A Broken Laptop

New black shoes in the blinding sunlight of Vegas.  Notice the sheer instep.  I’m going to use these delicate things to kick some literary butt.   Pieces out: 40! Goal: 40!  Woo hoo!

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I don’t like to wait.  I mean, I can be patient when I have to be.  I don’t hound editors with “How long are you planning on keeping my submission, eh, buddy?” emails.  I’m patient with my kids.  I don’t get unruly in lines.  But if I have a choice, I’d like everything to fly [...]

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I have a mean sugar addiction, can you tell?  Totally hopped up today!  I accomplished a lot, and I mean a lot.  Which…might never happen again.   I printed queries and labels and everything is shiny and professional…until I ran out of ink. Typical.   Pieces out: 38 Goal: 40

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  Most of you know that I majored in Sociology, so social experimentation is de rigeur.  I realized something both funny and disconcerting, and that is this:  When I put up that picture of me wearing my red lipstick, my hits jumped by a gazillion percent.  Seriously.  There are sites that scroll random blogs, and people can click any [...]

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Kinda.  It’s like that old U2 song, and I’m running to stand still.  That’s all right, because life is a challenge, and I can hack it.  I just wanted to pop in and update. Still alive!  Still working hard.  I literally have not had more than five minutes to myself all day, which means that [...]

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I just crawled out of a migraine-induced haze to find out that I placed second in the On The Premises contest!  Hooray!  Everybody thinks that I’m kidding, but I really am using the money to buy a sewing machine.  Awesome!  It’s a story that I really enjoyed writing, and I’ll proudly link you when it’s [...]

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  If I didn’t write, I might spend more time in the kitchen.  And as we can all see…that wouldn’t be such a great idea. These are my marshmallows!  And the bowl exploded!  And after the hysterical laughter died down, I had the job of cleaning up marshmallowy glass.  I’ll try again later with a [...]

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I just said how it was softly sunshiny here, and then it promptly started to rain for two days.  The streets are flooded.  So Jeremy, the Illiterati, and the other townsfolk of Sin City, I take full responsibility.  The rain is all my fault. That said, I’m not sorry.  I love the rain.  So haha! [...]

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I realize that most of the world is living in a land of ice and snow.  I, however, am not.  Today I took my kids outside and we frolicked around for a little bit.  For once, the sun was kind.  I took a picture of the lavender, which smelled particularly delightful.  I’m sorry to say [...]

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So! I pulled that story because I realized that the magazine was requesting crazy rights.  I entered the story in the On The Premises contest  because when I first read the contest theme, I was like, “You know what story would be perfect for that?!”  I received an email saying that it was a top ten [...]

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