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Got another couple flat rejects from agents for crappy query letters for fantasy saga book 1 (6 months turnaround for one of them – for a *query* letter). “You’re a crappy writer I’ve never heard of. I can’t sell three copies of this frickin’ crap you crappy writers keep pitching. Fuck off.” Why do I […]

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Today’s mixed bag: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy in the long-running Vampire Slayer TV series and star of the coming The Grudge, wants to follow Pierce Brosnan as the next 007. The star says: “I don’t see why Bond shouldn’t be played by an actress. Everybody else seems to be talked up for the role but

“… She explained polyamory to her mother-in-law, whose response was “That’s just wrong…. It should be either multiamory or polyphilia, but this mixing of Greek and Latin roots? No. Wrong.” I love people. via metaquotes

OK, my chiklits. New book writing starts in earnest today. I’ve got a wacky-strict schedule of 3-5 pages a day, so I’ve gotta get cracking. Taking Friday off as a writing day – I do my best writing from about 7pm-2am. Likely going to go ahead and start the Saturday cafe writing days with local

Had boxing class last night with Sifu Dino. It’s only the second time I’ve worked with him, and you know, I suppose there’s always gotta be one semi-evil instructor at an MA school. First, I do want to say that I was in a brutal woman mood last night, and if he was really all

“They said I wasn’t being funny. And I said to them, ‘I know that, but tomorrow I will go back to being funny, and your show will still blow.’ ” Also, the always entertaining crime/mystery writer John Rickards has got a post up about why American-setting crime novels are far more interesting than boring British

Ah, Vincent forwarded me a site to piss me off. Sweet boy. This is a damn funny little site. Let’s just say that up front. I was giggling much of the time. What wasn’t so amusing was going to the sites’ forums and watching boys trying to learn how to “treat women like bitches so

Oh, my geeks. Let me count the ways…

At aforementioned lunch with boss, I was reassured that we’re all sitting on our hands waiting for the FCC to approve the merger between Cingular and AT&T that went down earlier this year. When that happens, telecommunications work should absolutely explode – next year is gonna be a bitch, and you better bet that I’m