Actually, we got back Saturday afternoon. While my sinuses hate many forms of air conditioning, any discomfort was worth it to see my lady love so freaking happy, We stayed at the Wyndham Altra in Playa del Carmen. My wife and I agreed they have the best staff we’ve ever encountered. They were kind, nonjudgmental, and beyond helpful. When my arthritis rendered me unable to use the ladder to get out of the pool, the staff worked on solutions without once cracking a smile or a joke. Simply put, we had a wonderful time and hope to do it again.
Big ups to Meg Langley Sakka of MEGnificent Travel for putting it all together and saving us a ton of money. Since I recently totaled our car when a pickup truck dropped its load in front of me on the highway, those savings went to a good cause. Specifically, a 2025 Hyundai Elantra that we purchased at Happy Hyundai. They worked with us and never tried to upsell us. So, while we don’t need the expense right now, we can’t complain about our electric blue love machine.
Okay, enough chit-chat, let’s get back to the Wonderful World of McSciFi!
While I have had a TikTok channel for a few years, I didn’t really do much with it. A couple weeks ago, before the performative ban that lasted about an hour, I started cleaning things up and loading new stuff. TikTok has a sixty-second limit on music usage. That means all those wonderful, high definition files on my Vimeo page won’t work on TikTok. You should still go watch them with good sound. You just can’t do that on TikTok.
This meant we had to get creative. Now there are a bunch of new, sixty-second or so videos promoting books, authors, Azoth Khem, and celebrating all the little people who ride unicycles.
One of those things may not be true.
One thing that is true is that you and your daring friends can Cosplay McSciFi. If you want to take things to the next level, hit me up and I’ll send you links for DIY kits that allow you to match your bat wing colors to your flesh tone. That makes you a more realistic succubus. I also have links on how to make a working centaur costume. You need to be a little crafty, but it’s doable and cost-effective. Werewolf costumes can be altered to make wonderful Wolfen or Badgebeths and I even found a tentacle costume for the ladies. Granted, it’s for a Disney character, but a glance at the image below should give you ideas on how to make it work for this.
As always, tasteful bralets or pasties are welcome for the more modest feminine types among you. No matter what, if you’re under eighteen years of age, those accouterments are mandatory. Uncle McSciFi doesn’t want to go back to jail.
Also, while all the work to make The Brittle Riders a movie continues apace behind the scenes, we have set up new info pages for The Brittle Riders and Goptri of the Mists. They contain videos, graphics, reviews, pics of people clutching their favorite books, and links to purchase every single thing related to these titles.
For those of you who would rather just dip a toe into the ocean of McSciFi, keep in mind that Stuff About Things is out and looking for love. As noted online, “The squishy brain of Bill “McSciFi” McCormick has been responsible for many words. Some of them coherent. What you are looking at is a compendium of short stories, fun looks at history, and the greatest rejection letter ever penned. It was so great it started his career.”
Lastly, because you know the universe needs a chuckle now and then, I will be interviewed by Perfect Soulmates on Wednesday about romance and politics in The Brittle Riders. Yes, romance. There are several underlying love stories, and my wife thinks they’re sweet and fun. Obviously, any book that starts with the death of every man, woman, and child on the planet can also be sweet and fun.
Stay safe, sane, and I’ll see you soon.
