Big day here on the farm! As you may know, we’d taken steps to teach ourselves to shear, and even invested in some equipment, but were only able to take it so far — obstacles included our own time, energy, know-how, and the quality of the equipment. We got two lamb boys “sheared” back in …
Our life here revolves on three axes, roughly: transcription, which is our main source of income; “house & farm,” which is a huge category encompassing everything from daily chores to care for sheep, chickens, and a rabbit, to significant construction projects in the unfinished and ongoing renovation of the cottage; and finally, “creative,” which amongst …
The farm is alive and kicking. It’s been about 21 days since my first journal entry on the pandemic, more than two weeks since our last grocery shop, and more than 12 days since I was last off the property (except for a couple of walks up the road to stretch our legs). We do …
I thought some people would be interested in seeing the evolution of our ideas for the cover of our recently released novel, Olivia Lark’s The Sum of Love. This is a sampling only — I developed many more variations of each of these, with different stock photography, different titles, and different typography. By way of …
We’ve talked many, many times about using cloth towels and rags in place of paper towels, and despite sounding like a smart idea, it has never taken hold (with me). This time we (Marsh) bought like a 50-pack of towels, bar-mop style towels. When they arrived, they seemed smaller and flimsier than we’d been picturing, …
The aracaunas, pretending it’s time for a spring dustbath, even though they haven’t resumed laying yet. None of the chickens have, and they’re about a month delayed. Casting about for ways to kickstart them, though my inclination is ‘they’ll lay when they lay.’ We’re hoping there isn’t an underlying problem. They certainly seem healthy in …
In 2018 we had a lovely potato harvest (Kennebec), about 50 lbs. I let them cure 2-3 days, then stowed them in our basement, which keeps at 55% humidity and about 55 degrees F. Unfortunately, the basement is not completely dark, though I sealed them from the light as well as I could. But the …
With The Sum of Love out now, and while we track its page-reads and reviews, it’s time to open a new chapter at Three Bunny Farm Press. We’re excited to announce we’re working on a relaunch in May of Elizabeth True’s three books in the Mercy Lake Magic series, along with a new release in …
We’re very excited to announce the publication of “The Sum of Love,” Olivia’s latest, a time travel romance with an awesome pair of leading women. We’re completely in love with both Faith and Hollis, and we’re already thinking of ways to continue their adventures. Let us know on Facebook if you’d be excited to read …
Start with a credible geography, and a credible ecosystem overlay. Not just for map-based adventure fantasy and Lit-RPG, where often the map comes before the manuscript, but for finished manuscripts, too. The manuscript itself won’t give you that explicitly. You have to know the story well and reverse engineer it. But if you’re lucky, the …