Yesterday I had my second Pfizer dose. I was told to expect fever, chills, headache, fatigue, etc. I have nothing so far. I was tired yesterday, but I think it was less about the vaccine and more about not sleeping well the night before and then going furniture shopping, because Kid 2’s bed is not
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Questions on Writing, Part 1
What’s it like to write funny stuff? As someone trying to learn to write, I’m confused about how you do it. The way you guys are funny seems to me like a ‘foibles and contradictions of human interaction, well narrated’ type of strategy, but how do you come up with that stuff? Is it part
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Burning money in the digital age
Do you have any marketing and marketing routine advices? Em This comes at a really good time, as I am trying to figure out the benefits of social media vs the drawbacks. To quickly recap, marketing is “paid” promotion while publicity is “earned” promotion. More on that in this blog post. As an author, there
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Monstrous Murder
Novella finished
So we finished the “novella” project. It was supposed to be a 20K story. It is now 40K. I am not sure what reaction this will produce on the editorial end. Once we have more details, a cover, and a preorder link, I will let you know more. We are pivoting back trying to take
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Link Salad
Hi Everyone, Mod R here. Ilona is hard at work on the Secret Project™ so you get me today. I got discretionary use of the Media Library for the post mwahaha, so you are getting Artha. Because we can all do with more Artha in our lives 😀 . In keeping (see what I did
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New Workers Needed
Cardio Screenings, Shots, and House Andrews
This is me trying to make a funny face at the CVS after my first Pfizer shot yesterday. I ended up looking deranged, hehe. The saga of shots. Unlike other states or even other areas of our state, getting vaccinated against COVID is a nightmare of virtually standing in line, refreshing, refreshing, refreshing, finally getting
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The Barn Castle
Still working on the project that won’t end. It is almost twice as long as it needs to be now, but I guess it will be fine. Today I bring you a unique home from Pennsylvania. Behold, the Barn Castle. From the Zillow’s description: This remarkable historical structure, formerly a stone barn from circa the
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Evil Americans
Do you remember any funny moments from your first visit to US? Oh boy. Okay, so I originally came over to US with a group of 4 other students and 5 teachers, and after a short stop in Washington, DC, we split our time between Western Carolina University and Western Kentucky University. At some point
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Beautiful Fan Art by Sophia
Today we are bringing you beautiful BLOOD HEIR art by Sophia. I highly reccomend clicking on the individual images to enlarge them because sometimes the detail doesn’t come through in a smaller image. Heart Ripper Sophia says: Derek ripping out the sphinx’s heart and being a badass. Drawing this was fun. Derek and Julie Sophia
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Lake Research
One of my friends is trying to do some writing research, so I am asking on her behalf. She is looking for a lake in US, preferably somewhere warm, so it can be a summer home. The lake must be swimmable and have clear to semi-clear water for story reasons, so it can’t be completely
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