Monthly Archive: June 2008

Jun 21

Headaches and a social life

And I’m not implying the two are linked :p I’ve woken up every morning for most of this week with a headache. What’s up with that? Too much sitting in front of the screen? The prescription for my glasses getting old? Back/neck tension? Any thoughts on the curing of said headaches that doesn’t involve the …

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Jun 14

What a week!

Sales conference time at work. That means half the week spent meeting publishers and authors, hearing about new books and eating a lot of food. Second half of the week devoted to an avalanche of post-conference work. I still have exhaustion. And we looked at appliances this morning for the new kitchen. Didn’t help. Back …

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Jun 08

Oh look! An exciting opportunity to vote!

*cough* Sooo, if anyone feels they would like to vote for a story by yours truly, please, don’t let me hold you back! Just pop over to Niteblade. My story, ‘Demons and Gin’ eagerly awaits your support /rare self-promotional broadcast.

Jun 05

Black cockatoo madness

After a day of pouring rain the clouds let up just enough to brighten into yellow, darken to orange, then fade finally to a bruise-deep purple. As I drove home the black cockatoos were doing their crazy weather dance in the sky, twisting and diving like the air was water and gravity didn’t touch them. …

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Jun 03

Whew!

Some stories are emotional to write. Or maybe more emotional than others? You’d rather hope every story had some kind of emotion… What I mean is some stories take more out of you when you’re throwing them down on the page. I just finished the first draft of a short story and that, let me …

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