Look what made it in yesterday—my author copies of CORVUS, second installment in the Frontlines: Evolution series, out on August 19th. I’ll probably do the traditional giveaway again, but I think that a few changes are necessary. During the last giveaway, I had several of the international deliveries returned to me, incloduing one where the…
This muppet
It is said that when they handed out the cuteness at the creator’s forge, Andy here kept getting back in line for more.
Baby snek
This is Cinnamon the corn snake, child #2’s new pet. A friend of mine said that this shot should be on the r/accidentalrenaissance subreddit. If the progress bars on the right are moving a little slowly right now, it’s because I took on another super-secret project that has a tight schedule, so I had to…
CORVUS ARCs are here
I received the customary box of advance reader copies for CORVUS, second book in the Frontlines: Evolution series, which will be out on August 19th. If you’re a reviewer, lit blogger, BookToker or YouTuber interested in a review copy, send me an email at [email protected], and I’ll send you an ARC free of charge per…
Please don’t send me your stuff
Quick PSA: Unless I have an existing, mutually agreed-upon working relationship with you, please do not send me your writing for critique, review, or other professional feedback. I don’t have the time to read your stuff, and I don’t want the legal exposure. Even if I did have the time to read your novel—which I…
Work in progress is progressed
As you can see from the progress bar to the right, the novella for the secret project is done. As it often happens, I overshot my word count target, but in this case I overshot it by rather a lot. I had planned for 19,000 words give or take a thousand and ended up with…
Ethnic food, Westphalian style
Scrapple is a great example of a polarizing food—people either love it or think it’s abominable. I happen to love it because it’s substantially similar to Panhas, a traditional Westphalian food that was one of my comfort dishes growing up. (The recipe for Panhas was imported by German immigrants, which is why it’s mostly…
Po-tay-toes
All right, the All Dressed potato chip flavor is pretty damn good. I stocked up in Canada, and today I saw that our local grocery store carries at least one brand variety of All Dressed as well. (For the uninitiated, of which I was one until recently, All Dressed is a combination of ketchup,…
Social media stuff
After my long social media hiatus before the pandemic, I gradually reintruduced measured amounts of it back into my routine. I’ve had a new Instagram account for a few years now, and I post on Bluesky and Threads. Bluesky has become my favorite, and I am not thrilled with Meta’s policies, so I think I’ll…
Andy A. Doodle
Scientifically proven to be the Goodest Boy.