November 2011

Dammit, Life, Back Off!

I’m a writer. It’s what I live for. But I also have to make a living, and I’m a mom, and both of those have to come before my writing. So when I tell you that we’re in our third week of “computers as paperweights” at work, you know I’m frazzled. When I tell you […]

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I’m Thankful for Orlando Bloom

Yesterday was a bad day at work. The day before Thanksgiving usually is–tons of staff take the day off to start their holiday travels, and the kids are excited and rowdy. Riding herd on 600 kids with half your usual wranglers can be difficult. Here’s one of my coping skills.

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That Manifesto Thing

That Manifesto Thing

Remember this? Self-Discipline is remembering what you really want. And then there was an update here. Well, it’s time for another. 1. To WRITE, not play on the internet.ย This was going badly until I quit NaNo. Once I didn’t hate what I was trying to do, I got better at making myself do it. Also,

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Queen’s Man #TeaserTuesday

Queen's Man #TeaserTuesday

So since I dropped out of NaNo to edit, I figured I’d just get on back to editing. I really don’t hate it–I love how it improves an already-great story. Anyway. Thought I’d share a bit. My main character, Joss Ravid, just did something pretty dumb and is now dealing with the consequences in his

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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Today, my email informs me, is Transgender Day of Remembrance.โ€  I think it sucks that such a day is needed, but the fact of the matter is that one in four transgender people have been physically assaulted due to their identity. One in four. One in ten has been sexually assaulted because of who they

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Just So You Know

Just So You Know

In Scrivener, when it says “project replace?” IT MEANS PROJECT REPLACE. And in the NaNoWriMo Trial Version at least, “undo” doesn’t work. Now if you’ll pardon me, I have a whole lot of fixing to do. >.<

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