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the maya report, continuing civil war and unrest, cloudy with an excellent chance of tears

On May 15, 2012 · 1 Comment · In adventures, mayalife, writing

For Mother’s Day we went on a whirlwind tour of the Mothers of Eastern North Carolina this weekend, the kids and I, and saw my mother, my sister, who is a mother, my grandmother, and my aunt, also a mother, all motherly influences on me and my kids.  Add myself to the mix and that’s [...]

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the dark side of a lounge pants obsession

On May 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In making things, mayalife, writing

It’s probably the Katwise thing (see yesterday’s post), plus Sophie doing a bunch of sewing with her great aunt (who is a master seamstress) (I covet Sophie’s adorable new bag made from too-small favorite jeans with rhinestones and rainbow lining, by the way), plus Luc just got this rocking pair of pirate pajama pants at [...]

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the antidote to the grumps

On April 25, 2012 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, writing

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I hurt my left shoulder yesterday dong straight leg jump throughs.  I kept swinging too far, sort of skidding into a landing, and trying to correct for that, which whacked soemthing in that shoulder…didn’t really feel it until this morning when I discovered that it aches to lift my arm.  Damn it.  I took [...]

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what i will not post about NOW UPDATED with violence and bazooms!

On April 20, 2012 · 4 Comments · In mayalife

I will not post about not having anything to post about on my blog.

I will not post about not having anything to post about on my blog.

I will not post about not having anything to post about on my blog.

I will absolutely not post about not having anything to post about on [...]

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my fallacy is bigger than your fallacy

On April 12, 2012 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, writing

I’m trying to learn formal logic.  Don’t laugh!  Stop laughing!  I am.  I’m reading a stack of books now on logic, fallacies, syllogism (which I can barely spell), and, you know, stuff.  Why am I torturing myself like this?  Every writer’s ice burg: research.  Ice burg because research is the ginormous amount of time and [...]

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i love my daughter really a whole lot but i kind of hate yoga

On April 5, 2012 · 3 Comments · In mayalife, yoga

This morning was a Fuck This Fucking Shit morning.  You know those mornings.  The ones when you can’t remember a single viable reason why you do any of the shit you usually do.  Like, holy crap, who cares, right???

For example, “I’m not doing yoga,” I announced to no one.  “Fuck yoga.  Yoga sucks.  Nobody [...]

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what have i gotten myself into

On March 30, 2012 · 4 Comments · In mayalife

We’re going camping with several family friends of ours this weekend. How did I let this happen? The kids are so excited they are vibrating in anticipation, ready to fire off into the sky if they have to wait any longer. I’m not sure what they’re expecting that sounds so great to them. Maybe just [...]

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conjuring raine going FREE next week to celebrate SPRING, plus the sleep report

On March 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In mayalife, writing

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?????  [...]

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my worst idea ever

On March 16, 2012 · 4 Comments · In mayalife, writing

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.  [...]

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insomnia and wishes

On March 8, 2012 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, writing

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 [...]

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