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A Study of the Foils of Darth Vader
I finally saw the new Star Wars movie. To me, it was a mixed bag. The heroes were very likable, but the villain was flawed, and not in a good way. Overall, I’d give it 3 out of 5 stars. But this is not...
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Life and Stuff. Plus Some Books.
It seems like a year since I posted last, even though I know it hasn’t been so long. But it HAS been a rough year. Not terrible–just a little rough. After the most productive writing year of my life,...
View ArticleIf at first, you cannot sell . . .
. . . cut, cut, cut again. And so, East of Yesterday (or Highway to Yesterday, I can never quite decide), which was once over 116,000 words, is now a trim 95,000 words. My latest cut was 11,400 words...
View ArticleSo I had the good fortune of losing my Fitbit …
Why was that a good thing? Sometimes good things come in roundabout ways. Problem: I couldn’t sleep through the night. Solution: I bought a Fitbit One to help me track my sleep (and activity). Fitbit...
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Unforgivable. I have not posted since May. And with a brand-new website, too! But I’ve been writing. A lot. I like to have two things going on, so while I am drafting a new novel, I am also revising...
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My Summer. And Fall. And Winter …
Hi, everyone, and Happy New Year! A very belated Happy New year. Here’s what I’ve been doing: Music I mentioned that I had taken up the violin again. It’s been a good twenty-five years, but I two years...
View ArticleFinishing the Danged Books
I have what I think is a good reason for not blogging lately. I have just been finishing the danged books. It seems that I put up this new website last year, and once I got that accomplished, I pretty...
View ArticleHow I Spent My Staycation
… or maybe I should have titled this “How I am Spending My Staycation” because I have another day to go. We do lots of staycations. We love going places and seeing things, but sometimes, we just want...
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Getting Organized with Scrivener – Part 1
Note: it was taking me forever to finish this post, so I decided to break it into several parts. I will link them all together when complete. As I get a bit–ahem–older, I find myself less tolerant of...
View ArticleWhy I Haven’t Attempted to Publish my Last Two Novels
It occurred to me, as I was looking at my home page, that people may be wondering why it has been such a long time since I published anything. I have also struggled with whether or not to write this...
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