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Ten chapters to go in the major rewrite of tDW. It’s exhausting, yea, but it’s a good book, and it’s fun watching it become a better book. After that, I need to decide if I want to keep one of my POV characters or dump him for someone else, then rewrite those, print, revise, send […]

Not that Brown’s a “great writer,” but it’s a nice look at the invisible partners-behind-the-writers.This week Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, revealed that his wife Blythe helps him write his bestsellers. It puts him in good company…

While sitting on my heels in yoga class on Friday, I stared at my reflection on the mirrored wall. I looked at the reflection of the others in the class. And for the first time in a long, long time, I realized I was average-sized. I did not look like a mushroom. I did not

SIGNS OF STRESS: (with an “X” by the ones I’ve had the last 6-8 months) X sleep disturbances X back, shoulder or neck pain X tension or migraine headaches X upset or acid stomach, cramps, heartburn, gas, irritable bowel syndrome constipation, diarrhea X weight gain or loss, eating disorders hair loss X muscle tension X

The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. It is meant to cement Octavia’s legacy by providing the same experience/opportunity that Octavia had to future generations of new writers of color. In addition to her stint as a student

It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Chicagoland. Cold, though, still. Someday it’ll be spring. Also, for anybody who’s ever felt like they’ve failed in life and can’t get up again, I recommend watching the entertaining Elizabeth Town, in which Orlando Bloom actually has a personality. Trust me.

Had my first yoga class tonight – an hour and a half. That’s a lot of yoga. It kicked me pretty well, though I’ve done pilates before, so it wasn’t totally different. The best part of the night was the last ten minutes when the instructor had us close our eyes and relax, and shook

It is a sweet day when playing video games becomes job research. Most excellent.

I dreamt that I was at my little high school theater, sitting in the audience watching a show being put on by Ben Rosenbaum and Meghan McCarron and a bunch of people from my days back at the theater. For some reason, they were doing an audio recording of the show for David Moles, because

… to still love someone you know you had to leave.