Archive for October 2009
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, everybody. The kids saved me a lot of money by choosing their costumes from the large stockpile of older costumes we have in the house, rather than crying till I bought them new ones. A little of the money we saved went toward accessories,.
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Life
Thursday thankfulness: spam
Darcsfalcon has started a little feature on her blog called Thursday Thankfulness, and I thought I'd jump on board for at least today. It would be nice if it spread throughout the blogisphere. Maybe I'll make a little header graphic for Thursday Thankfulness.
My body says, "Chill."
Well, I feel much better today. When I was still working full time several years back I'd get headaches every evening that I recognize now as low-level migraines. I think the cause is a combination of stress, fragrance, and general sinus problems. I.
No post today
This is a post to let you know I will not be posting today. Nursing a migraine, so if I want to write today I'm going to have to devote lucid moments to that. Hope your day goes well. Back so.
More on feeling your characters' emotions
Oopsie, a glitch occurred when I posted this, and it showed an unfinished version. I've fixed it now.I've been thinking about my huge breakthrough yesterday, the realization that sometimes I resist writing because I don't want to feel my characters'.
Do you carry your characters' emotions with you?
The morning has a ethereal quality to it, as I'm still carrying the feelings from my emotionally-charged dream. So often my moods are shaped by what I was dreaming when I woke up that morning, and while the images sometimes don't make enough sense to.
Walking with kindergartners is like herding cats
Well I am really liking this template. I feel like I've seen it around, but I guess it's not over-used. I usually choose cleaner blogs with simple lines and a focus on the content, but I realized I rarely post pictures anymore, and having a busy template.
Contest reminder
Don't forget about Writtenwyrdd's contest. This is your chance to win the plush Cthulu you've always wanted. Deadline is Oct. 31. Relevant bullets:WE'RE GOING TO BE WRITING HORROR. 500 to 1,000ish words of spec fic horror, poetry or prose, humorous.
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Life
Excuse the mess
Isn't this template cute? I'm brushing up on my CSS (well, I'm finding exactly what I want in the support forums and then copying--I have no idea how the whole thing works) and looking through templates, and I'm starting to wonder if a Wordpress template.
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Life
What we have here is one lovely blog
Thanks to Darcsfalcon for passing along this award to me. It's always nice to be recognized by your peers. It comes with a requirement to list seven other people with lovely blogs, but some of the blogs I would list are quite personal in nature, so I'm.
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Life
Re-working the About Me
The boy's home sick today, one of those borderline illnesses where he's not feeling terrible, but he's contagious too. Since today's the last day befor Fall Break, I decided to keep him home. You're welcome, classmates.I'm working on bringing some maturity.
I'm listening
Rachel Naomi Remen:The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect.
Midnight ramblings
Up late. Used to have this trouble sleeping about every other night, but this is the first time in a long time I've been up past eleven. It's raining. I'm typing this on the stupid slow computer instead of my laptop so I don't wake anybody up fumbling.
Neural pathways are opening
Don't you hate it when you have an epiphany and then the next day you can't remember what it was? I know I made some important neural pathways yesterday, but all I can do is trust they'll kick in when I need them.Despite my grogginess yesterday, I did.
Hilarity ensues at the Fall Festival
Our school system had a Fall Festival as their yearly fundraiser. I think they must have made a killing, probably way more than they would have made with the catalog sales fundraiser they usually use. Being the first year to try this, it was quite chaotic.
Quick research question
Does anyone here know the origins of "going into the light"? I know it was popularized in the movie Poltergeist, and probably came from near-death experiences where people see a warm, loving light beckoning them. But do you know about when the first.
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Life
Bits and pieces and a contest
Writtenwyrdd is having a contest with a Halloween flavor. I know some of my readers write flash horror, so you guys might want to go on over and check her out. The prize is a cute little stuffed Chthulu. Yes, I said cute. Ian has a brand new look to.
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Life
The Vook
Have you guys heard of this "vook" thing? I could see it being really useful for non-fiction books, but for fiction? Wouldn't that take you completely out of the world the author built, to stop and flip over to a video? I don't mind seeing pictures of.
