Category: Housekeeping
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Improve what works; ditch what doesn’t
For those who don’t know, the Urban Dragon was originally written with the intention of being exclusive to the Kindle Unlimited program (thus the short, serialized format). According to the tin, KU is supposed to work like Netflix for books: you pay for a subscription and then you’re free to…
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When to say no
Creon: My dear, I woke up one morning and found myself King of Thebes. God knows, there were other things I loved in life more than power. Antigone: Then you should have said no. Creon: Yes, I could have done that. Only, I felt that it would have been cowardly.…
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The Editor’s Scalpel
Brief Housekeeping: Some of you may have noticed a lack of updates this month. Due to school being school, I’ll be changing my schedule to post every other week instead of weekly. In my experience editing, I’ve noticed I use two words more than any other: “comma” and “cut”. The…
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Feeling the strain
“It does not do to dwell in dreams and forget to live.” –Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone It’s been a rough summer for me. I recently started grad school, and between that, blogging, and the annual Spec Fic Marathon, I’ve ended up getting cloistered inside my office.…
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Been a bit busy
Hey guys, This is just a bit of housekeeping to let you know I’m okay and all is well. This past weekend I went to Starkid’s Twisted (It’s very good, and I highly recommend you watch it once it becomes available). Between wrestling my health and the mountain of homework…
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31 Day Blogging Challenge
In lieu of participating in Camp Nanowrimo this year, I’ll be honing my blogging skills by partaking in Lesa Townsend’s 31 Day Blogging Challenge. I’ve got a notebook of ideas for blog posts on hand, but I fully expect my posts to get rather eclectic by the end of the…
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Moving to a new host
For the last few years, I’ve been having some trouble with Blogger, which used to host my blog. For the most part it’s been standard stuff– foibles that arose when I tried to change the layout, awkward deviations from the old WYSIWYG format, etc– and I’d been assuming that it…
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