have an account already....
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 18
People have been asking why I’ve been updating less these days. This week, there were two reasons: one, I was working the morning shift and getting up at the ungodly hour of four AM, which would turn...
View ArticleScrew You, Allergies.
I hate my eyeballs. Maybe that’s a little harsh, out of context. I mean, I guess I don’t, not really: they help me to read and write and I like the lovely things my vision allows me to do. I like the...
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 19
The cilantro babies are coming in nicely. And actually starting to, y’know, look like cilantro. I mean, I ate one before I was sure, just because I was curious, and it tasted right but looked so, so...
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 20
I am beat. I had the most pleasantly productive week! A quick rundown, since it’s Saturday night and this is a long weekend and I got shit to do: I wrote an entire short story, from scratch, front to...
View ArticleThat’s Cold: “The Ring” Wake-Up Prank
Also, where the hell have I been? The good news is I’ve been writing like crazy. The bad news is afterwards I’m a vegetable. Will return, guns blazin’, shortly.
View ArticleHow I Spent My Summer Vacation
Just came home, and I’m already wishing I was back there. Vacations are never, EVER long enough.
View ArticleThis Week in Sniderville: 21
This week I: -learned that bugs find me delicious: -ordered this: -bought this: and made this: into this: And I still haven’t come up with a title for the new story. I may crumple it up and eat it out...
View ArticleIt’s Like Looking Straight Into Hell
Turn your sound up. Click “Play”. You’ll see what I mean. (And no, that’s not blood in the preview picture. It’s, uh… something else.)
View Article“Bwaiiiiiinssss…”
“Well, aren’t you just the cutest… Oh. Oh God…” He’s just so precious, isn’t he? See more kickin’ Halloween costumes at Buzzfeed’s 32 Parents Who Nailed It On Halloween. (via STFU, Parents on Facebook)
View ArticleIt’s “Only” $225
I have notoriously expensive taste. When we went shopping for my engagement ring, I knew nothing about diamonds. I simply went to the case, pointed at a pretty, and the nice lady behind the counter...
View Article“Elevator”, New Horror from Stefanie N Snider
It’s late at night, and one by one the after-hours crew is sneaking out of the office. Which would be fine, except now Sammi’s working alone. And something is waiting in the dark… Available on Amazon...
View ArticleThe Art of Jeremy Mayer: Typewriters Reimagined
I love typewriters. (Like, REALLY love them.) Part of the appeal, I suppose, stems from nostalgia: I banged out my first childhood stories on a monstrous electric typewriter that weighed almost as much...
View ArticleTattoos Last Forever… and Ever… and Ever…
From (the sadly defunct?) KnuckleTattoos.com: “Much to the disappointment and horror of my Mother, I had these done last week.. inspired by one of my favourite films, The Shining. I wanted a tattoo...
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