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The Summer Update Post

August 15, 2011 Life

I’ve been quiet lately, both on the blog and also out and about in the blog world and on Twitter. But there’s been a lot of stuff happening here over the summer!
The publishing industry is definitely getting back to speed – and from my perspective, it’s not just back on track after a couple of [...]

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Another Saturday Random

February 19, 2011 Random Stuff

A Clean Desk
So yesterday I came downstairs in the morning, and discovered that my husband, who’s been getting up at 5 in the mornings for the past month, had decided to surprise me and clean up the office.
And not just the office, but my desk, too!
I will just say here that after three and [...]

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Saturday Random

February 12, 2011 Random Stuff

A little bit of Saturday randomness …
Yes, I’m Back
So you might have noticed, despite writing excitedly last month about getting into a blogging rhythm, I then kind of disappeared off the face of the blogosphere (and Twitter and Facebook).
What happened? Back in October and November, I had several clients ask me, “We’ve got a project(s) [...]

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Making Magic: Appreciation

November 23, 2010 Creativity

(Photo credit)
I am immersed in deadline after deadline right now, and in days of yore (I’ve always wanted to use that phrase in a post!) I would have let myself be pulled into a static, drone-like existence, working long hours day after day, late into the night.
No fun, no creativity, no laughter. Just work, work, [...]

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Welcoming Change

January 12, 2010 Life

Happy new year, everyone! I know, I know – it’s nearly the middle of the month, and you might all be feeling the new year is already feeling a bit old. But since I’ve been so busy, I haven’t really had a chance to do “the new year thing” – and I figure I can [...]

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PJs Rule!

January 6, 2010 Life

I’ve been working from home for fifteen years now, and amazingly enough, until one cold morning last month, I had never worked in my pajamas.
I’m not really a very traditional sort of person, so I’m not sure why I never thought about working in my PJs before then.
And the fact that it happened was actually [...]

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The Mess That Is My Desk

December 2, 2009 Life

Sigh.
Back in August, I was featured at Kittling: Books’ Scene of the Blog feature. Kathy had asked for a photo of my blogging space earlier in the year, and she had impeccable timing, because I had just cleaned my office when I received her email.
I pulled out the picture today, because it’s such a great [...]

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Three Days to Go

November 28, 2009 Life

Updates
I will keep coming back to update this post with my current word count. Doing updates here is the best way I know of keeping myself on track and getting those 13,413 words written.
Nov. 28, 4:14 pm:
Current total word count: 38,203 words. Required to complete NaNoWriMo:  11,797 words.
Nov. 29, 3:08 pm:
Current total word count: [...]

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Getting Organized: Keeping Track of Links and Book Recommendations

October 28, 2009 Books and Reading

I’ve always been envious of bloggers who seem to so easily keep track of who recommended a book they’ve just read and reviewed. At one point, I was using the Zotero plugin for Firefox to keep track of blog posts that introduced me to books which were added to my TBR, but eventually I had [...]

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Leaving Procrastination Behind for Five Weeks

October 26, 2009 Life

It’s funny how a month can go by, just like that – and before you know it, the new month is literally just a handful of days away.
So, much like I realized yesterday that NaNoWriMo is nearly here, this morning I sat down and entered in all my latest work deadlines. October has been a [...]

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I’m Back!

September 4, 2009 Life

And where, you might be asking, have I been? With no word on this blog about my departure?
Actually, I haven’t been anywhere. I’ve been here:

That’s a picture of our dining room table, which I’ve commandeered for the past month or so in order to work on what I’m calling now The Project From Hell. [...]

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What’s Up Sunday – June 14

June 14, 2009 Books and Reading

I normally post this as “What’s Up Saturday”, but yesterday kind of flew by really quickly, especially since I was behind on the big giveaways post.
Deadline Alley
I’m heading into Deadline Alley over the next ten days – I have five deadlines to lay to rest and I’d like to get everything finished by next Wednesday. [...]

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Work’s Done! and Reading …

May 15, 2009 Books and Reading

I finished my deadline yesterday (on time, thank goodness!), and it definitely felt good getting that huge stack of papers off my desk. All your kind comments were very helpful, and I particularly loved Joanne’s comment that the photo of the huge pile of papers looked just gorgeous. I started thinking, you know, if that [...]

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A Winning Week

May 11, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

It’s been quite a winning week around here! One result of becoming addicted to compiling my big lists of book giveaways which I post every Sunday is that I have been entering more giveaways. I don’t enter every one I find, but I do enter when I come across a book that looks interesting to [...]

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