Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
The Office of Letters and Light, aka the folks behind NaNoWriMo, have finally caved to the demand for a ‘WriMo-style challenge during a different time of the year. As such, today kicks off the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo, a “light” version of NaNoWriMo that lacks the organized off-line social aspects of the November novelling […]
Read More »(Cross-posted from Daydream Believer) You know, I had goals for this week, but when I neglect to blog them on Monday, I forget all about them by Wednesday. But they really haven’t changed much: stay healthy, keep gearing up for NaNo, keep my clients happy…those pretty much sum it up.
Read More »I’m coming at dawn from the wrong side this morning. My circadian rhythms are so far out of whack that I never even felt like going to bed all night. I’m feeling a little like it now, but if I went to bed now I’d sleep the whole day away and be right back where […]
Read More »Don’t you love writing kismet? I’m working up character profiles for my NaNoWriMo project, and I was researching Slavic names for my male vampire protagonist. I settled on Alexandr Konstantin, which means “steadfast defender of mankind,” which is apropros given his role in the story. I was also trying to get a mental picture of […]
Read More »(Cross-posted to Daydream Believer) The Hero Factor mark-ups are finished, and here’s the breakdown: 60 total scenes 12 of which will be brand new and of which approximately 1/3 of those remaining will require extensive revisions but the rest just need some tightening and grammar clean-up.
Read More »(Cross-posted #) I know I said I’d start posting my goals again last Monday, but then I got slammed with work. So far this freelance biz is feast or famine, and my regular clients all seem to be on the same cycle as to when they have work for me. I’m not complaining. The busy […]
Read More »In case you missed it, I give you the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Rickroll: Now nobody has an excuse to not know what Rickrolling is. …which probably means that this meme has breathed its dying breath. Still, how awesome is Rick Astley for having enough of a sense of humor to personally Rickroll the entire nation […]
Read More »If I don’t learn to make better use of the time I’m given, I’ll never amount to anything. If I don’t learn to do a better job of making time for the people in my life, eventually I won’t have any people in my life. To say that we’re one missed paycheck away from homelessness […]
Read More »It’s an incredibly slow day at the office, which would be perfect for running up my word count, except that my allergies are making me absolutely miserable, and that’s all I can seem to think about. So maybe if I let myself whine here a little I’ll be able to suck it up and get […]
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