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So, I got a job just last Thursday: I'm going to be a proper chemist (well, "Contract Formulations Chemist" but yeah, not an internship, actually doing chemistry,) as soon as I start on Monday.

This may mean I'm less social in the immediate future while working on other projects. Speaking of -

- I'm a hair's breadth from finishing the first draft of ( Read more... )

EHL Chapter 13: Fresh Meat from ScribalGoddessSomeday, somehow, I will get the embed right on the first try. Of course, the fact that either Slideshare or Livejournal changes their interface between chapters tells me I need to start producing them faster ( Read more... )

Lament for a Best FriendWhen we were children we shared the same dreams ( Read more... )

Why Creative Writing Teachers Should Encourage Reading and Writing of Genre FicFirst off, literary fiction is a myth, and I mean that both figuratively and literally. The western tradition of writing comes not from what we think of as realism in the realm of literature, but from a mythical and allegorical understanding of the world. Some of the ( Read more... )

I've decided I should write short stories more often. I think I'm a little under a quarter done with this one (no working title yet, but it's an Allie and Lindsay mystery that isn't quite as complicated as Switchpoint,) and I have to say that it's going pretty well so far. Probably because everything's on a very tight schedule that doesn't leave ( Read more... )

In Medias Restitution;
Being an Account of the Noble, Refined and Courtly Love of a Dragon for his HordeThe knight and the princess glanced around the bejeweled cavern and the dragon’s gleaming horde. It looked like a museum, with swords and cups and shiny bits of broken glass lovingly arranged on fire-scarred antique tables, set into alcoves in ( Read more... )

So guess what guys? I've been busy. And I've taken several people's advice to get my ass in gear and start actually writing my mystery novels, so...

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Somehow I got into the habit of doing these things, but today I feel quite lazy.

Last Year's highlights:
[The year in hindsight]January: I put out one chapter (yes, I know... all the blame is mine,) of The Elven Heritage Legacy last year. For those of you who showed up to the journal at some point since last January, The Elven Heritage Legacy is a serial Sims 2 ( Read more... )