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The Art of Pretending Awesome
I’ve never been a good actress. I’m most known for telling it like it is and being a straight shooter. It runs in my family. None of us mince words, beat around the bush, or are good at pretending everything is awesome when it’s not. I have a lot of writer, musician, and artist friends who’ve gotten rather good at…
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Noise
It’s time for a rant. Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of noise from pagans who are upset at how the media portrays witches, magicians, and/or pagans. Especially with shows like American Horror Story: Coven, and Witches of East End, among others. Or I see my FB feed rampant with how this group or that group makes everyone else in…
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Make No Mistake
It seems that small, start-up traditional publishers have a lot of misconceptions about independent authors and the publishing industry in general. It’s as if they’re stuck in the pre-2008 publishing era and don’t realize just how much the publishing industry has changed in the past few years, or how the playing field has leveled. In the past two months I’ve…
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It Happens to Musicians, Too
My husband and I often talk about the state of the publishing industry and the state of the music industry. This makes sense since I’m a writer and he’s a musician. The topic that keeps coming up over and over again is how the average consumer really has no clue how little writers and musicians make when there’s a middle…
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Surreal Tales of Social Networking
Social networking is a rather curious thing. It compels people who don’t even know each other to make connections. In the case of writers (especially niche writers), it often attracts folks who are friend-collectors. I think what annoys me most about friend-collectors is they often don’t stop to at least find out who you are before sending that friend request.…
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I Hate My Mac Part 2
Late last year I wrote a little post about why I hate my Mac. While I still hate my Mac because it’s still really uncomfortable to write on, I’m beginning to RESENT my Mac. I resent it because I spent over $1K on it and it was like flushing that money down the toilet. I still prefer my Dell laptop…
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The Myth of “Happy”
I was sitting back the other day, listening to a friend lament about how unhappy and depressed she was. She wasn’t just unhappy, she was downright pissed off that everyone else seems to be happy – except for her. For hours she went on and on about her misery. Finally I had to stop her and tell her the two…
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Wow, Faux News! Really?
Let’s face it – I expected it. It was only a matter of time before Fox News’ (Faux News) Fox & Friends pissed in the Post Toasties of Wiccans and Pagans. If you haven’t seen it yet – here is this week’s gem of douche-baggery: [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlXEGy20yTc[/tube] Geez, let me see – Yule, Imbolc, Ostera, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon, Samhain. (I…
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Writers Who Wear Blue Stockings Get More Done…
Okay, the title of this post is somewhat misleading. However, it perfectly illustrates the point of this post, which was inspired by another silly comment I overheard. Or is that oversaw? I sometimes wonder why I hang out on writing sites. Some of them are good. Some of them are bizarre. I lurk a lot so I hear things. Funny things. Strange…
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Writers Write
So I was reading an article recently that listed the “signs” to know if one was meant to be a writer. Some of these “signs” included admiring other authors, thinking about writing, being doubtful about one’s ability to be a writer, or being someone who thinks they have good ideas. While I agree all writers do often share these traits,…
