The oldest kid and I had to work a tournament by ourselves yesterday. First time we’ve done that – usually the hubby is the main man at these things, but yesterday we had 2 events 200 miles apart. The event went very smooth, with minimal problems and we wrapped up on time and [...]

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We had a beautiful, too short, and still exhausting trip down to the Space Coast this weekend for an event. The hotel we stayed at was absolutely fantastic, a wonderful combination of luxury and comfort, and small inn service. I hope we have a reason to go back and stay there again very [...]

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One foot in front of the other. That’s what I’ve been doing this week, just keep putting those feet down and moving along, believing that eventually I’ll end up where I need to be. If nothing else, at least I’m not sitting still.
The Christmas novella was bettered from being read by Most Favorite [...]

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There was something yummy in my inbox today.  My first peek at the cover art for Flawed.  And it was a truly delicious looking bit of art.  Anne Cain is an amazing artist, and I am thrilled she did this cover.  Hopefully I’ll get to share it in the next few days – be sure [...]

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My power just flickered off and on. How can something that only lasts a fraction of second create 15 minutes of angst? There were TV’s that turn themselves on when this happens that needed to be shut off, the DSL router had to be reset from it’s .6 second powerless confusion, two pc’s [...]

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Every day may be Earth Day now, but April 22 is the one where our neighbors will frown disapprovingly at us if they see us put the newspaper in the regular trash instead of the recycling bin.
Who needs that kind of mojo?
So here are a few simple suggestions you can adopt to keep your earth [...]

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Lotsa work today, and it’s not the fun sitting down and writing kind. Instead, I’ve spent 3 hours procrastinating.
So far I’ve :
- found a Twitter icon thingie for my main page and linked it to my Twitter page (such an urgent, important detail – my day could not start until this was done. [...]

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Join Angela James and Ron Hogan at RT this Wednesday from 11:45-12:45 to “Polish Your Pitch”. Angela
got left off the official RT schedule so please help spread the word!
“Samhain Executive Editor Angela James and publishing industry
commentator Ron Hogan of Beatrice.com lead an interactive workshop on
creating a great story pitch. Come prepared to tell us what [...]

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I’m over at Beyond the Veil today talking about Stormy  Weather. 
Here’s a visual to go with that topic :
 
 
Ah well.  Spring will be over soon, right?  *checks calendar*.  Oh.
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I was up at 4am writing emails to the entrants in the Passionate Plume.  This is probably the hardest part of running a contest; telling 80% [...]

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I’ve not been an American Idol “fan”. I started watching for the first time ever about half way through last year, and did much enjoy David Cook. This year I thought I’d give the audition rounds a try, and they were everything I thought they’d be – and worse. They bothered me [...]

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