October 2011

NaNo ZOMG

NaNo ZOMG

Pardon me while I flail a bit. I haven’t had time for much of that. NaNoNaNoNaNoNaNoNAAAUGGHHHHH!! *runs around in circles* Okay, I’m better. I spent the weekend so far working on STUFFS for NaNo. Last night an icon, today a banner (that I don’t know how to upload yet), and sorting out my notes. (Icon, […]

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Evil Mom is Evil

“Mom, there’s a big scary bug in the flower pot on the porch, and it’s dead.” “If it’s dead, what are you worried about?” “It’s huge! Come see!” Bug is big, and definitely dead. The motion-sensitive porch light shuts off. Me, comedian that I am, “We’re in the dark…with a HUGE DEAD BUG!” “AAHHHHHH!” screams the

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Creating a Website: The Missing Manual

First, let me mention I got to blog today over at Turtleduck Press about why I write space opera. Now for the review! The slogan for the Missing Manual books is “the book that should have come in the box.” It’s a great slogan. It’s completely true, at least in my limited experience. I’m reading

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New-to-Me Time-Waster

I went through it all, though (since yesterday) so it’s safe for me to talk about it. Have you seen Set Phasers to LOL yet? This is me, dying laughing. Most sites, if they include SF stuff at all, will mostly make fun of the fans. I can’t tell you how many “will never get

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Keeping History Straight

Keeping History Straight

The Dream’verse is a big place, and a lot of people live in it (this happens with universes) and a lot of books take place in it (seven and counting.) For years I’ve been looking for a way to keep track of things in the name of consistency.* I tried spreadsheets, but spreadsheets are unwieldy

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Hold Your Horses (Internet Rant)

Hold Your Horses (Internet Rant)

Remember those internet rants I said were a waste of time? Here’s me, wasting some. In a newsletter type email today, I read about a woman who is outlining a novel for NaNoWriMo that she hopes to publish as an ebook in early to mid December. … …really? Okay, fine. Maybe she is just that

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It’s HOW Many Days Till NaNo?

This is me. Flailing. I must edit before I plan, or I won’t edit, but omg, omg omg, it’s getting so close and I should draw a map and wait I haven’t named all my characters yet and oh, oh, crap, I haven’t figured out if it’s a caravan or… Seventeen days. AAAAAaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! Yeah. I

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