Tag: random musings
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My Failure of Words
Most of those of us who write insist that words have the most power. People need words. People can feel through your words. People can live and breathe and love and even have sex using nothing but words. It’s something us writers can get a little smug about. Lately, my world has been turned upside…
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Fantasies
Do you think writers (and the more voracious readers) have fewer affairs? This is where a lot of affairs start: you’re unhappy. Why you’re unhappy could be any number of reasons; financial, you don’t feel appreciated, you feel used, disconnected, fill-in-the-blank. Whatever the reason, whatever the perceived cause, you’re unhappy. You don’t like being unhappy.…
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I Hate the Delivery Boy
Me: *standing outside my door* Wow! Losing the stress has really helped me get back my ability to focus on writing! Muse: *pulls up in a really sexy car and steps out to lean seductively on the hood* Hi, Sugar. Miss me? Me: Muse! Muse: *pats the hood of the car suggestively.* How about we…
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Of Self-Told Lies and Self-Made Lists
“… I sobbed: quietly, trying to make no noise… Crying because I’d reached the limit of what I could repress.” James Alan Gardner, Radiant This isn’t really a writing post, or even a super positive or funny post, so you can totally skip it. I won’t get upset. It’s been happening for a…
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The Story Of Your Heart
The dreaded yet beloved Story. The Story that you ache to tell. The Story that you desperately want to share with the world. The Story that is quirky, odd, off-beat or maybe about an “edgy” or possibly “offensive” subject. The Tale that nags you when you try to sleep and claims squatting rights in your…
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Still trying to get things together…
I’ve conquered my email backlog of a year. And been able to keep on top of it. Mostly. I have my backlog house maintenance list that I am slowly working through. I still have to get back into the habit of reading other blogs and…social media (ick). The crafting backlog is scary as hell. The…
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