Dillon's grrrrfriend is staying with us for the weekend. She wiggled around the kitchen, hoping we were all going someplace fun, like the D.O.G.P.A.R.K. Then her mom left, and she and Dillon hip-checked each other and ran around the house like loonies. Then I came downstairs and Dillon flopped on the floor. Grrrrfriend just figured out she's been ( Read more... )

Mary was a little lamb,
Her fleece was like fake snow.
Found herself in the slam,
With no place left to go.

My writer's group just saw first part of Fakes & Familiars and they say Drew is a boring protag. Remember Drew? Those of you who were in my 2YN class said he was sweet! Now, I guess he's boring, but everyone likes Ozzie, the Great Dane puppy, so they'll cut him some slack ( Read more... )

This is simplified from the one I used a few years ago, but IMHO, not simplified enough. I reordered things to follow the critique format I use for other people, so hopefully it will follow my brain's habitual pattern. After I get the first few crits on Fakes & Familiars I can tailor it to the flaws I'm exploiting on this particular rough draft. ( Read more... )

I recently volunteered to be a foster mom for a young dog. Dillon is very mellow with dogs outside of his home, but when one comes into his home, he feels obliged to tell the interloper that all things belong to him: the bed, the chewy, the food, the sofa, the spot in front of the tv, and above all the human belongs to him. So, any foster dog needs ( Read more... )

My cute puppy icon. He's a big boy now. My icon photo was taken about 7 1/2 years ago. This is him now:


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Forgive me. This entry is probably going to be the first in a series. I think I'm working through something. & I'll preface it by saying I'm going to a planning meeting for Diversicon tonight. Yes, it's a sf&f convention that focusses on race and other issues of diversity. I'm also wearing an Irish Pride t-shirt. It's black with orange lettering, ( Read more... )

Heh, first I have to say Vinnie showing up with two hot pizzas to be delivered made me order pizza. Bugs, our heroine, wasn't driving my pizza, so even though I live three blocks away from the pizza place, by the time it arrived I'd finished reading the subliminal "order pizza" part of the book and was on to a stomach-turning Lord of the Fliesish ( Read more... )

raecarson is lucky enough to be facing a new starting point in her writing life. Yeah Rae! And she's wise enough to set goals. The first goal is to find her process. Not how to write. She knows that already. She means finding habits that support the way her body and brain wants to write. Waking up early? Write at the same place every day? With tea or ( Read more... )

I pulled together this list for a panel I was on at Diversicon. I put quite a few hours of work into this so I thought I may as well share it ( Read more... )