Oct
5

A Sliver of Shadow: First Pass Pages

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So the first pass pages for A Sliver of Shadow came in yesterday. (I arranged them in a nice pile there for the picture, simply because that’s what my thought process looks like, at the moment. BLARGH) For those of you who might not be aware, FPP are when the publisher sends you a print-out of the book – essentially an unbound galley. It’s typeset so you can see how everything will be laid out in the final printing. (There’s a nice Holy Crap! I’ve written a book! moment in there too…) It’s an author’s last chance to read it and make (small) changes. Typos, continuity mistakes, remove a sentence, add a sentence – but as a whole, the book is officially done.  (Although someone needs to look at the layout of page 61 – wow is it ever gorked up. Don’t know if it’s a printer error or setup error,… Read more
Oct
4

Mystery Machine Awesomesauce

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I ran out of time today for blogging – but hopefully this totally awesome picture of Velma getting ready to kick some zombie ass will make up for it.… Read more
Oct
4

Skin Deep

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It’s an interesting thing, being the parent of a child of mixed race. Genetics are so peculiar in how they take form …and how those results influence how we’re perceived…and how we perceive ourselves. To be honest, it hasn’t really been anything I’ve thought about on any intrinsic level until the other night when Lucy wanted to know why she wasn’t white. I’m Irish – a pale, freckly mess with sorta brownish/reddish hair. Mr myn is half-Chinese, though he looks more than merely half to me. My children are split right down the middle. Connor looks just like me- pale skin, brown hair, hazel green eyes – you really wouldn’t know he was Asian at all. Lucy has almond eyes,  straight hair, and lovely golden skin. (I’m rather jealous of it, frankly –  the sun adores her. Connor and I step outside for 5 minutes and fry.) But it’s not… Read more
Oct
2

Sunday Afternoon WTFkry

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It burns, goes deep and you’ll probably go blind if you use it.… Read more
Oct
1

*snerk*

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 This kid needs to get on TV. (And this is totally the sort of thing my brother would have done if he had been a few years younger…and I had been in some sort of dance thingy…)… Read more