Sep
26

Monday, Monday

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I seem to be running behind on my daily blogging for some reason. It’s not intentional at all – things have gotten busier at work, which leaves me less time for the usual lunch-time wordfest. The back continues to give me trouble (I have gotten my MRI report back. It’s not particularly good, but I’ll refrain from talking about it until I’ve got a gameplan set into place with the doctor. Anything at this point is purely conjecture on my part and not really worth going into. Survey says? World of suck coming.) Writing wise, things continue as they do. I took a week or so off of Book 3 – partially to work on a fun little side project that I’ll be wrapping up soon – and partially because I was a little stuck where I was. Oddly enough, when I picked it back up again last night, a… Read more
Sep
25

There’s a Bear in My Bed

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NOPE Seriously, this is just creepy. And funny. And creepy.… Read more
Sep
23

Ode to a Bookstore Death

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I know this has been floating around the interwebs for a little while, but I had a lot of good friends lose their jobs over the last few weeks and I’m sad for them.… Read more
Sep
22

Baltimore Book Festival

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Okay – Here is my schedule for this upcoming Saturday at the Baltimore Book Festival: 1-2 PM – Panel – Worldbuilding in Science Fiction and Fantasy 4-5 PM – Booksigning (might have books for sale or not. Will have bookplates and trading cards for sure.) 5-6 PM – Panel – How Did Monsters Become the Good Guys? 6-7 PM – Reading/Giveaway  – I’ll be reading a bit of A Brush of Darkness (but WHAT part??? *strokes chin*) Otherwise, I’ll be bumming around and checking things out, so please stop on by and say hi! 😀… Read more
Sep
21

Tension

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Apologies for yesterday. Things are a hair better, but not by much. However, in an attempt to put a semi-positive spin on the pain factor, I’ll do a quick comparison of it to writing tension. Over the weekend, the pain was awful. Literally, I couldn’t leave my bed for longer than 30 minutes – heating pads, TENS and all that other fun stuff. Monday morning the pain had moved somewhat from the epicenter and the relief was amazing. I was completely mellow for most of the day at work. I still hurt, but the relief was so palpable that my body completely relaxed. (Only to betray me on Tuesday, but I digress.) Anyway, in thinking on it, and because I was in the process of trying to write something smutty, it sort of occurs to me that it’s an awful lot like writing a relationship between characters. You’ve got to… Read more