AND it’s the first day of SPRING. Woo hoo!
So, in honor of Raine and of spring, here is a repost (although I couldn’t help but add some things) of some behind-the-scenes of the writing of Raine and all the research I did on slavery and swamps….
….All along, my guy character was an abolitionist. [...]
So yeah, if you haven’t read Conjuring Raine, but think you might like to, next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 20 and 21—Spring Equinox! it’s freaking 80 degrees today and the daffodils are going nuts!—are the days to download a FREE copy from Amazon, and did I mention that it will be FREEEEEE????? [...]
I bet most writers have, at some point, done something weird for research. Shooting a long bow, falconry, hanging with meth heads, learning to walk on stilts, just a few of the cool things some of the Codex writers I hang with confessed to doing in their efforts to get closer to a character’s experience. [...]
We saw the lovely Secret World of Arriety this past weekend and were simply delighted by it. We are all huge Hayao Miyazaki fans, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, all have been watched around here over 100 times each, I’m sure. I know I’ve [...]
The boy crew (made up of Paul and Luc) is outside working on the bedroom with rock music blasting and occasional saw sounds ripping through the yurt skin. Sophie is doing some art work over in her little art corner (okay, it’s a yurt, so no corners, um, her art pie-slice area zone thingy…?) and [...]
I am reading tons of books about insomnia. This is not because I have insomnia, but, rather, because I am writing a book about two characters who are insomniacs. I’ve got a stack of them here on my desk (books, not insomniacs), cure-yourself self-help books, popular science books about sleep research, memoirs by writerly insomniacs…you [...]
Okay, this is just wonderful and hilarious. A “somewhat-mostly-accurate educational parody film”, including cameos by Mandy Moore, Elijah Wood, Chris Hardwick, and Simon Pegg. Don’t miss, especially if you are superhero genre fan of any size, amount, or duration.
When I decided to do a freebie giveaway for Toby Streams the Universe, I was only vaguely aware of the whole phenomena of it. I mean, I knew some indie authors who had gone through it, with both terrific and pitiful results, and I figured, heck, let’s experiment. So I put Toby up for free [...]
Isn’t that just the prettiest cake? My Aunt Carroll, the Cake Whisperer, made it for Sophie and I for our Combo Birthday Bash this past weekend. The inside was fluffy, moist, and GREEN. She has a sense of humor, that Carroll does. We also had a chocolate chocolate cake (hey, it’s [...]
I recently downloaded Maria Villella’s Primary Series video and have been enjoying using it every few days for a “Led Practice” day. Visually, production values are high, the light is very pretty, and Maria herself is lovely, as well as her asana which are gorgeous and effortless-looking. It’s sort of Ashtanga soft [...]
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today's yoga practice
- friday
May 11, 2012 | 10:09 am…and now we come to lady’s holiday. the weakest week of yoga that ever barely happened.
- thursday
May 11, 2012 | 9:09 amprimary to navasana. can’t seem to get past freaking navasana this week. at least I’m on the mat.
- wednesday
May 11, 2012 | 9:08 amprimary to navasana with Maria’s vid.
- tuesday
May 11, 2012 | 9:08 amSKIP. Shame.
- monday
May 11, 2012 | 9:07 amprimary to navasana. am I back in the saddle?
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Archive for today's yoga practice »
- friday
upcoming book releases
a few greatest hits
- butterfly house
- the solstice from inside a sundial
- happy birthday, sophie!
- welcome to mayaland's virtual macabre crawfish feast of death!
- how to build a yurt (1 of 10)
- cool felt picture fun for kiddos
- flying kids
- crafts for karma
- the amazing emu
- writing without pencil sharpening
- spike and buffy got screwed--now with proof! (part 1)
- the power of mom’s day can melt even the most bitter of hearts, not that my heart is bitter, but it has gotten a bit crusty around the edges
- diggers watch tv, too
- going all erin brockovich on your ass
- triple chocolate pudding goop, or, this way lies madness
- screen time for fun and profit
- the yip-yips do not cause childhood obesity
- the emotional insanity of writing
- go, go, godzilla!
- remains of the play
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