manifesto

Why I Write

Because sometimes I need reminding. Taro is a magnificent scoundrel. He is so much fun to write. I love his crazy plans, I love his utter faithfulness, and I love, love, love, him with Rafe. Rafe is so adorable. Adorkable. I love his flirty fluff-brain ways, and I love when he starts learning to think, […]

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Try Not to Look Away

So I checked in on CNN this morning to make sure the world hadn’t blown up while I was catching Zs. Due to their many newsfails, I’m disenchanted with CNN, but if all I want to know is “have we gone to war with anyone else?” or “did the gays reveal their agenda at last

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When to Give Up

From here, in the comments: And I mean it’s not like I’d never teased myself with the idea of giving up, or of at least pretending until I realized that’s not what I wanted. But there’s a difference between teasing yourself and being in that very dark place where you feel like you don’t have

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For Which I Am Grateful

My little girl is taller than I am. She’s strong and healthy and bright and compassionate and kind, even if she is often hard of hearing. I have a good, stable job with benefits that is fulfilling in many ways, and gives me lots of time to pursue my writing career. Within me there is

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Re-Purposing

Or re-direction, or something. Big girls do cry. They also swear, if they like. Then they stand the hell up and get on with it. If at first you don’t succeed, throw a fit. Then get back to work. So I’ll be finishing up Fidelis soon. Paranormal YA steampunk set in a fictional Prague FTW!

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I Will Not Shut Up

I really should learn that I don’t debate well live. I need to stay away from it. But it’s so hard when someone is wrong on the internet! Yesterday on Twitter, Colleen Lindsay asked “Should a racist/ bigoted author be boycotted even if his/her written work is considered a literary masterpiece?” Well, of course we

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Yes. That.

“More and more as I am here and see what life really is, I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive.” Dr. Jerri Nielson Fitzgerald I want to travel. I want to see the world. Eat Japanese food with Japanese people, see the

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