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I’ve had the same, basic conversation multiple times lately, all prompted by longing glances at friend’s and co-worker’s new iPhone.
Here’s an approximation of how they went:
“Are you going to get one?” they asked, looking up at me briefly, before hunching back over the glossy ( Read more... )

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Wow, the weekend’s over already.
I’ve mostly avoided the internet. Barely checked email, did not twitter (twat?), no Facebook.  I did almost no writing, either.
Instead, I celebrated Frank’s birthday, ate salted caramel ice cream, hung out with Jamie, watched movies, hung out ( Read more... )

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Of all the writing reference books I’ve ever owned, by and far the most awesomely useful one is one that I almost never see mentioned by other writers: The Random House Word Menu. Old versions are out of print, but available at used book stores, or you can do as I did and ( Read more... )

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Thanks to National Haiku Day, “snow madness,” and the existence of Thaumatrope, I’ve finally broken down and am now officially a twit. You can follow me, if you’d like.

I promise completely mundane and/or cryptic 140 character updates that will overlap with neither my blog ( Read more... )

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1. We’ve had a hummingbird feeder up on our deck for months. Chris finally had me convinced that we’d never actually get any hummingbirds considering where we live, and so far, we hadn’t. I’ve been meaning to take it down for the past month or so, but am too lazy/busy/keep ( Read more... )

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I didn’t know you, but you were quite a lady.

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So, as I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been working my way through Angel on DVD. I never watched the series when it was on (shame on me-I also never watched Firefly when it was on the air and now it’s one of my favorites-sorry, Joss). I always knew I should, since ( Read more... )

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I’m not very good at waiting. For anything. Never have been. It brings out some sort of OCD tendency I know I directly inherited from my mother that causes me to do things like click refresh on my email repeatedly and check my bank balance every half hour on the hour. I also ( Read more... )

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is for you to milk Amazon for every dollar they have. :)

Clarion West has received a Challenge Grant from Amazon, so whatever money they raise before October 31, 2009, Amazon will match-up to $25,000. So every dollar you give Clarion counts double.

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Voting
I voted. I’m a good citizen. My ballot is stamped and ready to go. Now I’ll just be edgy and crabby until the results.

Titles
I started working on a story that is cutting really fast and close to a bunch of personal stuff going on with me. The interesting part, though, ( Read more... )