Linley Marcum

Winding Down Another Term

First, Happy Independence Day to my readers in the USA! Hope you all have a fantastic time at your cookouts, family gatherings, fireworks, and all the fantastic fun July 4th entails! Here we are again, at the end of another term at SNHU. This term I tackled “Speculative Fiction I” and “The Publishing Ecosystem”. IContinue reading “Winding Down Another Term”

The Importance of the Critique

Happy Sunday, everyone! Here in the US, and in West Virginia, today is Father’s Day, and it’s also West Virginia Day, so were celebrating double today. I managed to marry a fantastic man who is also a fantastic father to our son. So, to my sweet hubs Chris, I hope you have a fantastic Father’sContinue reading “The Importance of the Critique”

Motivation and Critique

Now that life’s a little more calm at Marcum Manor, we can get back to the regular grind of things. School, work, home – lather, rinse, repeat. Between wrangling assignments, wrangling co-workers, and wrangling family members (both of the un-fuzzy and fuzzy variety), I stay pretty exhausted most of the time. That’s okay, though. HowContinue reading “Motivation and Critique”

In Comic-Land

We spent the last two days in Huntington, WV at the Huntington Comic and Toy Convention. This is the first larger comicon to happen in Huntington (I think they’ve had a few in Morgantown in the past few years, but seeing as how that’s on the other end of the state from me, I don’tContinue reading “In Comic-Land”

Brought to you by…the Letter B!

This week, we have an abbreviated post because it’s been another busy week at Marcum Manor – we’ve had schoolwork and a birthday, and I worked 3 day this week, too! So, without further adieu.. The reason this post is brought to you by the letter “B” is that my son turned 19 on MayContinue reading “Brought to you by…the Letter B!”

A Whole New World (Kind Of…)

It’s been a pretty good and pretty productive week here at Marcum Manor. I’ve mad some significant progress on The Loneborn (I’m up over 7,000 words! Yippee!), I managed to not just get my schoolwork done but done early, AND we’ve got my son’s birthday weekend celebration planned and in place for next weekend! I’mContinue reading “A Whole New World (Kind Of…)”

On the MFA Treadmill

Here we are again, at the end of the first week of my 4th term in pursuit of my MFA in creative writing. I’m taking two classes this term – “Speculative Fiction I” and “The Publishing Ecosystem.” I think that of the two, I’m going to enjoy Spec Fic I quite a bit more thanContinue reading “On the MFA Treadmill”

It’s All About Good Character

First – I’d like to wish a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all you moms out there – you guys are the real superheroes of the world. Whether your kids are sitting by your side this morning or somewhere out in the world, you guys rock, and even if no one else tells you today, IContinue reading “It’s All About Good Character”

Star Wars Day 2021

Style, Bay-bee!

We’ve made it, guys! It’s May, and we’re well into springtime here in West Virginia. It’s been an eventful weekend at Marcum Manor. On Friday, the hubs and I helped to move our son back from his freshman year at college. It was, overall, a successful year for him. He had a pretty good firstContinue reading “Style, Bay-bee!”