Themes of Life

by | Dec 31, 2024 | Life and all That

Why I chose to structure this project around 12 themes, and how I got hereThe entries in The Skeptic’s Inspirational are founded on twelve themes. Why twelve? Well…The backstory here is that when I first came up with the idea over ten years ago, I was trying to...

Why an "Inspirational"?

by | Dec 30, 2024 | Life and all That

Starting January 1st: What is The Skeptic’s Inspirational, and why is it?A friend once commented on how silly it was to her that women’s magazines were published every month which simply regurgitated the same tired stories: weight loss, career success, financial...

Wherefore art thou, KimBoo?

by | Dec 24, 2024 | Life and all That

Time for my semi-regular end-of-year hibernation seclusion retreat thang!Hey y’all, it’s KimBoo! I’m an author and a podcaster who is also a librarian, text technology historian, and former I.T. project manager. I write about a lot of interesting things, I hope you...

Start Here!

by | Nov 27, 2024 | Life and all That

A simple guide to what you can find here in the Scriptorium!Wondering what’s in the House of York?What a wonderous delight is in store for you! *digs through pockets* I have some history of text technology, a few opinions on pantsing and serial writing, and…hmmmm…my...

Size (doesn't) Matter

by | Nov 14, 2024 | Life and all That

Word count, page count…what makes a story, anyway? Hey y’all, it’s KimBoo! I’m an author and a podcaster who is also a librarian, text technology historian, and former I.T. project manager. I write about a lot of interesting things, I hope you agree! Please...

Tags (or are they categories?)

by | Nov 8, 2024 | Life and all That

Here on substack, “tags” not the normal tags those of us who have been chronically online for 30 years think of as tags. They are more like the classic “categories” toxonomy of wordpress and other standard platforms. Why substack devs decided to call categories “tags”...