There are some ideas that come out fully formed, like Athena from Zeus' head. These ideas are ready to be turned into writing projects immediately. Others need to stew for years. Most are somewhere in-between ( Read more... )

The classes for Holly Lisle's "How To Think Sideways
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Been gone for a while. Let's see....

* Flattened by a cold that made me miss 3 days of work and took 5 full days to get well enough to slog my way through a work day. It took a good 2 weeks to come to the point I could sleep comfortably because of getting plugged up. Absolutely miserable. Oh, and this was one of those rare colds that actually gave ( Read more... )

This week has been all about new habits. For one, Mother Hen and I just started a Candida diet. That means no yeast, no sugars (or at least, as much as you can). It's been challenging, to say the least. Yeast is in so many things you wouldn't think it would belong in. This is a hard diet to stick to and since Mother Hen needs to go on it, it's ( Read more... )

Geez, it took long enough! I've noticed that either the titles come fast and easy, or they are agonizing and painful. This one definitely qualified under the later. After a few hours with my nose in several thesaurus and reviewing the plot notes so far, the title slowly began to form.

So here, with much trumpeting and fanfare...and great relief...

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September 7th is the day I had the first visual to inspire this story. It came out of nowhere, and there was the intoxicating and euphoric rush of knowing, "I think I'm onto something!" Other writers, artists and musicians will know exactly what I mean. I could feel it right down to my toes: my heart jumped, I was light-headed for just one moment ( Read more... )