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Category: Random

  • Writer vs. Author

    I lurk on various writing yahoogroups, cutting and pasting conversation pieces into documents so that I have them for future reference. LLC’s vs. S-corps. DBA’s, EIN’s, boxed sets, cover art and fonts … all kinds of stuff gets brought up that strikes me as “I may want to keep that for when I’m ready to…

  • Responsibility Suuuuckssssss………

    So… I have 6 year old twins. I think I’ve mentioned that. The horror known as summer break has descended upon me. I’ve contracted a 13 year old to help twice a week with child herding as we attempt wild and crazy places like the natural history museum, the aquarium, roller skating, the park, the…

  • Finding Help

    A common piece of advice given to writers is to ask questions of professionals in the field – if you’re writing a story about a woman who works in an animal sanctuary, then you find an animal sanctuary and ask questions. “People love to talk about what they do. Tell them you’re a writer and…

  • A Luddite’s Musings

    The other day the husband and I had an errand to run and it turned out the meds wouldn’t be filled for another hour, so we decided to catch lunch, but nothing was quite open yet. Why not kill some time walking around? The sky is actually only partly cloudy and not raining for the…

  • People Watching

    When I get the chance, and I have the brain power (which is not often these days), I like to people watch. Creepy, right? In the mid nineties, I actually really wanted to spend a whole day just riding the underground rail at the Denver Airport, people watching.I never did it, and sadly missed the…

  • Finding Meaning When There Isn’t Any

    This drives my husband crazy. I’ll watch a movie to death just to figure out all the cues and clues that would’ve led me to understand why the character acted thusly if I’d only paid attention the first time. “Dear, I think you’re reading too much into it,” my husband says. And he’s probably right,…