2014 is the start of a 3 year plan for me to become self supporting before my SSI turns into Old Age version of Social Security. If I retire early, I will get a smaller check. Much better to be self supporting and just never retire. That's the long term goal ( Read more... )

Went off the wagon on the "edit an hour a day" because my days don't match Earth's days and if anything else takes concentration or too much time, I don't have the energy for it. Editing does take more work than rough drafting ( Read more... )

I've been sitting on an ever-growing stack of science fiction and fantasy novels since I published Raven Dance in 2000. Every year I participate in NaNoWriMo and usually the 3 Day Novel contest too, either officially or just by spending Labor Day Weekend writing a new short novel ( Read more... )

I won. I finished The Dark Ones and have a good rough draft to work from. I'll be finishing Trouble in the City slowly at leisure, without stressing over it. It's a good book but I've just been dealing with too many other stresses lately ( Read more... )

Thanks to my beloved patron, currently the single biggest purchaser of my paintings, I have an iPhone4 coming by way of UPS complete with service - she added it to her account. I asked what I'd owe as a bill and it's just the rollover minutes if they get rolled over during that month - up to the amount of minutes I actually use during the day. ( Read more... )

Golden Evening, 10" x 7" pastel on brown paper.


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Okay, the week to do this was Sept. 11 - Sept. 18th, but I got sick and didn't know about it anyway. So here's my list for those who are curious about why I live on SSI and work toward becoming self supporting again on fiction, nonfiction and art ( Read more... )

Chronic Illness Cat! Chronic Illness Cat Link - the blog is about a different disease than mine but the cat gags are spot on.

It went well in terms of how they treated me. My appointment was at 6:30pm. My ride got a little confused and thought my name was Walter, but we got that sorted out and I got there in plenty of time ( Read more... )

I am so glad I got connected with Care for the Elderly and got case manager services. Hubert is an angel ( Read more... )