Finally broke my month-and-a-half not-reading streak by tearing through Twilight on Thursday, then Stardust with equal speed today. I’m starting to feel my imagination again; things are once more catching my eye, wandering away with my thoughts, and I can feel the juices stir ever so slightly. I saw amazing clouds on my way to [...]

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I’m anxious about work, that I’m not doing enough more fastly; I’m anxious about my writing, that I’m not doing any at all; I’m anxious about my blogging, that each day I wake up and can think of nothing to say but that I’m working and haven’t written at all. Trying to calm down and [...]

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Did some character work on the Selene story last night. I got some interesting back-story, and although I panicked for a bit about whether there was enough middle story to tell (back and forward-story are off-limits, due to contest requirements) but I think I’ll be okay. The point is, it’s going somewhere, it’s interesting to [...]

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While showing off and explaining my book purchases to Johan the other night, I was surprised to find distinct trends in the types of fantasy and science fiction I buy (mostly in fantasy, as that’s mostly what I bought.) Intrigued, I sat down and brainstormed the finer points of what I liked in sci-fi and [...]

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This is a largish post… of Haul. I sold four boxes of books, got an enormous amount of store credit, and came home with… 27 new books. I am so very happy; my shelves are so very not. (Where will I put all of you, my darlings?)
I can’t in good conscience post this without a [...]

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I’ve tried and tried to blog — all week, I’ve tried — and I’ve got a bad case of Blank White Page syndrome. Just… IMPOSSIBLE… to get started. Or, once started, to finish. (There’s a draft of this post already; I’m starting from scratch.)
I read (and watch, and world-build and dream about) a LOT of [...]

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We spent a leisurely day in Redding yesterday, going places we don’t usually go, doing things we don’t normally do. We bought a vast assortment of foreign dark chocolate at Cost Plus World Market. I bought two used books at Bog Bean; two new books at B&N. We investigated a new tea house, which requires [...]

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