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Tag: Writing

  • Wednesday Writing Words

    So, I’m going to try and go with alliteration when choosing my stuff and when to blog about it. Sadly, alliteration helps me remember crap. I’ve got Mercurial Monday.  Which is sort of… harder than I thought it would be with a mixed bag of results. And I suppose on a blog like this I…

  • Some Of Us Work Different

    People tell me that the reason why I don’t write as fast as I want is because I don’t take my writing seriously. I don’t treat it as a job. They give me such sage advice as: Schedule your writing time and guard it religiously Get up an hour or two before the kids do…

  • When You Die You Need A WILL

    Right now, my parents are resisting me. Shocking, right? You roll your eyes. “Katty, what random tangent are you trying to lead me down this time?” Just roll with me. Or scroll down to the end to get to the point. Whichever. I’m an only child. My parents are getting up there in years. I…

  • Alternate Timelines

    I’m working on building an alternate timeline for my steampunk. Big surprise, I know, but what I find interesting is how one little event, by a NOBODY, can have a ripple effect. Sometimes these ripples are tiny. Sometimes they’re massive. Take, for example, a real event in the life of my  mother. Mom gets lost…

  • The Blame Game

    I am now fully ensconced in the horror known as SUMMER BREAK WITH THE KIDS. *cue bloodcurdling scream* We don’t do Day-care. To be fair, Mommy doesn’t work, so she should, you know, be vaguely responsible with the household expenses and Day-care ain’t cheap. Of course, I’ve been  grumping about how very little writing and/or…

  • 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…