This is good and not-stressful news!

Come on, 2011, find me a sublettor and get me to SAfrica, STAT!

http://orionheadless.com/new-traditions/

My Christmas gift to myself was to read through this journal and tag all the entries. December is this journal's birf--I started it four years ago when I got back from studying abroad in South Africa. (I've been LJ-ing since high school, but felt that the HS and early college journal needed to be different from the Cape Town one, and that life ( Read more... )

I am giving myself 10-12 hours to sleep tonight, because the kiddies at work gave me their cold. Once again ( Read more... )

You know, for all the yearning to see myself in print, it feels weird to have something published. Well, something dark and personal, despite being fiction.

But it feels good, too. I think.

Here I am: http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/FinalDraft.aspx

I encourage you to check out the Autumn 2010 issue of The Battered Suitcase, where my short story, "Forgotten Language," appears. Check it out online here: http://www.vagabondagepress.com/00901/V3I2P1.htmlRead more... )

Has anyone ever written/read/enjoyed a short story that was all dialogue?

Not a play/script, I think, but a piece of short fiction??

Please advise.

I just found out that a short story I wrote will be published this fall, here.

So maybe I started crying in this coffee shop. It's been a long, intense week.

In other word nerdy things, I am currently reading my 28th book of 2010. BUT, because I attended this conference this week, I literally just added 10 books to my To Read List ( Read more... )

Had a lovely first Rumi Reading Club of 2k10. Ended with a reflection on a Rumi poem that says every thing-even inanimate objects-in a way, can pray. That every object on earth is a testament to God. This is part of the concept of Tawhid, or seeing God in all things ( Read more... )

OK folks, it's time for The Epic PJ's Visit Post. The Cliff's Notes version: I feel revitalized, I've been traveling, and I am over-the-moon in love. My life was a puke-bag of cuteness (thanks Pen) for three weeks.


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I didn't think of a single resolution on New Year's Eve. Last year I wanted to give up a lot, but sodie and ciggies made their way back into my life.

I want to keep it positive in this new decade. These are some suggestions I am giving myself ( Read more... )