This morning I noted the llama was looking into my window, past an onion blossom.

Sometimes I do notice how weird my daily life can be--it has a certain poetic absurdity. There is nothing like being a homestead-bound agritourism employed novelist, nothing in the world....

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I cannot trust to pictures to illustrate my victories fully. I got ( Read more... )

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So after the procrastination stage, next is clearing the boards. Accomplished!
I read the two books that didn't make it into the picture so there was nothing hanging over my head undone.

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It's official.

I have a crush on Yotsuba's Dad.

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Draft of Seditious Intent done! Though it's a really crappy one, I've decided that's okay. I've got Story, we're good for the moment.

Two books I think everyone who ever drops through here should read:

The Face in the Frost (John Bellairs)
one line press? I just finished reading this and am now insanely eager to OWN a copy. Munnies must come first, ( Read more... )

"AND HE'S THE GOOD GUY."

So, I read this book in the last couple of hours. It was so. blinking. good.

I'd review it, but I'm incoherently happy with it. "There is too much. I will sum-up."
    ~   I read a lot of books I think are funny. I rarely laugh aloud. This kept me laughing consistently in a few different veins of humor. And Skulduggery ( Read more... )

I had one of those awesome days that isn't anything but a string of good incidents which included ( Read more... )

Right. Just what I needed: a new, demanding story idea and opener!

Well, I wrote more of it than this, but for the Tuesday that is coming to a close I give you:
Jamie Duluth was considered to be in the world's top tier of Spirituals. He was also going to be a legacy student at Friedenheimer Institute of Higher Attainment. He wanted to be a normal kid ( Read more... )

There should be a special word for the agony a writer goes through when they realise what that other person is hearing/reading is No Good. Not something funny sounding (enough phrases for that already). Something that sounds excruciating ( Read more... )

These are the sort of things you create and try not to think about what profound throughts you could have been thinking if you'd resisted the urge...
Guess the tributes!       [not really. spare yourself the "What If?" agonies of wasted time.]

Rainbows on bubbles and great winged horses
Snowdays with Tumnus and werewolf keen noses
Gamboling kitsune, ( Read more... )

40 books for 32 dollars is worth a lot more hassle than I had to get it. Look upon my riches and weep:


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