From Late Night Twitter… Writing the Disabled
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Category: Thoughts
The “I Love You” List … things you need to have in an emergency
Tragedies happen. No one wants to think about funerals when they’re 21, but horrible things happen that can leave you incapacitated or killed at any age. This isn’t covered by high school, it’s rarely mentioned in college, but if you’re paying your own bills you need to make sure that…
The Ultimate NaNo Prep Post (good for the rest of the year too)
This is the master post for everything I recommend to get you prepped for NaNoWriMo or a Fast Draft. Remember, each author is unique and so is each book, so be sure to play with this and make it work for you. The way I think and the steps I…
My Readers Really Are The Best
Back in June I released the first chapter of EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE in an intro anthology from the SFR Brigade titled PORTALS:Volume 4 (we’re up to 7 now I think). I didn’t really think much of it until this week while I was in a post-book shambles. I…
Go Ahead And Trash It
I’m a firm believer in wearing clothes you can trash. Everyone needs at least one set of super comfy clothes for lounging in all day while reading a book, and one set of clothes for trashing. We call them Grubbies. During the first week of summer break the first project…
Working In Groups
Raise your hand if you hate group projects. Raise your hand if you always take over a group project -or- do all the work because no one else will. Me? I’m both. I don’t play well with others because I do have a dominate personality, a strong idea of what…
The Strange Emptiness of Success
You wouldn’t think there was a sadness attached to success. There should be elation. Perhaps celebration. There should be parades, and trumpets, joy! But as I clean my desk tonight and tuck away the notes and scraps and post-is associated with DECOHERENCE I realize I’m burying the corpse of Jane…
Playing The Privilege Game
I had an experience today that highlighted something that we’ve been discussing on Twitter a lot, to wit, Privilege. I was at a mostly empty grocery store with two cashiers, myself, a pair of frat boys buying Sobe, chips, and beer (presumably in preparation for finals), and an elderly couple…
You Say “Angry Feminist” Like It’s A Bad Thing
Last week I was in an awkward conversation where a woman said, “She’s one of those Angry Feminist types, you know?” and I couldn’t pull the lady to the side for an explanation. Was she upset about someone wanting gender equality or was she surprised that in this day and…
Where Mother Gothel Went Wrong
Mother Gothel and Rapunzel from the Disney movie Tangled. The Disney movie TANGLED came out in 2010 and at this point I feel it’s fair to say Mother Gothel is the dumbest villain ever added to the villain pantheon. Not the bumblingest or the silliest or even the least frightening,…