Archive for October, 2007

Bettie, the Duchess

Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Posted in About Me, Things I think About When I Obviously Need to Be Asleep, iPimp | 2 Comments »

Dear Reader(s),Good news, y'all. The fires are out, the relatives are safely back at home (with some water issues, but, still, doable), and Yours Truly is a Duchess.I won ... Read more..

Until Further Notice

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

No posts this week.We've a house full of relatives displaced by the San Diego fires. So far, their houses are safe, but very smoky and without utilities. Thousands ... Read more..

Short & Sweet: The Not a Review eBook Round Up! (pt. 1)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007 Posted in Not a Review, Reading, Review | No Comments »

I ought to get some blogging mileage out of the eBooks I've read. But, I'm lazy, and I procrastinate. Sometimes it just so difficult to put my completely ... Read more..

Happy Dance

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Freebies, Works in Progress, Writing | 5 Comments »

I finally finished the WIP I've been working on for the past 3.5 weeks. Instead of running 12,000-15,000 words, Ember came in at over 31,000. That's a big ... Read more..

Excerpt: Ember

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Excerpts, Freebies, Works in Progress, Writing | 3 Comments »

If you were wondering which fairytale I ripped off and ripped up to write Ember, this excerpt should answer your question.____________________________I was not surprised when, scarcely nine months after my ... Read more..

EXCELlent Freebie: 70 Days of Sweat Multi-Project Word Count Tracker

Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in 70 Days of Sweat, Freebies, iPimp | 7 Comments »

If you haven't signed up for the 70 Days of Sweat challenge, go have a look. It's kinda like NaNoWriMo, except, not a month, not so intense, and more ... Read more..

Tall Order

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in Rants, Romance Genre (General), Things I think About When I Obviously Need to Be Asleep | 5 Comments »

When I try to recall the Romance novels I've read from the eighties they blur into this weird image of a hydra-headed chimera of asshole billionaires, white savages and pirates--all ... Read more..

Wrap It Up

Sunday, October 7th, 2007 Posted in Works in Progress, Writing | No Comments »

Updating my WIP list, both here (right) and on my website, I noticed something: I have 9 viable stories on the ol' hard drive, of which I have finished ... Read more..

Validate Me

Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Today was kinda tough. I was feeling kinda run down with the job. The writing is wrapping up to the point where I'm pretty sick of the story, but ... Read more..

Can’t Talk. Writing.

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in Can't talk. Writing | 3 Comments »

Can't talk. Writing. In the mean time, please enjoy this photo of the palm tree in our back yard. It used to be rather scary and disreputable-looking. ... Read more..