time’s-a-wastin

Procrastination methods, as well as complaints about how I’ve been procrastinating. Read at your own risk.

Needed: Jumper Cables

Needed: Jumper Cables

So you might have noticed I’m not blogging lately. Know what else I’m not doing? Writing. Not editing, planning, plotting, researching (random research doesn’t count), or brainstorming either. I hate it. I feel…dead. Worse. I feel undead. Zombie horde, I am in you! Grrr! Argh! *cough* So anyway. When I’m not writing I’m here (for a

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Manuscript Slog is Done!

Manuscript Slog is Done!

I was debating, but now I’m not. It’s done. I’ll do a better job fixing the last few scenes when I’ve got the rest of the manuscript poked into shape. I often do the end that way. It will work. So that means I’m done! Now to dance (slightly) on my way to falling nose-first

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Dammit, Jim!

Dammit, Jim!

My husband was a master of inappropriate gifting. No, really. Our first Christmas we were pretty broke. I bought him luxuries I usually had to deny him: candy, nice cigars, a new Nintendo game. He got me, the woman who collects nothing and hates knick-knacks and anything else requiring care and/or dusting, a Generations collectible

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Them Goal Thingummies

Them Goal Thingummies

I asked for it, didn’t I? And I know you people. You’re just sitting out there with your weapons of choice, waiting for me to muck it up and forget so you can poke me. You want to take out your hungover 2011-sucks-so-far misery on me. Well, suck it up, lovelies, because I’m not giving

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Resolution: Kick A$$

Resolution: Kick A$$

So it’s New Year’s Eve. Everyone is full of light and hope and best wishes for a new year. They’re also full of resolutions, even though we all know most resolutions don’t last. But hey. Gotta try, right? Sure. But I do goals, not resolutions, and I’ll talk about them…oh, maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week.

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Time-wasters and Other Things

Time-wasters and Other Things

The last few days I’ve been learning things on the blog of the awesome Marian Schembari. (If you like the Twitter and Facebook buttons, or the threaded comments, or the pic in my About page, be sure to thank her.) One of her suggestions is to have a look at what I’m tweeting about, and

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