Well, seeing as I've been hiding out again, I thought you might like a chance to get to know me a little bit. Or at least get to know my iTunes library. :-) It's eclectic and, I must warn you, contains the entire 'Nsync discography ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a most wonderful dinner at a French restaurant for Thanksgiving.  I went with a friend whose family is also far away -- neither of us were traveling for Thanksgiving again this year, so we made the most of it as we usually do by spending it with a mutual friend whose family is in the area, or doing our own thing (as we did this year ( Read more... )

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I'm working on my first story of any significant length. Synopsis has been sitting for a while, but real life got in the way -- my sister needed my support and then work kicked my tush a fair bit. And now, I'm distracted. By divers. Male divers. Mostly underage or nearly underage male divers. That means you, Thomas Finchum, David Boudia, ( Read more... )

By mixing a photocatalyst with concrete, Dutch researchers have built a "green" paving stone that absorbs smog-causing pollution, cleaning the road in the process.
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I'm finished a synopsis for my next story today. Got a good bunny going on. I'm going to leave the synopsis be for tonight, and go back to it tomorrow or the next night and see if I want to adjust any points. Then, onwards and upwards with the writing ( Read more... )

It's a beautiful late spring/nearly summer day. I'm probably going to end up spending it inside reading and writing, with the now-installed AC on, but that's just fine. I'm perusing plot bunnies and reading, and I can feel the words ready to come out. It's a far cry from where I'd been before ( Read more... )

I'm having a bit of a moment. Well, it's similar to moments I've had the past several weekends, which is when I have the most time to sit down and write. The long and the short of it is that I'm letting myself be intimidated.

I've been reading fanfic for a long time. I used to read X-Files back in college, then took a break for a while and got ( Read more... )

The past week has been simply exhausting.  On Tuesday, I thought for sure it must be Friday, based on how worn out I was.  That was disappointing, to put it mildly.  It's just that I'm in the midst of finalizing two huge projects, and one involves a particularly demanding author.  I was either so tired or worked so late each night that I didn't ( Read more... )

Title: No Doubt
Rating: G
Prompt: 50.1, 001 - Doubt
Word Count: ~400
Summary: Harry has an unexpected blast from his past on a rainy day in the park.
Warnings: post-Hogwarts, EWE
Notes: This fic fulfills Prompt 001 of my 100quills D/H Table 50.1 and was inspired by a justprompts picture prompt for 3/26-4/9, "A rainy day at the park." There doesn’t seem to be ( Read more... )