From the monthly archives: October 2009
After banging my head against the keyboard multiple times until the T key got embedded in my forehead and I had to go to Urgent Care, I finally wrestled the feeds into submission with the help of my husband Jim and Mike Town. So here is what the subscribe buttons now do:
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Vampires work like this…
They aren’t human. They were never human.
They’ll deceive you in the dark, mimicking human speech. Guttural moans combine with pheromones to sound like seduction, but it’s not real words. No more than those leathery wings are opera capes. It’s a beast that walks like its prey, a [...]
Vampires work like this…
“It’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s simple lifestyle choice, a dietary system, and one that has considerable benefits.”
That how Dr. Max Shreck starts his book “The Health Secrets Of A Hematopathic Doctor” (1967). In it, he described how his health had not much improved by becoming [...]
00:00:07 ISBW #133 00:01:12 State of the Mur update: final season of Heaven (War) is finished! Upcoming projects: “Project Underground” NaNoWriMo – other WriMos are welcome to visit the MightyMur profile page (Mur is happy and flattered that so many people want to be her NaNo writing buddies but it may take [...]
First, after this coming Friday, Holly Lisle is not accepting any more new students to her highly praised “How To Think Sideways” course. So if you ever wanted to take it, now is the time. She will be ramping up a new course for new users: “How To Revise Your Novel.” HTTS students [...]
Vampires work like this…
No one would burst into flame when the sun comes up. That’s ridiculous. The sun, as it always has been, is an illuminator, a life-giver. And vampires have plenty of reason to avoid the sun, as the light of it’s rays reveal a harsher truth than even fire: [...]
It’s October, so that means Halloween, my favorite holiday of the year. To celebrate, we hear at the News From Poughkeepsie offer our first in what will be a series of monthly contests. Ad the end of the month, I’m going to give away this T-shirt to one talented writer:
This official [...]
As I’m a properly programmed lover of my iPod Touch (we’re not sposed to say iTouch, that makes the giggles come), I of course have been going through looking for good apps on writing. I thought, with NaNoWriMo coming up, I’d give you guys what I found.
WriteRoom: I haven’t played with this [...]
Yeah, yeah, it’s Monday. Maybe I should just just merge the Sunday and Monday into one massive, monstrous post. Shout out in the comments if you have opinion on keep Sunday separate or not.
The theme was “Westerns” which got alot of strong responses. My favorite was by David [...]
Western…as high fantasy
“Merlin! I’m callin’ you out!”
Merlin did not come out of the tavern. Merlin wanted nothing more than to crawl back into a bottle of whiskey, and forget about the dark wizard who waited on the dirt road outside. He had a shot in his hand, and by the [...]
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