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On Touch and Otters
Fair Warning: This one is going to be a bit more personal than the normal videos/blog posts. It is, however, all about the positive. So, here’s the thing about touch. It freaks me out more than a little most of the time. Sure, my family gives me hugs, and being Greek I do the cheek-kissing thing…Turtle and I even whack each other regularly, but most people know me to be a touch jumpy, so they know to leave me be. See, I’ve had some rough stuff go on at various points in my life and it’s made me rather averse to people touching me without notice, being near my face,…
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First Drafts
Over at Clarion’s Blog they’re writing about first drafts today. I thought that it was interesting that she basically says that her first draft is an info dump and her subsequent ones are where they all get whittled down. I work something like that, only I add to it first and then subtract. So, I thought I’d write about how I did my first drafts for the trilogy-turned-series when I first wrote them at the age of 12. Convention dictates that I should say that I start with an outline, my research, and/or character sketches. Unfortunately, I don’t. My life would be a LOT easier if I did. If you’re…
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On being a pastry…
I heard something a couple of weeks ago that somewhat irks me. Apparently, if you’re unmarried by the time you’re 30 it’s a problem. Specifically, men are untrustworthy at that point and women are no longer any good. The metaphor that’s used for this is the Christmas Cake. This is a cake that is given on the 25th of December and is no longer edible by the 30th. Apparently, I am this delicious looking confection and this is somehow a bad thing. Being 27, almost 28, and unmarried is seen as a bad thing. It bothers me that I catch flack from people for not being in a serious relationship…
