Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
For those who don’t know because they don’t read my other blog, I’ve been doing the Inkygirl 250 Words a Day Challenge. There’s also a 500 word challenge and a 1,000 word one, but even though my output has been more consistent with those higher numbers (for the most part), setting a minimum daily goal […]
Read More »I think it’s probably best to start this journey with things I’ve already written–otherwise all of this is a bit premature, since my current project, Dominion of the Damned, is only about three chapters done. First up will be This Old Haunt. I’ve already taken it off of Scribd and disabled public access to the […]
Read More »So first I decided to self-publish, and then I decided to revive my LJ as the place to talk about it, and about writing, and all the stuff that I originally created this journal for in the first place but then got sidetracked. And this is the first time I’ve ever noticed that “sidetracked” looks […]
Read More »Since we’re going on a year since the last time I actually posted here, I guess I should just make my abandonment of Livejournal official. These days I’m journaling regularly at http://jeanjeanie.blogspot.com (it’s still Daydream Believer, I was just dumb enough to let the sleepyjean.net URL expire). And in case the only way you’ll leave […]
Read More »Lately at Daydream Believer… Ask Me About Online Freelancing I’ve been at this for about a year now, and while I’m certainly not an expert, I’ve definitely learned a few things about starting up and running a moderately successful freelance business, and I have some knowledge to impart. …This is where you come in, dear […]
Read More »Today (and this weekend) at Daydream Believer… Weekend Lulz: An Oil Spill Never Looked So Delicious Deadlines and Donuts – includes the instant classic, “LOST re-enacted by cats in one minute.” Goodbye to Lost (No Spoilers): For all of its flaws, Lost gave us six seasons of thrills, some fantastic and complex character arcs, and […]
Read More »Today at Daydream Believer: A New (Old) Template and Other Changes You know the old saying about the cobbler’s children having no shoes. Well, in the case of this baby, it gets to wear hand-me-downs. I wanted a new blog theme to show off my design skills, but I’m way too busy currently to whip […]
Read More »Today at Daydream Believer: Follow Friday: Blog Edition In case you’re not familiar with the concept, Follow Friday is a Twitter tradition (one I haven’t actually remembered to participate in for a very long time) in which Twitter users recommend other Twitterers to follow. Well, seeing as how it’s Friday, and how since Wednesday I’ve […]
Read More »New at Daydream Believer: Six Strategies For Getting Your To Do List Done It’s the end of a long and satisfying day. I got everything done that I wanted to, within reason, and I didn’t even have a To Do list for the day, which is sort of the antithesis of this post; but even […]
Read More »Today at Daydream Believer: Pitch In An Elevator I have, finally, begun ProBlogger’s “31 Days to Build a Better Blog” challenge. The first assignment for this challenge is to craft an elevator pitch to help identify precisely what, exactly, this blog is about. This is a tough assignment, because this here blog has suffered something […]
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