the archives

Tag: blogging

  • Oh Dear Gods, Why Am I Still Up?

    Site news, new sites, a makeover to my mom’s blog, coffee, insomnia, workaholism, NaNoWriMo, Literary+, Smoke and Shadows, bugs, boobs…you know. The usual.

  • Practicing gratefulness, because life is AWESOME

    This year, I’m not celebrating Thanksgiving the way I usually do — and that’s okay, because I have so much for which to be thankful. What are you thankful for?

  • Am ill. Please send care package of Nutella and Yogi Green Tea Echinacea.

    Decisions about blogging, and a Community reference.

  • I am dissatisfied (Author brands and Battlestar Galactica)

    This post contains spoilers for Battlestar Galactica (2004). You’ve been warned. When I chose the current theme for this blog I was in the process of revamping my online presence to better reflect my “author brand.” Apparently an author brand is an important thing to have, and I wanted to have one. So I chose…

  • On copyright, and dangerous blogging

    Roni Loren posted a blog about how she got sued for using a photo. It’s a very good post and I highly recommend you go read it and then come back here to read the rest of this post. Seriously, because I’m basically just commenting on Roni’s post. My first reaction to learning what happened…

  • Reviews for Bellica!

    So I’m pretty excited about this — I have two really great reviews for Bellica from friends Robin A. Sams and Mary Malinski. Quotes from each review: Katje’s character development is fantastic. She feeds details about the characters (and there are a lot of them, but don’t let that intimidate you!) in just large enough…

  • Technique Tuesday: Just write, dammit!

    I really need to learn to take my own advice. I have been struggling with just writing for weeks now. It’s only partially my fault, though. (No, really!) My laptop is on the fritz, so I’m trying not to overuse it while I work on backing up all my files from my external harddrive so…

  • Post Sick and Airy Ed: Undergraduate Episode Completed (new high score)

    I’ve been in Post Sick and Airy Ed (my mom’s word for Post-Secondary Education, or University) of some sort for the past 9 years, struggling to get my undergraduate degree. You read that right. 9 friggin years. The Fellowship of the Baccalaureate! Longer and more pedantic, with fewer orcs. It’s finally happened. I applied to…

  • Oregon is a dangerous place for us — and I’m not talking about dysentery

    Oregon has no state tax. This is like a stranger in a van offering candy to us 14%-tax-beleaguered British Columbians: dangerous, but oh so tempting. Our trip to Seattle got delayed a bit when we decided to stop in Portland. Mom bought shoes (so what else is new?), we both got books, I picked up…

  • 2012 Writing Goals

    I completed some of my 2011 Writing Goals, but not all of them. That’s okay. I’m not going to beat myself up about it. I’m just going to do better this year. Finish Dead Transgressions. Finish The Jade Star of Athering. Make some headway on the Clio table for parthenon. Blogging: 3 entries a week.…