Writing Life

The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.

Time’s Wasting

It isn’t really wasted, I know. The rent had to be paid. There were things we needed at Target. TGI Friday’s wasn’t really necessary, but we were hungry, and it was there. That’s cool. I didn’t need any new clothes. But I didn’t buy anything I can’t wear for a long time, either. I bought […]

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Drat, Drat, Drat!

I decided to Get to Work, Get Editing. Towards that end, I cleared my desk. And in doing so found another Taro draft, with Bly’s suggested edits on it. I never got that done. *sigh* But. I will not be stopped. A half hour at a time, I got the two MS combined. So. Now

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I'm an Idiot

I am.  It’s the only possible explanation. See, I’ve got all this time now I’m off work.  And what am I doing? Pretty much nothing.  Hanging out on forums, surfing cool stuff on the internet…hell, I’m not even blogging most days.  I cleaned my room, puttered around my closet, bought clothes I don’t need… ARGH!!!! 

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It's In the Mail

Can I throw up now? Holy cow, what a struggle that was.  With computer glitches, scheduling issues, and the ever-changing submissions guidelines…  I was tempted to time stamp it, and send a note that it met the guidelines at the moment it was sent–but it might not have.  Because my local post office closed a

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Eats, Shoots, And Leaves

I’m not the only one!  I am NOT the only one who cringes when they see “CD’s, DVD’s Bought/Sold Here!” This book is awesome.  Whether you want to know about commas, semi-colons, or who invented italics, this book will tell you, and you’ll laugh while you learn. And if you already know all that?  (no,

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Vista's Revenge

Yesterday I said: …with Bly’s help I’ve forced Vista to accept the exact same file it had no problem with this morning. I should have known better. So. I got my query done. I got my synopsis done. I printed them and my first few chapters out, to do one more hand-edit. Nine pages are

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Head? Meet Desk

Argggglllleee… What a day.  One of those long, slow, Murphy is my best buddy kind of days. I woke up too early, but I couldn’t go back to sleep.  I was going to go in to work before taking Hope to the library for a bug presentation (I AM the coolest mom.  Sometimes) but she

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