My coffee table is full of books from WFC 2011. (I must find a spot for these ( Read more... )

I've been writing for the past years. Between jobs and school and parenting responsibilities, I've frequently only written 250 to 300 words a day, and have done little revising. There just wasn't time. But it was important to me to keep writing, consistently ( Read more... )

The 2011 World Fantasy Convention was fantastic! It was also utterly exhausting ( Read more... )

So there's been this meme going around recently, and it caused me to think and remember. I thought I'd do some remembering here.( Memory lane, this way )

My step-mother, the retired clinical (and forensic, which makes for utterly fascinating stories) psychologist always said it took about two weeks to get used to a new place or a new routine. She originally told me this when I first went to college and found myself incredibly lonely. She said, "Give it two weeks, and see where you are ( Read more... )

I believe in setting goals. It was a practice I held to in order to get through my education, particularly graduate school, and to write and write and write and eventually attend Clarion West. Clarion was on my goal sheet for years, even though I never believed I’d ever have the opportunity to go. (I believe goal sheets are partly to hold dreams; ( Read more... )

Today is brought to you by the Santa Cruz Mountains rain and no tea, strangely enough. I may have to remedy that: I have caught a cold. (Lemon ginger sounds good ( Read more... )

I completed the write-a-thon. YAY!

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I have a job interview tomorrow about 1:00 Pacific.  Wish me well, eh?

Today I am 33, and am safely in California, in the Bay Area. I'm exhausted and so happy.  I feel great, and am thrilled to be moving forward with life.  There will certainly be bumps all along the way, but I'm ready to meet them head on.

My friends have been wonderful to me, and I am grateful.