So now my novella has been out for a couple of weeks. I know I have a lot of fandom friends who'd showed interest and support, but at this juncture, I know of precisely one person who has read the finished version and let me know that she read it. That's my stepmom. I don't know if people are reading it and just don't want to tell me their thoughts ( Read more... )

One of the very positive effects after my last trip to SF was that I took advantage of my work's Employee Assistance Program. They referred me to a therapist who has turned out to have been the only one in the last seven years to really help me get to the bottom of my inexplicable decisions. It's primarily anger based, but is also triggered due to ( Read more... )

I've been reading and thoroughly enjoying Stephen Fry's second autobiography (the first one was such a joy to read and this one is just like it; his writing style oozes his personality, at least as far I've been exposed in his various shows and documentaries and the like), The Fry Chronicles, and he wrote something about himself that could have ( Read more... )

Total author self-indulgence. Don't read if not into such. ;)

1) You've written in many different fandoms. What is it about each fandom that interested you enough to write fanfic? Is there an overall theme or themes that you like to explore that go across the fandoms? Is there a fandom that tempts you but you haven't investigated yet?I started out ( Read more... )

So I had an enlightening visit with persephone100. As before, we had a lot of conversation, delicious food, and this time we read aloud from stories we're working on. And I colored my hair! Should have taken pictures. It's very vivid, a Tori Amos color red. *g* It's a true friend who lets you do that in her/his house, plus we're able to talk about all sorts of ( Read more... )

No, the topics aren't really related (though I do knit when I watch PR on my computer).
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The scary thing is, in 5th grade, having seen Superman (I think I must have, anyway), I told my friends that I was from another planet. I picked Neptune. I said I was from there and my parents' space ship had crash landed in New Orleans, hence why my birth certificate was from there. In order to provide proof of this alien background, I got some ( Read more... )

From one of my fellow part-time, temporary Opera fund raising buddies:

Metaphysics makes a bad breakfast.

Happy New Year, all who haven't experienced it yet. I'll be spending some time with friends this evening, but to be candid, I really want to curl up and read or write; just not feeling particularly social. I did dress festively today to go to ( Read more... )

I've had a rough week; many of you know that. For all of you who gave me encouragement and support: thank you. I felt unable to deal with the stress of doing emergency roadside assistance with only 3 weeks of training and my truly crash course in Oregon geography, much less the other states for which I'd have been taking calls. There were other ( Read more... )

I just took a really hot walk to the closest post office to post my resume, references and cover letter for an Alumni & Development Assistant position at Reed College. They're literally just down the road, down 39th. My first job out of college was as an A&D assistant, so I'm hopeful. I took back roads this time and went around a Jesuit Novitiate ( Read more... )