Finally wrote my sleep schedule has been, Wednesday's update progress - Something on my brain's slowing.

Other up to be finished late tonight. Okay, you need to be finished out the grace to write. Ack.

Chapter 2 chapter 5 construction here: I not half the real this time. : I wrote 2,000+ words today.

Was abducted for reptilefolk to write. Just ( Read more... )

An established writer who blogs on the business side of writing makes a strong case for why new authors might want to self-publish rather than seeking success through Big Publishing.She seems entertainingly reluctant to come to this conclusion. There are some points I wasn't aware of/hadn't considered in my previous spiels on this subject, ( Read more... )

Because we're fucking better than good enough, way the fuck smarter than smart enough, and gosh darn it, people fucking love us.

...on my "where to find me post." I also have a formspring account, which is a great place to put the random questions I otherwise get as Facebook wall comments or "off topic, but...?" comments here. (Not that I mind those, as long as they're not on Serious Business type posts.)

I'd planned on doing this last of my tasks for the day, but as I'm riding out waves of headache pain (I think it's just tension/stress, but having identified that isn't make it go away) I'm finding it easier to knock out the smaller jobs. Anyway, a few times over the years people have expressed interest in getting to know me better, aside from what ( Read more... )

I just got linked to a fun new web toy right at the moment I really needed it: blip.fm. It's kind of like Twitter and Last.fm had a baby and then that baby grew up and invented a website that aggregates music searches and lets you share your favorites with people social-networking style ( Read more... )

So, there's this crazy study out that says that obese teenagers' metabolisms aren't affected by moderate amounts of aerobic exercise in the same way that thin teenagers' metabolisms are... that while the obese teenagers gain important health benefits from exercising, their metabolisms don't kick into high fat-burning gear and thus they don't tend ( Read more... )

There's a great post up today on Feminists With Disabilities/Forward about the whys and wherefores of pop culture critiques. If it had been written before my Glee-critique post, I probably would have linked to it there... and if I hadn't thought to link to it in the body, I definitely would have sent it to the commenter who wanted to know why I ( Read more... )

I love this news story. A couple buys a hot springs resort, discovers that it uses 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel every month to heat its swimming pool, go "LOLWTF?" and then invent an efficient low-temperature geothermal power process ( Read more... )

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A friend of mine works for the Meriden Humane Society in Meriden, Connecticut. This is a no-kill shelter that works hard to provide food, medical care, and ultimately (hopefully) homes for cats and dogs. This is not an easy job to do by any stretch of the imagination, and they struggle with getting the funds for their basic operations, much less ( Read more... )