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Sabbatical Update: 1/3 In

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I suppose it's actually 1/3 and some change, since my last day of work was March 10th. Ah well, summer has been busy and time seems to be inconsistently flowing lately: some days are gone in a sip of Starbucks, some run in long and lazy hammock time. Not sure which I prefer. I'm querying… Continue reading Sabbatical Update: 1/3 In

Banshee · Minerva · Writing

Concert in the Key of Minerva

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This isn't a real post, just a quick update because I'm in the middle of editing the first 25 pages (and, separately, the first 2 chapters) of the cancer book for a book proposal to an agent and a grant application. So I'm in query letter, book proposal component, and application writing/editing hell. Very different… Continue reading Concert in the Key of Minerva

Review: Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
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Review: Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

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I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I grew up spending hours of free time in Valdemar, treating my horse as a Companion and wishing I knew gryphons and mages and Tayledras and Heralds in real life. I started with Arrows of the Queen (Talia's story) when… Continue reading Review: Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits
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Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits

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This morning I woke up to Minerva losing her f-ing mind. She barks a lot in the mornings anyway: we have deer regularly wandering through our yard and she is always on HIGH ALERT, certain the deer are plotting an invasion. But when her bark changed from "HEY! HEY! HEY! YOU THERE! HEY! THIS IS… Continue reading Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits

Review: Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi
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Review: Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi

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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Did you see that movie about American Green Berets in Afghanistan in 2001 who had to ride horses to meet with a Northern warlord to fight the Taliban, 12 Strong (2018, starring Chris Hemsworth)? Me too. Did you know they… Continue reading Review: Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi

Banshee · life · Writing

Wait, WHAT Day Is It?

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It's June? HOW IS IT JUNE? Ok, progress update on the Banshee novel. I'm at about 50k words, but more importantly I have the remaining chapters plotted and synopsis-ized out. That sounds like I didn't do much, but it means I figured out exactly what happens for the rest of the story, how it ends,… Continue reading Wait, WHAT Day Is It?

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fAngus and Ragnar · Minerva

Not a Real Post

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Spring has finally sprung. All my herb pots are planted. Hummingbirds are back. And Minerva, who spent two days at daycare with Ragnar and 70 other dogs, smells like puppy shampoo and is ever so tired. I can’t move, mom. In 3 days they finished the feeder.

Review: Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig
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Review: Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig

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I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Please note, I am one of those English majors who dispute that Romeo and Juliet was a tragic love story: it wasn't. Even as a teenager I knew their choices were horrendous and their parents were awful. Teach the Torches… Continue reading Review: Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig

Shhh…don’t say spring, you’ll scare it away.
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Shhh…don’t say spring, you’ll scare it away.

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I love winter. I do. I generally don’t fuss overmuch during the snowstorms we inevitably endure in March, or the below zero temps in February. Winter when you live next to a golf course is blessedly uneventful and almost silent, but for the owls hooting from the abandoned woods between tees. However, we’re a week… Continue reading Shhh…don’t say spring, you’ll scare it away.

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I Shouldn’t Watch PBS When I’m Sick

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I’m pathetically ill with a bad cold this week (currently my chest and belly muscles HURT from all the coughing). No it’s not covid. Just a cold, and I’m a giant sad sack of runny nose and cough. Idleness and TV and maybe cold meds have me going weird places with curiosity. I need some… Continue reading I Shouldn’t Watch PBS When I’m Sick