We’ve been watching Crusade lately, and on the whole mourning how short-lived it was, the silly things the network did to it, and how fantastic the characters are. I especially love Gary Cole; Office Space may have typecast him after Crusade, but I’m going to put that behind me because he deserves recognition for the [...]

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I’ve been wanting to post this for a day or so, as I really feel it’s true.
People have asked why the term ‘Never Surrender Dreams’ is important to me. Why I have it on my bench in front of my house, why I have it in pictures, use it in my writing so much. To [...]

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This week has been an odd sort of blur, a whirlwind of peaceful time at home and work-related crises, high-powered meetings and intense reading sessions. I’m working on finishing How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy and Jewels: A Secret History, so I can move on to other things. I’m toying (mentally) with the next [...]

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As mentioned by Lenneth, I received The Art and Craft of Poetry on Monday for Christmas. I greatly enjoyed my high-school poetic endeavors (it was my senior project), but it’s been a while ten years since I’ve written one (roughly) and I’d been admiring her copy since she picked it up. Earlier this year I [...]

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Geez, I managed to only bookend this week — Monday post, Friday post. 9_9 I’ll try harder next week. Tuesday was by far and away the worst work day I’ve had yet, reducing me to lying in bed upstairs for an hour, in tears, while Johan made dinner. Wednesday was my day off, and I [...]

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I finally got around to upgrading seven fanlistings from Enthusiast 2.1.5 –> 2.1.6, since there was a bug appearing involving “hidden” websites on the members page. :P After I did it on Eternal Snow (where all the complaints had been coming in), I figured I’d just cover my bases, do them all. Now all I [...]

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Okay, not quite, I don’t advertise my fine art skills but I know I have them, they’re just muscles I haven’t used in quite a while. After working on a client update for several hours, I stopped for a break and noticed just how nice it was out on our balcony, so I put down [...]

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