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OMG that was AWFUL.

Why is it I always end up being somebody’s guinea pig? When I was 16 and had my first gyno appointment, the doctor had an apprentice in there, and so propped me open and groped and pointed every couple of minutes to explain things to the apprentice while they both peered into my vagina. When

Well, I think I’ll sit here and take my mind off impending layoffs by making shit up. Not sure how much I want to prophesize potential series endings in chapter one, but at the same time, I’m a big believer in creating our own destiny, and these two characters are people who, well, *do* that.

Well, they let four people go last week. Looking at my time sheet, I’m wondering how much longer I get to hang on. Things just went totally downhill when Blaine left. God, wouldn’t getting laid off just be the perfect whipped topping celebrating the shitstorm that has been the last six months of my life?

On science and gender. An addition to this article.

Finishing up the edits to the POV chapters for one of my main characters in tDW, Auryn. His chapters and Roh’s chapters are the last in need of major overhauling (as usual). This is good because it means Lilihin, Zezili, and Anavha are done, and I refuse to touch them again until somebody tells me

You Are A Pirate! What Type Of Swashbuckler Are You? brought to you by Maddog Varuka & Dawg Brown (thanks, Jenn!)

… is that 90% of diabetics are Type 2, which means 90% of the drugs are tailored to Type 2s, people who still have functionaing pancreases. So you get all excited reading about the benefits of new drugs and then realize that they aren’t made for you.

Interesting article about the power dynamics in a small coastal village in South Korea where the women make the bulk of a family’s wealth by diving for shellfish. Like their sisters throughout coastal areas in East Asia, the sea women here spend their days diving into the sea with no breathing devices, simply holding their

But hey, if that’s the only consequence to having an IUD anymore, I’ll take it. Why doesn’t everyone have one of these? Oh, yea, cause the first three months fucking sucked. Also, I’ve discovered why so many of my characters in my last two books get their fingers chopped off. I just chopped my finger