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Category: writing
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It was Dark
this morning on my way into work. I think I can expect this to continue for the next several months, and frankly I don’t like it. I was excited to get to work, and see some data on a project, but on the other hand I just wanted to turn around, go home, and go…
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Anthology Appearance
I have a story in an anthology! I’m pretty excited about this, because not only am I happy about the tale I told, it’s in the company of some pretty great work by authors I respect. It’s available as ebook and paperback, and it’s in the Kindle Unlimited pool. I can’t wait to hear from…
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Word Associations
It’s a funny thing, what we link words to. The First Reader and I were chatting yesterday as we made a fun expedition to Jungle Jim’s (still our favorite date destination, if somewhat less fun on a weekend when it’s crowded. We solve the problem of kids who also love JJ by handing them some…
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Mental Fatigue
I’m back to this again: I only have so much energy. There’s a possibility I could garner a bit more energy, but before I can get there, I have to work through having less energy, because frankly I think I’m carrying more weight than is optimal for my body and I need to shed some…
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Love is… Motherhood
I am a mother, four times over, so I can speak to the ways that love forms my relationship with my children, and how I’ve parented over the years. I’m not a father, hence the title. Some of these things may resonate with fathers, but men are different than women (quelle suprise!) so fatherhood is,…
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How To: Createspace
I’ve had a number of people ask me about publishing a book using Createspace, so I wanted to take a few minutes and outline what I have done. If I didn’t answer what you needed to know, ask in the comments and I’ll do my best to follow up. First of all, this is a…
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Monday Meander
I’m sitting here staring at the computer, feeling tired and out of sorts. I’m Monday morning meandering. I’ll head into work lateish, so I can run an errand first, but as Dave Freer talks about on the Mad Genius Club today, my well is dry. Not just on the fiction level, but the making words…
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Ripples
On that day 16 years ago, I sat and cuddled my babies while I watched events unfold with horrified eyes. I’m older, now, I must be because the babies are grown tall and strong. One is off in college, the other is writing essays and exploring school options herself. The younger two weren’t even born…
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Bricolage
I learned a new word, so of course I had to share it with you all! I was reading an article in the Journal of Criminology about serial killers, as we define them in modern times, and how the media has played a role in their creation (first paper at the link). The method of…
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I hate Viruses
At least bacteria have the decency to be alive, so when they colonize your body in a pathogenic way, you can kill them. Of course that wreaks havoc with your good bugs living their innocent symbiotic lives out in your body, so you have to propitiate them and rebuild the mess you made of their…
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Budgeting Time
I had a conversation this morning about time, and learning things, and taking the time to learn stuff… We were discussing deep database management, and how sometimes when you are trying to do something on the software system, it doesn’t save properly, and what causes that (so she can keep it from happening again). I…
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It’s A Glorious Morning
This isn’t going to be a long post, in fact, it’s more about me than anything most of you all will be interested in. Firstly, I wanted to thank my readers and fans for your enthusiastic response to Snow in Her Eyes. It was a whim, writing that, and I wasn’t sure how well something…