• Magick,  necromancy,  rituals,  S. Connolly,  Spirituality

    Necromancy: Why October 31 isn’t the ‘only’ time the veil is thin.

    I was having a conversation with a friend last week about necromancy and the thinning of the veil. He made a passing comment about how October 31 is when the veil is thinnest. I had to stop and correct him because that’s not entirely true. The reason October 31 is often celebrated as when the veil is thinnest is because…

  • reviews,  techno-babble

    Windows #Surface – A Review

    First things first – you should know that I’m not a programmer or an IT person.  I’m just a regular girl who isn’t into fashion tech. Either tech is useful or it isn’t. Either it boosts my productivity or it doesn’t. I wouldn’t have gotten a tablet at all if it weren’t for several incidents where my phone was too…

  • Blogs,  the writing life,  Updates

    Prolific Is As Prolific Does

    You’ve probably noticed that I’m posting more this month than I did through the summer and early autumn.  There are actually a few reasons for this. Earlier this year I was working on tight deadlines from spring up through September 15.  When I am on deadline, I post to my blog minimally. Not because I don’t love you guys, I…

  • books,  S. Connolly

    Nuctemeron Gates

     Nuctemeron Gates discusses the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana as a full path-working ritual for the adept and as a complete gate opening ritual to bring the “light of the world” manifest into the magus. Please note that this book is meant as a supplement to Infernal Colopatiron : A Manual of Daemonic Theophany. It can also be used with The…

  • business of writing,  Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour,  the writing life

    When You’ve Gone Pro

    Being a professional writer means different things to different people.  In the writing world, some writers have come to define professional as qualifying for membership in a professional writing organization. This often means you have to have been published by an approved publisher or magazine paying professional rates. I’m going to be up front for a moment. I  do not believe you…

  • Updates

    Migration Nightmare

    I recently received notice from my web hosting service that my website had exceeded its disk space limits.  So I contacted them about getting a larger hosting package to increase my disk space. I was basically told that changing to a new account type would involve a server migration to one of the new servers and to do this, I…

  • mail bag,  thoughts

    Mailbag: Writing Advice For Beginners

    It’s time for another trip into my mailbag!  Most often the people who contact me wanting to become writers (or looking to make money writing) are people looking to pen an occult book. The following emails cover the questions and scenarios I am most often presented with. Enjoy and I hope you find the answers both honest and useful.  I’ll…

  • reviews,  techno-babble,  the writing life

    I Hate My Mac

    That is a sentence you rarely hear a writer utter. Most writers love their Macs. We’re trained to them. I don’t know about the rest of you, but back in college, when working for the college papers, all we ever used were Macs. At the risk of upsetting Mac and iFans everywhere, please hear me out.  My issue has nothing…