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To all the writers (and readers) out there, If you’re a fan of science fiction or fantasy, you have already heard of the Sword & Laser book club, podcast, and [now cancelled] Geek & Sundry show. If not, stop reading

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Unkind, Part Two

The beginning of this story… Devlin (continued) “Don’t move,” said Devlin. “I’m not going to hurt you.” She had her hair cut short, and she wore a dirty baseball cap and baggy clothes. It was no wonder that he had

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Unkind, Part One

Devlin The street was full of people, all hurrying to get somewhere. No one noticed a young man leaning against a wall minding his own business, but he saw everyone who walked by. He gauged and judged each one in

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I’m Not Procrastinating, I’m Blogging (or Why Do I Do This To Myself?)

So, it’s been a while. I’m not ignoring you fine people out there; I just ran out of things to say. A lot of people blog about their daily lives, but mine has been pretty boring. I’ve gone into hibernation

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Dictionary.com Takes A Huge Dump On Nerd Culture (or Let’s Get Hashtag Epic Fail Trending)

WARNING: This post is tl;dr and contains much snarkiness and nerdiness. I have used both the dictionary.com website and the app for a while now, mostly when I want a quick second opinion about a definition, and I am not

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The Five Stages Of Writing (or I Feel Your Pain)

Like dealing with grief, writing also has five stages. STAGE ONE – Caffeination Most writing begins with some sort of stimulant. Much writing is done late at night because writers are so easily distracted during the day and fail to

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Trolls and Challenges (or No Post Today)

No post today because I wasted invested all of my allotted blogging time on this story on my other blog. Please go and check it out and I’ll be back tomorrow. Also, sorry about making you click through the extra

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Posted in 3(Blah) + 3(Yada) = (Blog), Announcements, Blog, Tell me another story

Have You Given Up On NaNoWriMo Yet? (or It’s All Downhill From Here)

It’s a more than halfway through the month of November, and the NaNoWriMo weak have fallen by the wayside. If you are one of the dedicated few who have stuck it out this far, I salute you. I don’t think

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What Did You Expect? (or I Couldn’t Think of a Better Title)

Just a note because I said I was going to blog every day, so if I do this now it counts as a post, and you can’t stop me! What was I saying? Oh yeah. I just wanted to let

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In A Subjunctive Mood (or Long Live The Drama Queen)

So I’ve decided I’m going to try to post something every day. Well, every weekday. Why? I don’t know; it seemed like a good idea at the time. I probably wouldn’t if I were the kind of person who thought

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Posted in Best Of Verbatim Gibberish, Blog, DPchallenge, Word Nerd

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