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My Midlife Crisis
The title of this post sounds like one of those elementary school essays, “My Summer Vacation” except this is the adult version. “My Midlife Crisis”. ::groan:: But that sums it up right there. Ever since late last year I’ve started losing my give-a-shit. It was a long time coming. The day job has always been something I knew I would…
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More Publication Schedule Changes
It appears as though Into Darkness is now slated for an October release. With small press the publishing schedule can be a fickle thing. Thirteen Covens has been shoved back to 2012 (no definitive month or season even). This is probably a good thing considering I don’t want to feel rushed. My editor and I have even talked about October 2012…
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Megalomaniac Media
So I heard about the riots in England via friends on Facebook. It was puzzling to me because I hadn’t heard anything on CNN, MSNBC, or FOX (the latter of which I don’t often watch for my own reasons). I literally had to go to the BBC website just to find out what was going on – only to discover it was…
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Horror Huh?
So recently I watched two “horror” films that were allegedly scary according to critics. The Rite and Insidious. The Rite, quite frankly, was laughable. It started out promising (even if it did move a bit slow) and then it went flaccid just before climax. That happens a great deal with movies these days. Paranormal Activity was another one that fizzled…
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Surgery & Mini Vacations
Yeah – I’ve absolutely been slacking on blog posting. Mostly because I had to have dental surgery (gum graft) last Friday and I was hopped up on Vicodin. With some of the silly and crazy dreams I was having I can only imagine anything I would have written wouldn’t have made a lot of sense. But a three-day-mini vacation was…
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Summer Salad
I’ve declared today a day that I’m going to randomly share a recipe. This is a salad my husband and I (and a lot of our friends and family) have grown to love. It’s fresh, cool, delicious and surprisingly healthy. For lactose intolerance, remove the mozzarella altogether or replace it with a soy or coconut based “cheese” substitute. Crispy Summer…
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Mini-Vacation & Updates
Took a little mini-vacation from the blog yesterday. This first week of August has been a busy one anyway. Between billing and payroll down at the office coupled with lots of writing that needs to happen, I’m having oral surgery at the end of the week. Nothing major, but it’s something I’ve been putting off for awhile and it will still put…