When I need to vent before I kick someone.
I’ve been known to bite, too.
If you remember nothing else I’ve ever said or ever will say, please remember this: Depression lies. Depression will tell you no one cares. It will tell you everyone would be better off without you. It will tell you it’s never going to end, it will never get better. Depression lies. Depression is a big fat lying […]
Editing continues to make me want to pull my hair out. Today I ran into an issue. Foul language ahoy! Or ahead, which is rather more accurate. ≈≈:=> § <=:≈≈ The book I’m editing is in Taro’s POV, and Taro swears. A lot. It’s the way he is. He enjoys it, he’s good at it,
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So we’re back from Pinetop. Here are some obligatory pictures. Not too many, because I didn’t take a ton and also I’m too tired still to put a lot of work into posting. The child met a squirrel. This picture is from after she petted it. I did the dutiful mom thing and yelled at
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So I posted my angry rant about #YesAllWomen. That has consumed me for a few days–I think it’s important and I don’t want it to just taper off into silence. I’ve been discussing, and angrily reading tweets, and I’ve got to step away. Today on my Twitter timeline appeared a link with a picture of
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Like Elizabeth Bear, I’m just fucking tired. Because a 15yo of my acquaintance doesn’t believe she was raped, since after she said no several times yet he continued to touch her she “got hot” and stopped saying no. Because I had a dear friend twenty years ago that I couldn’t believe had never been harassed/touched/molested/assaulted.
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I’m editing my first NaNovel right now. I’m thinking about how a restaurant would work in the future, what would actually change, and really, in the background…? I’m thinking not so much. Tomatoes still have to be chopped, cheese shredded, dishes washed. Sure, machines exist to do these things, but machines cost money that maybe
Even in the Future, Not Everyone Has Everything and It Doesn’t All Work Either Read More »
Will you (generic you) PLEASE PROOFREAD? And in the VERY NEXT ARTICLE I happened to look at… Holy carp, will you please proofread? IT’S NOT THAT HARD! Read it aloud. Get another pair of eyes on it. SOMETHING.