✿ Ursula Vernon put out a short novel recently called Nine Goblins. I've been a fan of her art and comics for years, but never got around to reading any of her writing beyond snippets she'd posted in her journal. Well, this book is awesome. Awesome sense of humour, very light and entertaining. Rather Pratchett-esque. If you can drop the four bucks ( Read more... )

This weekend was actually quite productive as far as writing goes. Miraculously, I've been able to find time to myself, so I managed to slam down 5.2k (no idea how I managed to do that; usually I consider it awesome if I manage so much as 500 words). 2.5 of that was for my fic for the Sve/Fin fest, which is now... a draft. What ( Read more... )

Soooo-ooo Canada Post's customer service phone line was spectacularly unhelpful. And mum went to the nearest post outlet for me to inquire, but didn't get any good answer either ( Read more... )

This weekend was very tiresome and I'm glad it's nearly over ( Read more... )

So, there's this job. No, not my current job. I mean, another job. One that I'll be applying for. Data entry. There's a really good chance that I'll get it. That isn't the problem ( Read more... )

The "National Fiction Finishing Month" project has been coming along well... mostly. I've been using a NaNoWriMo account to keep a "concrete" track of my progress, which works pretty well as motivation. On the other hand, it's kind of hard, because on the days where I don't manage to make par for the typical NaNo goal, I get kind've disappointed ( Read more... )

I'm feeling really emotionally drained right now. It's that feeling I get after reading a REALLY SAD or REALLY INTENSE story. (Or sometimes, if it's good, it manages to be both, and then it's like, whoa). ... And as a matter of fact, I did just read a sad and intense story, so there you go ( Read more... )

So. November is nearly here. For some people, that means NaNoWriMo. Best of luck to 'em ( Read more... )