boxpurge

Normally I would not do this, but I was sufficiently entertained by my twitter posts today–which are all self-involved, no two-way conversations here!–to just post them as a blog today. :) I shall, however, at least put them in the order they’re to be read, rather than from the bottom up as they come straight from Twitter. Hashtag: #boxpurge, not that I remembered to use it I need to ditch either my computer desk or the wall mount for a computer screen. *wibble* oh woe! purge mentality vs sentimentality! 12…

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bits and bobs

Michelle finished up her blog promotion commentary with one last post, in which she hits on the vital question of characterization. Go read it: it’s interesting. Possibly fascinating, if you’re like me. :) Kinds of bread I have made today: corn, white, banana. Years ago I bought some lovely creamy nubbly fabric for a long coat. Mom and I started laying it out to make today (which is to say, Mom, who is a brilliant seamstress, laid it out while I watched, asked questions, and mostly prevented Young Indiana from…

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on promotion

Michelle Sagara has written some very fine posts about promoting oneself online as a writer: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. In a nutshell, don’t be an ass and don’t expect to develop a Scalzi-like following without a decade of hard work put into it. Only she says it better, so you should go read what she said while I investigate my navel. I freely admit to envy over Scalzi’s followers. I also clearly haven’t got a *clue* how to get that kind of following, since I’ve been keeping…

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…”Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” is actually rather good, isn’t it. Huh.

never could get the hang of…

Terrible week for mileage. Young Indiana got the snuffles from vaccination shots, then I caught a cold, so really not much sleep or indeed leaving the house. Still, 12 miles is better than 0. And the astute amongst you will notice I’ve missed a couple days of the reading meme, so I’ll probably make up for it over the weekend. Young Indiana and I finally met the 4 month old baby boy next door! And his daddy, whose name I didn’t get, of course. :) But we had a nice…

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