What I Was Supposed to BeForgot to post this earlier. See, this is a Night Elf, from World of Warcraft:I told y’all I was a 12-year-old D&D geek at heart.
What I Was Supposed to BeForgot to post this earlier. See, this is a Night Elf, from World of Warcraft:I told y’all I was a 12-year-old D&D geek at heart.
By Popular DemandAnd by “by popular demand,” I mean that one person mentioned it twice…Me, looking more scary than sexy:Me and my man. Do you know who he is?What always happens, because I’m old:
100 Things MemeReading the 100 Things written by Marigoldie and Tina, in which they wrote one hundred things about themselves, inspired me to write my own. I think this is a superior meme – much better than one plumbing the depths of your favorite colors – because the author’s […] Continue Reading…
For Tina, Translator Extraordinaire(It’s a meme. Feel free to steal or ignore, as you see fit.)First job: I was a child-shepherd for a local non-profit summer arts program. I was fifteen. It paid minimum wage. I spent it all on clothing.First screen name: Spokesperson for Generation X, shortened to […] Continue Reading…
Today I Look Like a Librarian.That’s what I’ve been told. My reasons for that are very logical. My eyes have been bugging me, so I’m wearing my stern glasses instead of my contacts. My hair is finally long enough to put up into a French twist, so I have […] Continue Reading…
I’m not saying anything here that writers or readers don’t already know.I will be so, so glad when I finish the novel I’m working on, which should happen in about two more days. I’m not going to rush it, because rushing your books makes them sucky. But, at the […] Continue Reading…
Flame war ahoy!So, this morning I read Steve Almond’s Salon piece about meeting a blogger who hates him, and it was awesome.I wasn’t familiar with Almond’s work or with his blogging nemesis, but I really enjoyed the vicarious thrill of seeing a writer stand up for himself.For some reason, […] Continue Reading…
Dream Issues RevisitedRemember I was telling y’all how sleeping on my left side makes me have nightmares?I have this friend named Julio who’s a big science nerd with a degree in mathematics or something, and after he read that entry, he had a science fit and started yelling, “What […] Continue Reading…
It’s almost cold today.I hate being cold. It makes me sad.Here in Houston, there’s a big secret war between people who hate the cold and can tolerate the heat, and people who hate the heat and love the almost-cold. Under the guise of joking, they show disgust for one […] Continue Reading…
An Update on My IRL Writing CareerIf you’re one of those people who thinks that bloggers categorically don’t deserve book deals, or if you don’t like my writing, then you’ll probably want to skip this entry.I have an agent now, and she is awesome.I’ve spent the last few weeks […] Continue Reading…