As someone who pays for her own insurance out of pocket (which is a criminal $360 per month with a $3300 out-of-pocket deduction before insurance pays for anything, and I'm a young, healthy woman), I take a deeply personal interest in the Health Care debate. I've been watching things slide further and further away from what I want, so today I
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So Sarah Monette's regular writer's unplugged post is up today, and it's a pretty interesting look at breaking away from the formula when writing love stories in novels that aren't category romance titled "Should Cinderella Kiss the Prince
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So, you've all heard about the shooting in Athens. I heard about it too, but like most tragedies it seemed far away, something that only happened to other people. Then they released the victim names, and the tragedy got very very close. One of the victims in the shooting was Ben Teague, a funny nerd, all around awesome dude and husband of my
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For serious. Once again, here I am at the end of a novel draft with only the barest hint of how the ending will actually turn out. BUT, for once, I'm going to learn from my past mistakes. Rather than just plunge ahead with the ending, I'm going to go back and get things straight FIRST, then write the ending
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For anyone interested in writerly-type things, my post is up on The Magic District today, and it paints Travis as quite the villain, in a loving way, of course. :)
This is where I say things like "it isn't always easy" or "marriage is no cakewalk"... but it's just not true. Being married to Travis is the easiest, most natural thing in the world.
Here's to three wonderful years of being married to the best person ever. I love you to bits, Travichu!