I went to Con-Volution last weekend and had fun. This year I had planned to be an attendee. No workshops, no Masquerade. After an emotionally intense few months, I wanted to go and hang out with friends and just be. Unfortunately, I had to work at my day job until 4:30 PM. By then the route […]
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What a weekend. Things started early Thursday morning when my mother was showing signs of what could have been either kidney failure or heart failure. I got her into the doctor and have never been so relieved to hear the words “I think it’s pneumonia.” Her tests came back clean and she is responding to
I’ve been invited to be a guest at Con-Volution, September 30 to October 2nd in Burlingame. This year I’ve been put on both writing and costuming panels. I’m listed under my legal name for various reasons (like I forgot to mention to use my pen name for writing panels). But trust me, I’m there. Here’s
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At the beginning of August, I stared a word count challenge with some friends. My goal was to write 30,000 words over the course of the month, or 968 words a day. I managed to write 15,221 words, for an average of 491 a day. Not anywhere near my goal, but somewhat respectable. Part of
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I’m working on my schedule for this year. “By working on” means that I’m preparing to ask for those days off of my day job. This is tricker than it sounds because I work for a private utility reporting to a state agency. There are days I cannot ask for off due to when reports
