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  • Run Over by a Bus

    Join me over at the Torquere LiveJournal today for too much information on the bus.  There are some scary people on those buses, man!

  • Join Me at Sean Michael\’s Today!

    So, Sean Michael was gracious enough to host me on her LiveJournal.

    Only, it was yesterday.

    Sigh.  I had an internet snafu and didn\’t get to post it until today and comment and spread the word and, in short, be gracious in return.  Mea culpa!

    So please, help me show my gratitude by stopping by Sean Michael\’s today!  And check out her new release in the Hammer series.  You\’ll be glad you did!

  • Join Me at Sean Michael\’s Today!

    So, Sean Michael was gracious enough to host me on her LiveJournal.

    Only, it was yesterday.

    Sigh.  I had an internet snafu and didn\’t get to post it until today and comment and spread the word and, in short, be gracious in return.  Mea culpa!

    So please, help me show my gratitude by stopping by Sean Michael\’s today!  And check out her new release in the Hammer series.  You\’ll be glad you did!

  • Join Me at All Romance EBooks for Pride In Space

    All Romance eBooks is celebrating June Pride Month with features on LGBT authors and their books.  Be sure to stop by and check it out!

    Join me over at the ARe Cafe today for Pride In Space, about the challenges and unique opportunities of LGBT science-fiction and fantasy.  Enjoy!

  • Join Me at Torquere Press Today

    Join me at the Torquere Press Blog, Romance for the Rest of Us, for my article on a headache remedy.

  • Around the Webs with Aunt Noony

    Join me at LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers for Fantasy and Reality.

    And join me today at the Writer\’s Retreat Blog for a little post-vacation musing.

  • Vacation

    Last day of vacation.  We\’re saving all our relaxavibes to bring home and write lots of new and fantastic blog posts for you!

  • Vacation

    We\’re off to the Amana Colonies for the weekend.  I hope you enjoy yourselves while I\’m gone!

  • Sunday Weaver\’s Journal

    Sunday Weaver\’s Journal

    Today is weaving class. I am attaching the new warp to the old warp so I don\’t need to re-thread the heddles.




  • Sunday Weaver\’s Journal

    Sunday Weaver\’s Journal

    Today is weaving class. I am attaching the new warp to the old warp so I don\’t need to re-thread the heddles.




  • Sunday Box Talk: Hope and Etiquette

    It was the best of times,
    It was the worst of times,
    It was the age of wisdom,
    It was the age of foolishness,
    It was the epoch of belief,
    It was the epoch of incredulity,
    It was the season of light,
    It was the season of darkness,
    It was the spring of hope,
    It was the winter of despair,
    We had everything before us,
    We had nothing before us,
    We were all going direct to heaven,
    We were all going direct the other way…

    ~ Charles Dickens (1812-1870), A Tale of Two Cities

    As I embark on my journey of the next stage of my career, one of my companions is Richard Nelson Bolles and his book, What Color Is Your Parachute.  In it, his first argument is that the most important, and primary, thing to cultivate as a job searcher – and, really, a human being – is hope.  With hope, we have everything; without it, we have nothing and nowhere to go.

    One way to build it within ourselves is to remember that in any situation, there is always something, some part of it, over which we can exert control and assert our own power.  Doing so can restore our belief that we are the Captains of our own ships.
    I couldn\’t agree more.  After all, isn\’t this what we\’ve learnt in all our travels on the Artist\’s Way?  In fact, the theme for these essays, Sunday Box Talk, comes from Mr. Bolles\’ book The Three Boxes of Life, in which he proposes that we figure out what we have control over and rethink how we exercise that control. 
    It\’s a lesson many of us, myself included, must continue learning over and over.  But I am grateful to Mr. Bolles for his willingness to share of himself and his knowledge.  He has changed the world for millions of people and the world is a better place because of him.
    On the subject of Etiquette, I had the opportunity to work with another author recently.  They came on an emailing list I\’m part of and asked to appear on others\’ blogs in a blog tour promoting their book.  I emailed them and offered my blog, asking if we could do an exchange since I, too, have a book release coming up.
    To my startled eyes, I received an email reply:  \”I don\’t do blog posts anymore.\”
    Then why on earth would you ask for a blog post on another\’s blog, someone who does continue the effort to develop interesting content for readers and maintain a site for them to enjoy?
    Apparently, common sense isn\’t, so I\’ll say this for those of you out there who need to hear it (though, sadly, the ones who need to hear it probably aren\’t reading my humble words):  if you are out there looking for promotion, be prepared to return the favor.  The world is your oyster, my dear, but you must also give back to the sea.
    After all, we\’re all in this together.
    Happy Sunday, Dear Reader, and may you find Hope within your heart today and remember: you are loved.

  • A Writer In Her Library – Rainy Day Saturday

    It\’s a rainy day today, so I can\’t go in the garden and dig up the side plot to plan my broccoli, beans and cucumber.  ~pout~

    Instead, I thought I\’d share my three newest book acquisition (because, clearly, I need more books).  Two of them are related to job search, and the third is a craft book.

    The first one is What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, 2013 Edition, by Richard Nelson Bolles.  It\’s an amazing book and I\’ve used it for years whenever I needed to tweak my career path.  I own a couple older version but I decided to get the new one because it\’s a complete revamping of the process, taking into account the new reality of social media and the internet.  I am rethinking my entire approach to this endeavor and we\’ll see what the next few months bring.

    The next one is The Artist\’s Way at Work: Riding the Dragon – Twelve Weeks to Creative Freedom, by Mark Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine Allen.  I\’ve wanted to play with this one for a while, since I\’ve worked with Cameron\’s other Artist\’s Way books.  I\’m excited to give this one a try.

    The final one is by Suzen Millodot and is a companion to one I already own, about Celtic Knots.  This one is Chinese Knots for Beaded Jewellery.  I used to do macrame and like the idea of getting back into it; I think it would be fun to experiment with some of the knots in this book either with jewelry or with contemporary patterns for plant hangers and bottle covers but with Chinese knots.

    What have you bought recently?