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Work, Work, Work

PLAY!You know, I consider myself very blessed. I make just enough money to pay my bills and have just a little fun on the side (just). My job allows me to pursue my dreams, and even encourages my doing so.I am so very lucky!It sometimes helps to remind myself that, especially when I'm feeling low, or anxious, or lost. Like today.But, I am not going to let it get to me. I have so much going

Shooting

I should really say 'filming' in the title to be absolutely correct, but it isn't nearly as intriguing as the word 'shooting.' That says a lot, doesn't it?In any case, I was away from town all weekend. My flatmate and I were up at her grandparents' cottage. We headed up Saturday afternoon and returned late Sunday night. It was absolutely wonderful to be out of the city! No internet, no

Need a Cheer?

Yesterday, while I wasn't cranky anymore, I was quite sad. I was having a whole host of negative thoughts that can be summed up thus:My life is going nowhere. I am such a failure.I'm better now, but that's largely because yesterday morning, I came across two things. One made me laugh so hard, I got the hiccups, and the other made me smile because perhaps humanity isn't a waste of evolutionary

Moving On

I was very cranky yesterday, but managed to channel most of my frustration at life into Overlord. The result was almost 3 500 words at the beginning of the book. I've removed over 50 000 words of story, so I have some making up to do, but I do think this new version will be much, much better. The part I removed was really a diversion - interesting, but really didn't serve the story well.The

I, Cranky

I am so cranky today. I must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I don't understand why I'm cranky.Last night there was an awesome thunderstorm. It was lovely, although it managed to scare both cats. I'm amused, normally Persephone doesn't care about thunderstorms, and Galahad is the one who runs away to hide beneath my bed. Poor thing. Well, this time, Galahad ran to

A Lazy Long Weekend...

In which I managed to accomplish absolutely nothing.It was good.I have started rereading The Dying God & Other Stories to look for little errors before it's published. There's a surprising amount of small stuff that has slipped through the cracks. When that's done (this round ought to be finished today), I'll then be tackling Overlord, Book III of The Great Man series.Gulp.It terrifies me a

Tomorrow, When the War Began

I've been meaning to write this post for a while now. Above is the trailer for a movie that I really hope will make it to cinemas in North America. It's the film adaptation of the remarkable book Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden.Mr. Marsden, when I was still in high school (I can't remember exactly when. I think I was in grade nine.) came to my school (Blackheath and Thornburgh

Unlocked September Competition

Hi all!The wonderful people at Goodreads.com who organised, edited and were generally brilliant about Unlocked, the anthology I, along with nine other talented authors, contributed to, have just posted up a new competition! How's that for a ridiculously long sentence?Here is the prize:Gorgeous, no? It came out super large in the preview... so it's probably waaay to big for the post space.Here's

One Year to the Day

Wow, life moves fast doesn't it?This time last year was my first ever day as J.MB's flatmate. We giggled a lot, as I recall. Not much has changed. We still giggle a lot. J.MB. has to be one of the best friends I have ever made. I am so incredibly thankful to be her flatmate.To think, I thought I would be living in hell once I moved in with someone. You think I'm joking? All my experiences

Circling Women

You must take these tweezers and move this mountain of sand from here to here...Phantom Tollbooth reference. Did anyone catch that?The computer was being a right [insert fanciful expletive:] yesterday. It took all day just to load Word, and so I got precious little writing done. There's no harm though. I managed to write close to two thousand words. I should be finishing up soon.What I really