There. Is that blunt enough? 😀 Read the details here, in my last post, the one with the curiously ineffective title 😛 😀 Read more:On Prepping for NaNoWriMo (And Novel-Writing Generally)How To Theme: Chapter Two – Thesis Statements (Part 2)Writer Wednesday: Causes of Writer's Block
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So, either because I’ve never had to do this before, or because my brain is absent (I’m home sick), or for any other semi-plausible reason you care to pick, I really have no idea how to do this. So I’ll just do it, shall I? I have a book contract. There. Announced. …No? I have
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Why yes, yes I am still alive. Maybe. Probably. *checks for rotting limbs that may indicate zombieism* Nope, all clear. I am definitely, absolutely, 100% alive. Later in the week, I might even post pictures of my trip to Laos with school. See be have Plans to be Organised. Randomly, I found this article
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Whee! The anthology, Tales from the SFR Brigade, is on early release! You can pick a copy up FOR FREE from Smashwords in pretty much all existing formats 🙂 Please note that the anthology is NOT rated PG: there is sex and swearing, though neither on-scene in my story 😉 Experience love and adventure among
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Just a quick note to, er, note (sorry :D) that I am using my LiveJournal again. This blog is more for actual posts about actual topics, linkage, book reviews, etc. The LiveJournal, she is for the nitty-gritty of writing like daily wordcounts. Don’t expect insight or usefulness over there; however, if you happen to want
Found this great project by Cambridge University today on Twitter, via a friend (I forget who, sorry). Basically, they had a bunch of personal-sized whiteboards and asked passers-by (presumably students in the main) why they needed feminism. The results are obvious, shocking, enlightening, and heart-breaking, and seriously, you should go have a look right now.
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I’m procrastinating from marking and reports and more marking by twiddling with my Goodreads author profile – and I need a test post. So here it is. Rah! *o/* If I even REMOTELY had some spare brain right now, I’d post something worth reading. Alack. Read more:I'm Back, Culture Book Is Out, And
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“Shocking? What? Why should this concept be shocking?” I hear you ask. To which I counter: why is it not? How is it not, when so many of the fundamental assumptions our society is based on are designed to tell men that they are wild, uncontrollable, savages to be tamed, creatures of undeniable violent instinct
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Family friend’s 18th party on Sunday, and it was the family team at work in all our usual roles: Mum on food, Jess on decorations, me on cake, and Em on stand-by/gofer/jack-of-all. Friend wanted a picnic in the park–less clean up, good choice!–and the weather held out, which is not usual for this time of
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I cannot change others, save others or wait for others to change before I change myself. I can’t wait for others to take care of themselves before I take care of myself. I can’t wait for circumstances to change before I take ownership of my own happiness. I can’t wait for others to recognize my
