Tag: life in general
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Unloading the Psychological Hoard
My father passed on almost 2 years ago. I’m a bit of a hoarder–tools, boxes, books, string, projects that I just need some time to play with, cool doo-dads; all sorts of things. After my father passed, and my mom had time to grieve, she began to engage in Swedish Death Cleaning. Yes, it’s a…
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Help Me Out…
Can you beta read this for me? Can you edit this manuscript for me for spelling and grammar? Can you help me with the art? In the past, I asked a lot of people these questions, reasoning that one person cannot do everything well, and a second pair of eyes can’t hurt. Sure, they say.…
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Solvem Probler
I like this phrase. I shouldn’t, because it doesn’t strike a humorous chord, but a negative one. It defines how I feel about myself at the moment. I try to be helpful, and people tell me I am, but more often than not, I feel like I create about as many problems as I solve.…
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This is Bullshit….
So, there’s this totally accurate statistic I read somewhere on the internet a few years back, about the average publishing age of women vs. men. Women publish fictional novels at a later point in life, typically. Not all of them, obviously; just a notable amount. Almost as though the majority of women are taking care…
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Plans Gone Awry
No plan, no matter how well plotted, never survives contact with the enemy. In my case, the enemy is the Real World. The end of February 2024 was the goal for getting everything up and going, with March 2024 the deadline for the first publication. Right now, things do not look like they will cooperate…
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In Defense of Whimsy
I’ve always been a little odd. The square peg that almost fits in the round hole, but not quite. When I was a child my oddness marked me out a bit. I wasn’t quite the most unpopular kid in school, but I was definitely on the lower end of the pecking order. This may be…
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