I have several ideal goals for 2012. Two of them were fairly big, cleaning-type householdy goals. They were ( Read more... )

I meant to post this yesterday and didn't get a chance/forgot to.

Things I am thankful for today:

The Icons of Animation auction catalogue
Friends at the Stines'
Vegan Thanksgiving
Broccoli casserole
Books
Tours
Anne McCaffrey
Shannon Hale posting her wordcountsNeil Gaiman ( Read more... )

Not a great day, man. I was very tired and moderately crabby due to being crabby, and had a TON of work to do today. I spent my morning mostly listening to an audiobook and writing a story in my head (and sometimes on paper, scribbling down sentences every now and then), tangentially related to AEFB. I was excited about this story. I wanted to go ( Read more... )

I am choosing not to talk directly about my weekend, which was kind of sucky, but rather to talk around it. I am also choosing to say some things that previously (when in the throes of depression) I chose not to say; however, I may lock this entry later ( Read more... )

...I just realized this "LJ entry document" I've been adding things to periodically has existed since September 5. That is too long. Here is a slightly edited version:

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I thought about posting a real entry, and then realized all I wanted to post was this:

“I don’t want to go upstairs,” Varenta said. “I want to be left alone.”

“What happened to if I can do that spell, I can do anything? What happened to being willing to do more spells for us?” Selli said. “Are you so scared of spells and people that you’re ( Read more... )

My rambling post-Disney-World thoughts (on a genre of fantasy I made up and on pirates! Fun times!).

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This is an entry I made by combining a few days' worth of posts written over the past week or so about short stories ( Read more... )

(This is backposted. Because I kept forgetting to post it ( Read more... )

You know, I've been very bored and anxious lately. I've written so many notes and essays to myself, rehashing the same thing, and today I am saying to myself that I am done with rehashing. I have opportunities! I'm busy! I have other things to think about!

Here is what I’ve been thinking about:

1. Missing Pieces/Varenta. I've been working on it ( Read more... )