Congratulations

Congratulations Sarah and Mitch Holloway, and welcome to the world little man.

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Musings on Kids, Education and Unexpected Family Visits

I had an unexpected visit from family tonight. My sister, brother in law and my nephew all arrived on my doorstep at about four, thus saving me from an evening of editing. Talk about great timing.
We played video games, made and ate a pizza and gossiped for a few hours. It was great. When they [...]

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Hinges

Round four of edits have arrived. I’ll be working on those while trying to get my butt organized enough to make it to VCon without getting stuck somewhere in transit. Hopefully I can get these edits in by the time I leave as I can’t bring lappy with me. I will, in fact, be trying [...]

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Starting Up Again

It’s the weekend and for a change I get one. I have no day job scheduled and haven’t heard anything from my editor since I heard she’d lost fifteen hours of work due to an MSWord crash. This means I have had nothing pressing on my plate for the first time in almost a month.
So [...]

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Midnight Special

I’m pretty pooped. All this month I’ve been working like a salary man, but with less drinking and letching. Tonight is a karate night so I’m going to try to grab a nap before I head off for class. It’s best not to have to stifle a yawn when your sensei is about to demonstrate [...]

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Tomfoolery!

What tomfoolery is this? How come I discovered the complete and total awesome that is Samurai Champloo four years after everyone else knew about it?
Adam and I have gorged ourselves on borrowed copies. We’re going to have to fleabay ourselves a set of them. They’re so much fun.
And by the way, if any of you [...]

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Waiting

Came to work early but can do nothing without my roaster, so I’m waiting for him to arrive. It’s not like him to be late. I hope he’s OK.
I’m also waiting to hear back from the two editors who were tardy on my manuscripts in summer. This is the story of my publishing life. You [...]

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Reading

Adam has returned safe from his trip through the States. Now that he’s back and I’m finished smashing things, we’re settling back into our old rhythms. But not for long.
VCon approaches. I’m excited. I’ll not only be spouting a lot of nonsense on panels but I’ve also been invited to give a ten minute reading. [...]

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What Editing Does

Here’s a great example of why writers should always do exactly what their editors tell them:
Editing Round 1:
Pale lamps of Veteran’s walk cast a phosphorescent light and illuminated the fog so it seemed to swirl like milk. He didn’t need to see to know the paths, the memories here were strong. He followed them like [...]

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Tam Loses Kobudo Privileges

In an effort to help myself relax after doing a big bout of editing, I picked up my sai.  And about six moves into masuhiga no sai, I felt the sai slip from my hand. In combat, the sai would have gone right into someone’s solar plexus.  Instead, it sailed dead straight about four feet [...]

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