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Been So Long
Wow, so much has happened since I last posted...I moved to a new city, a loved one got cancer, I've had my own health challenges. I really need to get back to writing again, but I need things to settle down in my mind from the body blows my family has taken lately. I continue to read, though, and it has been a fine distraction. -
Works in Progress
Just edited this entry because I noticed my last one was exactly one month ago. I'm getting better at writing in this!I have been forced to revise my self-imposed ban on WIPs, because I have been reading some good ones lately and I find I can enjoy being in the moment with these stories. I still wish every story not completed would be, but that ( Read more... ) -
Random Thoughts
My obsessive-compulsive tendencies truly come to the fore when I get interested in something I read. I remember reading The Sunne in Splendour in the early 1990s, and suddenly I was ordering obscure books through my public library (this was before Amazon and the Internet) to learn every tidbit I could find about the Wars of the Roses. I did the ( Read more... ) -
Working My Way Through the Bookmarks and Other Trivia
I reorganized my bookmark files, transferring all of the "Read" stories into Excel. I need to develop an online database for my skating website, so I think I will do a test run with the stories. So much easier to have all the data in the spreadsheet first, at least for me ( Read more... ) -
Real Life, As Always
Well, I certainly haven't been doing much here on Live Journal! Nearly the end of the year, and I haven't written anything since September 1. Real life just keeps on being real, fortunately and unfortunately. Home remodel, family issues, change of focus in my work, and myriad other things just get in the way of trying to write. I will hopefully ( Read more... ) -
Getting Sorted, In a Way...
A strange thing happened to me last summer. I became an admirer of Harry Potter fan fiction.
I think a lot of fans begin the way I did. I had read all the HP books over the years as they were published, but had only seen a few of the movies. I don't care to go to movies that much, mainly because I can't stand the sound of crunching and coughing ( Read more... )