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I had a dream where I walked up to the line in a cafeteria, picked up a tray, and realized I was standing right behind you ( Read more... )

Now that life is letting me catch my breath, I can use it to tell you of my latest writing news!

* Read my (facebook themed!) prose poem, "My Heart is with Egipt" in the [About Face] issue of
Short, Fast, Deadly

* Also my poem, "A Tale of Two Witches" won honorable mention over at
Enchanted Conversation (Pretty illustration choice, too ( Read more... )

All other drama aside, I have to say homeschooling can be creative and fun - plus there's a satisfaction in conversing with my kid at a level beyond anything the public school could give him ( Read more... )

The Kinglet is working on phonics in the next room. The kitchen is clean.
There's something off with me, but I don't know what and really, who cares.
I'm wondering what else to do with myself. Perhaps I'll mention these books that I read recently.

The Almost Moon is by Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones, one of my top ten favorites. I ( Read more... )

richlayers appears to be offline and will receive your messages after signing in. You can also send a message to richlayers's mobile phone ( Read more... )

New publications, in (I think) order of appearance:

"Arrangement" - Apiary Magazine Issue 3

"Rival" - The Smoking Poet

"Fallen" - Strange Horizons

2011, in review, was a happy, busy year.

In other news: miniWRIMO was officially a success: my two sci-fi short stories are out in the world (more specifically, in some editor ( Read more... )

What else.

We have an overabundance of candy, should anyone want to come calling.  You have to come in costume, though. There's a new a Halloween tradition at our house - when we set up the candy for trick-or-treaters, we separate out all the tootsie rolls into their own bowl.  That's for the teenagers who don't even bother to put on a mask, much ( Read more... )

So... where to start? A whirlwind start to the new year it has been, yes indeed.

Spent much of last week in mad preparation for richlayers 's arrival.  the_godking and I cleaned every room of the house, some more than once.  I baked four batches of cookies (because there has been so much virtual cookie-sharing over the years, how could I not???) and two loaves of bread ( Read more... )