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I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year, but I haven't finished the one book I was working on. ARGH. This is going to be fun.

On the bright side, this will give my discipline a little extra boost. I can always use that.

So if you don't see me around for a while, I'm probably hunched feverishly over a keyboard somewhere, tryi like hell to get 3K a day out. My brain is going to feel like a wrung-out sponge at the end of this.

Buckle up, baby. We're going to ride.

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This post is from the old Midnight Hour writing blog, where I used to do Friday posts. The Midnight Hour is defunct now–sad because I liked it so much. But I managed to get my entries off before it went bust, which means I can offer you this one. This is from November 23, 2007, and I think it's still timely. Another note: this is crossposted to the Deadline Dames, where there is all sorts of great advice and giveaways.

Critique is like marriage counseling. One does not want to admit that one h...

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There's an interview with me up over at Publishers Weekly's Genreville. They asked me all sorts of questions about urban fantasy.

And, yesterday, guess what happened? I was just hanging out on my front step, minding my own business, when FedEx dropped off a box. Guess what was in it. NO, GUESS! Okay, I'll tell you.

Copies of Betrayals, that's what!

Isn't the new cover gorgeous? I really like this one. It's due out November 17th, and I'm so glad to get a few of them early.

Of course, the Princess ...

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I do not like American football[1:]. For a long time I have considered it a shameful waste–a waste of young men, a waste of tax revenue for the stadiums, a waste of energy and enthusiasm. I realize not many people share my views. That's OK. I'm used to that.

When I was running at the track over at the middle school, I would always dread this time of year. Because American football tryouts and practices would be going on in the field inside the track. I hated the aura of effort and misery over t...

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Cotton wool stuffing my skull. Stuffed nose. At least the cold doesn't seem to be getting any worse. I can still hit the treadmill in the mornings, which is a step up from the last round–that was the Travel Cold From Hell. *shivers* Ugh.

I am in the stage of writing a Kismet book where I have an acute attack of nerves. Nobody's going to like it, I don't know what I'm doing, who do I think I am… The usual. The good thing is that I've done this so many times by now that I'm prepared for the...

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Yesterday my friend MakeMe took me to the mall. We ended up going down to the Hawthorne district in Portland too, to visit Chopsticks and the Gold Door. It was good to get out of the house, and even better to spend some time with a good friend. Unfortunately, I caught a cold somewhere in the crowds of Sunday browsers.

So this morning I'm logy. Enjoying the rain coming down outside, it's starring the puddles over and over again. It makes me feel all nice and cozy, nevermind sniffles or the mud ...

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Crossposted to the Deadline Dames, where there are contests, more writing advice, and occasionally giveaways. Go take a look!

It's no use fighting it. I'm a winter writer.

I actually never thought about it until the Selkie looked at me over dinner one evening and said, "You didn't know that? You get all your work done in the winter. It's like you're powered by rain." (Or something to that effect.)

I'm not sure whether it is the rain and the fact that there's nothing to do outside (except drown, ...

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You can win a copy of Strange Angels over at the Library Lounge Lizard. (Just one of those sentences I never thought I'd type. Wow.)

Really I am very boring today. There is not much to report. So here, have a few links:

* The Symphony of Science, or Carl Sagan rocks the Universe. The videos made me cry. We do indeed live on a wondrous planet in the middle of a wondrous universe. Anyone who is bored has only to look at their own hand, or barring that, out their window. There is stuff to be...

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News! I'm over at Book Chick City, talking about why I write urban fantasy. You can win a signed Strange Angels or Night Shift, too! (Sorry, US residents only.) Also, I've updated the Strange Angels and Kismet pages with new information. You may also want to check out the forum, too.

I hear about these wonderful, mythical things. Days off. The very sound slips past the lips–the sibilance in the middle, the "f" at the end sliding between top teeth and bottom lip. Oh, what a magical phrase.

Today...

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Before breakfast, and I'm groggy. Am glad I got a sunlamp-type thing, because seasonal weirdness is very much alive and well in this house.

But enough of that. I have a confession to make.

I bought a Wii.

Look, it was on sale, okay? And while we don't watch much telly, the kids are completely enchanted with video games. They both need exercise, and Coyote Boy could do with some too. And I won't lie, I wanted the yoga portion for Wii Fit for myself. Unfortunately, the poses I love in yoga aren't ...

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