I can be slow sometimes (okay, most of the time), but at some point I do get the job done.

I miss you, LJ mates. But you're never far from my mind. Hope your year has been stellar. May your upcoming holidays be unparalleled. :)

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For many years, I've wondered what planet I dropped in from ( Read more... )

One very bad habit we humans can't seem to shake is the tendency to slide into complacency. You know what I'm talking about. Once we get really good at something, or comfortable with something, we stop paying attention and being careful because after all we are in complete control. Common Sense is evicted from its condo and Cockiness moves in ( Read more... )

A six-chapter submission of critiquemate Sylvia's lit novel about a small town girl who, even after facing the most incredible professional dangers and unbearable personal pain that the world had to offer, would rather continue to face all of that than return home. Because as you know, returning to the small town people you knew can be like walking ( Read more... )

Found late last night in the middle of spiral notebook that I use to jot down ideas as I get them... this list, untitled, undated, un-everything ( Read more... )

[ *ETA: What's up with LiveJournal? It won't let me click over to leave comments on my Friends' pages. Seriously ( Read more... )

5:00 AM, Saturday, April 5, 2008The rain is coming down pretty hard outside. The meteorologists warned of light storms overnight. Must be nice to be able to predict things and be prepared for them... unlike the storms that have taken over our lives. The Unknown Lymphoma storm of '04 (Baby Bro). The Brain Tumor/Paralysis storm of '05 (Daddy). ( Read more... )

Let's see, now...

Critiquemate Sylvia's introduction of a new character, and new excerpts from her small-town murder mystery, for tomorrow night's fiction focus meeting. That's right--there's only one submission for January 2K10! No one else in the group wanted to be the first beheading evisceration review of the new year, apparently.

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That feeling you get in the pit of your stomach, when you find a teeny ERROR in something already sent out on submission, makes you want to barf, doesn't it?

*headdesk*

Why am I greeting you in formal Korean, you wonder? Well, though this post is about Dark Paranormal ms #1 (HAVEN'S GRACE), it also has a Korean slant ( Read more... )