Category Archives: Writing

Submissions, edits, and general thoughts.

The first issue of the Red Penny Papers is now available! Including my very own Pluvial. I just want to express my respect and admiration to KV Taylor for all the hard work she put into produing such an awesome magazine.

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Ruin published by Relfection’s Edge

I’m not actually sure when this went up; it wasn’t there last time I check, but it is now! Ruin is in Reflection’s Edge’s August issue.

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Twas midnight somewhere far from here…

Buy me! Buy me now

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Countdown

4 days until Tease is released! 75 years ago today, Penguin Books was founded.

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The Ugly, Lovely Town

I’ve made it back from Swansea in one piece, despite engineering works on the line (and an adorable but bored toddler who thought I was a pirate with my trilby on!).My sister made it to graduation. Even my parents made it, though it was a close thing! I have some gorgeous photos of Swansea bay, [...]

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UnMotivated Monday – no links, but a lot of procrastination

There’s no Motivation Monday this week because I haven’t spent enough time online to find any interesting links. Turns out making potato salad for 80 people takes a little while! What I’m meant to be doing is line edits on Tease. What I’m actually doing is (a) ripping the CDs I got for my birthday, [...]

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Acceptance

Still in the middle of my parents’ wedding preparations, though I also had a very enjoyable birthday.  My sister and I made 14 plant pot covers out of plastic pots and crepe paper! Also, we went out for a celebratory lunch (two birthdays, one wedding, and one graduation – see us multitask!) and the day [...]

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Quicky quick post!

Look what I’ve got! ) How pretty is he?

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updates

Julia Can’t has been rejected by Take-a-Break. Very politely, of course! The signature was photocopied, so I figure it’s a form rejection (it looks like one). I have faith in this story, so I’ll try a few other women’s mags before I retire it, though I’m going to have to tweak the length for the [...]

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e-vangelism

This comes from a discussion on Librarything in the Ancient History group, of all places. The question poised was as follows: So what do you think? Is there another dark age coming? Should we fight ebooks out of long-term social consciousness? Or should we just insure that enough paper books exist somewhere? And, well, those [...]

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