Kameron Hurley

Being a Female Bodyguard

“What I hate is when you get a member of the royal family. It’s the same thing every year: you have to be vetted by a guy from the Saudi embassy saying, “Oh, my God, you are a woman!” At which point you have to throw one of his blokes on the floor and stamp on his windpipe to prove you can do the job.”

And if you want to know what Black Desert is about, it’s basically this:

“I’m nearly 50 and I am shocked that I’m still alive. I was shocked at 30 and I was shocked at 40. I keep saying it’s time to wind down, but I miss doing my job too much. I need the adrenalin.”

(Thanks, David!)

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V for Vendetta

I love this movie more every time I watch it.

Which might say something terrifying about the state of the world. Or a lot about me. Or both.

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I Should Know Better

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Workadoo

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South Park: All Free, All the Time

All episodes of South Park are now available to view, for free, online.

Wow.

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A Woman’s Place

And etc.

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Back to the Trenches

Just about done with the first pass on Black Desert line edits. Not actually typing them in, mind, just bleeding over the manuscript, which is a mess (yes, that sounds messy, doesn’t it?). There’s this very obvious chunk of the book where I’m just dithering away until I can come up with the ending (ie get Nyx back in the picture), and I cut out a whole chapter last night to help get over that long, boring pre-ending. I was feeling pretty pessimistic about the whole bloody thing until I pushed past that lull. Then Nyx shows back up, and the book starts again. I’m really going to need to work on that. The secondary characters should be strong enough to carry the book for four chapters, and right now, they aren’t. Things which must be fixt….

In other news, I’m thinking about writing some short fiction again. I think some of my struggle is just that I’ve been spending so long working in one world, in one medium. I love writing novels, and I love this world, but I’ve been working on bel dame novels, in one way or another, since 2003.

How time flies.

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Why is it…

… that writing actually gets *harder* the happier I become?

I think it’s just a matter of getting back into constant practice. Giving myself a long break as a reward may not be the best way to manage my new writing all day/writing books all night lifestyle.

Because socializing and gym time have to come in there sometime. Also, cookery, modding, and WoWing… and movies. And French. And… reading. And…

I need a more structured activity schedule.

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Yes, I Am Busy…

… but in a good way!

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Celebrating Banned Books

I think this is an uber-kewl and terribly creative idea.

(thanks, Tyim!)

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