Yesterday was not my day. Not only did I spend too much time glued to news channels, but a salesman came to my door since the hubby pulled down my “no soliciting” sign. I told the man I wasn’t interested and he came back with another man!
Not only do I really dislike opening my door to a stream of [...]
Telemarketers, Credit Cards and Snark
Vampire Gerbil
Another Monday. Several of you know why there’s a sigh in those two words.
I’m ready for this week. Since I didn’t want to share my hovering cold with an expectant mother, I skipped a family baby shower and instead caught up my cleaning. Gutted my son’s room which was scary and exhausting, but [...]
Adjustment and Oreo Dancing
My story yesterday would have been better if I’d stopped with this.
Fool Moon ( Jim Butcher)
Happy Hour of the Damned (Mark Henry)
The Upright Man (Michael Marshall)
Hammered (Elizabeth Bear)
A Hunger Like No Other (Kresley Cole)
Who Do You Love (Jean Thompson)
Women and Other Animals (Bonnie Jo Campbell)
Eh, I was in a hurry. Was doing too many things. Had an expensive vet [...]
Spine Stories
Boing Boing shared a site I found very, very amusing today. Nina Katchadourian These are seriously fun–love the shark one.
She makes stories out of the titles on book spines. Does a much better job. These are images I’d put on my walls.
But, I thought I’d do one for fun. As we’ve long established on this [...]
Pay Attention to Those Instincts
What a great writing day. My word count didn’t go up a lot and in fact, I haven’t tallied it yet. I plan to hit the laptop again later.
No, what I did do was go back with my main character’s new and improved personality and rework some scenes. I was right. Fighting that urge was [...]
At Seventeen…
We were watching House tonight. Daughter mentions one of her friends said if she went for an old guy, it would be Dr. House. I don’t think of him as an old guy, but then consider the age difference here.
So, I thought back to what my answer would have been at her age. When I [...]
