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Suffering for My Art
I don’t consider myself the long-suffering type. I didn’t figure it out until after my teenage years, but it’s much more fun to be happy than miserable (I was a slow learner, I guess). Regarding my...
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Dreamless City Sneak Peak – Nissa Rhodes
I wanted to share a sneak peak of some artwork from the Dreamless City, done by my amazing friend Heather Mills. I haven’t talked much about this aspect of the novel on my blog, but I want to have a...
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This Story Needs Your Help
But don’t worry, I’ll do most of the heavy lifting. I want to write a short story in the next couple of weeks, and I want you… yes, you right there, stop looking down and fiddling with your phone like...
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Dare to Be Stupid
In 1985, “Weird Al” Yankovic challenged me to dare to be stupid. He didn’t think I’d really go through with it, but boy did I show him! So let’s get this kicked off with a little music. Just a...
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Questions for Me, Questions for You
This should probably be called the Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Tracy, and then some post! I’ve been nominated for the Liebster Award as well as tagged for the Next Big Thing blog hop, so...
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Life of a Foundry Moth – Short Story Project Update II
So I know it’s been a few days since I’ve mentioned anything about our collaborative short story project. Please rest assured that I am still working furiously on it… Actually, that’s not 100% true....
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Life of a Foundry Moth – Short Story (Vote for Part Three)
The next section of Tesla, Edgar, and Nielson’s adventure is now up!! I apologize for the delay in getting this to you. I wrote entirely too much (over 5000 words) and finally realized that I was...
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I’ll Try Anything Once
In a follow up to my post last week about cover songs and whether they were better than originals, I’d like to share another cover I have been enjoying lately. They covered The Strokes’ “I’ll Try...
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Life of a Foundry Moth – Short Story Project Update III
Even though Camp NaNoWriMo is underway, rest assured that our short story collaborative project is going well. Well, it would be if I wasn’t worrying so much about what people will think of the next...
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Geek Week: Is Nostalgia the Reason Adventure Time Is Awesome?
Adventure Time, C’mon grab your friends, We’ll go to very distant lands. With Jake the Dog and Finn the Human, The fun will never end, it’s Adventure Time! Adventure Time is the most awesome show you...
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The Mess (A.K.A. Living the Good Life)
My life, as it usually seems to be, is rather busy (and don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t have it any other way). Between my full-time job, finishing grad school, this crazy writing thing, and keeping my...
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Remembering My First Taste
I can remember the first time that I ate a tomato. Okay, it is one of my earliest memories and is probably more of an impression than a fixed memory we have when we’re older. I think I was three years...
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Did I Leave This Thing On?
Holy plot bunnies, Batman! Did I leave this blog running unsupervised all summer. Why yes, I certainly did, and look at the mess it made on the rug. I’m back like white on rice, gluten on spaghetti,...
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Punkie Night
It’s Punkie Night tonight, It’s Punkie Night tonight, Adam and Eve would not believe, It’s Punkie Night tonight. In South Somerset, on the last Thursday of October every year, Punkie Night is...
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Snow in the South
I try to write posts that are positive, not negative, but the “light snow shuts down Atlanta” articles are starting to get to me. Let me explain a bit about how Atlanta got to the point of twelve-hour...
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Writing While Pregnant
This feels like I am discussing writing while under the influence instead of just being pregnant, but there isn’t really any “just” being pregnant. I haven’t been blogging much, and this is the primary...
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Experimenting on My Three Year Old
What is the point of having children if you can’t have a little fun? Besides, if I didn’t give Sweetpea something to write about in her diary one day or talk about with her therapist, what kind of...
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Thousand Words Before Breakfast
I’m feeling the need to brag on myself a bit today, and for the last few days too. As I mentioned not too long ago, writing while under the influence of pregnancy has been a challenge. However, this...
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Adding a Character Slot to My Family
My son was born a couple weeks ago, adding a character slot to my family (to use some videogame lingo). Everything went smoothly, and everyone is happy and healthy at home. Compared to my daughter, the...
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What Separates Us from Them?
“Us” being aspiring writers, “them” referencing the published and self-published authors. ;) I’m feeling like a novice hack sitting around in my bunny slippers all day. (Sweetpea’s preschool has...
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