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Archive for February, 2008

Sorry for the technical difficulties

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Sorry the site was down yesterday. Let me make it up to you with this:

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 15th, 2008

As I mentioned on Tuesday Book Club day, I was totally inspired by Julia Cameron’s latest book, The Writing Diet, to rethink some of my choices. The main one being the massive eating of sugar, which I have enjoyed on an ever-increasing basis since about a year ago. Somehow that felt like the [...]

Awe-freakin-some

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

‘Bout TIME our man Sayid is back on his game! After all those weeks of moping and being all dewy-eyed over Shannon–get over it! You’re a killer! Be true to your school!
Very happy with tonight’s episode. So much to take in and digest.
But mainly happy to see Sayid being used properly [...]

All we have is a dog on our bed

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

My husband sent me this link, along with the note: “I guess I don’t have it so bad with the dog on the bed.”
You decide.
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Oh, and one more thing

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Yeah, this.

Writers and money, part 4 (read it)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

I didn’t really mean to have a series on this, but then I keep finding more and more interesting information. This is a column from John Scalzi, and you need to read it.
Thanks, Barry, for the link.
Technorati Tags: Writing, Publishing, Writers, Authors, Writers and Money

Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

I wasn’t sure if I’d like it, and I loved it.
Julia Cameron’s latest book, The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size.
Why did I think I wouldn’t like it? I’ve loved all her creativity books, beginning with The Artist’s Way, which completely transformed my life as a writer. In fact, it made me a [...]

Writers and money, part 3

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I’m in deep hiding today, because there is not only one worker here, but two. That way one can continuously hammer while the other one drills. Special!
But they’re taking a lunch break right now, so I thought I’d scurry in here and send you over to Tess Gerritsen’s blog again. If you [...]

While I’m on a roll . . .

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Thought I’d post my favorite Super Bowl ad from this year:

Love what creative people can do

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

No matter what your politics are, you can still appreciate the time, effort, and creativity these artists put into turning this message into music:

Technorati Tags: Yes We Can Video