The end approacheth

Of the chapter, that is. After this chapter is done, I move into a sequence that promises to make my main character’s life even more miserable. So far she’s had it easy – although she doesn’t think so. In other news, if the nasty white stuff that’s supposed to fall out of the sky isn’t Read More…

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About a page

worth of wordage added today. Hopefully I can improve in this tomorrow and get back into the writing loop. I’m a lot better off when I’m actively producing wordage. It’s something of a pressure valve for me. Besides, this piece is fun. Ah, SFF… where else could you get away with an entire culture that Read More…

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The progress she is mixed

We’ve now seen three houses – house #1 ranks as “we could live there but has potentially serious problems”, house #2 is partway through renovation and will be magnificent when finished – but we are not the people to finish it. We don’t have the skills to do it justice. House #3 is “unless we Read More…

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In Praise of Art

Not the pretentious self-styled “arte” with which the would-bes afflict us, but the real thing, or as close as you can get to it online: a virtualized view of the Sistine Chapel, post-restoration. Yes, this is the real thing. If you look closely, you can see the unevenly faded fabrics along the walls, and small Read More…

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The Whirlwind of Change

Today marks day two of the new boss, and day two with so much going on that lunch break just didn’t happen. I’m going to need to get hold of that before it does some damage. While I’m energized – it’s the injection of hope into a situation where there wasn’t any prospect of anything Read More…

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Why Australians would rule the world

If there were more of us. An Aussie woman goes bungee jumping. The cord breaks. She ends up in a crocodile-infested river, with her legs tied together and the trailing cord catching on debris and trying to drag her under. Oh, and rapid current. Her description? “It was quite scary.” This is the attitude that Read More…

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Authorial house hunting

For various reasons Tom and I are going to have to move house, probably somewhere around March. This has propelled us from comfy chaos in the place we’re renting to the scary realm of the first time home buyer. On the plus side, we know what closing costs actually are and why they’re so steep. Read More…

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In which I am bitten by lack of organization

Says it all, really. Something I really need is nowhere to be found, and the piles of stuff to deal with have been reshuffled several times. I’ve even rediscovered the fake wood veneer on my desk. I need a secretary. One who organizes everything for me and doesn’t charge anything (yes, I’m cheap). Writing was Read More…

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The Power of the Puppy

So I make a wisecrack in today’s Mad Genius Club post, just a throwaway line about killing the hero’s puppy. It’s at the end of a long piece about minor characters and where they fit into things (pets qualify as minor characters). So what does everyone fixate on? You guessed it. “You can’t kill the Read More…

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