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That's it - I'm moving out of LiveJournal!
Okay, I haven't been posting. FAIR ENOUGH. My move to a different blog-o-spot won't change your life. But the spam around here is crazy, and I don't stop by much. I want to start anew with blogging.
Now that I'm on Google+ (I am! Join me if you're on it!), I have a link on my profile to my new space-for-blogging, Never Forget That Writers Are ( Read more... ) -
Updating for once, plus what is up with the spam lately?
My last entry has gotten hit with more spam comments in the last month than all my other LJ entries combined. I thought I'd write another one to give that one a break from all of the abuse. It seems only fair ( Read more... ) -
Best Books I Read in 2010
Goal Achieved: 50+ Books Read in 2010! When I was a teenager with hardly any responsibilities, I probably read a couple hundred books each year, but these days--with the three children, writing, slush-reading, and all--it's a major achievement to read fifty-one books in a year, so I'm proud. I may even squeeze in a fifty-second by the end. Or I may ( Read more... ) -
Renew! Renew! Renew!
(I am actually well beyond Last Day, but so far I haven't had to do much running ( Read more... ) -
Here's my special method of preparations for World Fantasy and other conventions.
Hello, LJ-ers! How are you today ( Read more... ) -
Character Name Generators Made By Meeeeeeee
I'm always looking for name generators that give me the kind of results I want, so when I discovered Generator Land this morning, I went and made my own name generators that will offer the kind of quirky results I'm talking about. It's a mix of fairly normal and fairly weird names, and you get a first, middle, and last name in each result. Here you ( Read more... ) -
I know. I know.
I don't post enough. MY BAD ( Read more... ) -
Creepy behavior in social media
I had a situation in Facebook that ended badly the other day ( Read more... ) -
My panel schedule for Context 23 (August 27-29, in Columbus, Ohio)
An Eye For Detail: The Writers Creed
Robertson, Chima, Bickle, Monroe.
Saturday, August 28th, 2:30 p.m., in Oak 3.
Mistakes Beginning Writers Make
West, Gordon, Davies, Girard, Horner, Monroe, Sizemore.
Saturday, August 28th, 7 p.m., in Short North.
Teaching Writing - Is It Possible?Waggoner, Monroe, Wilson, Chima, Connolly, Girard ( Read more... )