January 2012
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My husband is baking me cookies!
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who actually paid money to read my brain drippings this year.
Thank you to everyone who follows this blog and rides the ups and downs with me.
(That sounds dirty.)
I wish you all health, wealth, prosperity, hugs, cats, lentils, yogurt, yogurt-flavored lentils, good books, funny friends, and great sex for 2012!
The word "rendezvoused" just looks wrong.
Word, you are drunk.
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It sucks to be sick on NYE, but I’m choosing to think of it as my sickness being born in 2011 because in 2012 I will have no more of the foul little bugs.
December 2011
90 posts
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I have a sinus infection and possibly strep...
2011, I am tired of your germs. Bronchitis three times and now this? Still, I’m a lucky gal, so I feel guilty bitching. But even stiller, 2012, how about you and me agree to have an antibiotic-free good time, eh?
3000 words today.
Of course, not on the thing I’m supposed to be working on, but on the religious satire I started months ago. Much better to work on the one there’s no market for, right?
Business, how u work?
I am writer, hear my butt being sore.
I sent my contemporary rom-com to my beta readers today! WHOOPEE KERMIT FLAIL! I was tired of looking at that thing.
Now I’m re-reading the first 10K I’d written of Ragnar and Juliet 2. And I’m totally digging it. Boy, am I putting that blonde tart through the wringer this time! Nothing is funnier than angst, except for farts.
Three Xanax greatly reduce the likelihood I'll...
Like, yeah and… what?
I wish you all happiness, romance, peace,...
My kind of Christmas.
On iTunes I have rented National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation for to watch during my Christmas vacation. Also, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle unrated.
So... I start a new job in January!
…working for an old boss of mine I really, really like.
Happy dance! Christmas is saved!
And maybe sometime in 2012 I will make enough book money to quit that job!
Hey, a lady can dream.
70,000 words on the contemporary rom-com: ...
*sniff* and just the other day she was a half-finished mess… they grow up so fast.
Prejudice in romance novels
oliviawaite:
There’s a great discussion going on over chez Smart Bitches about prejudice and bias in romance novels. Topics touched on so far:
prejudice in contemporary novels
interspecies prejudice in paranormals
whether a hero/heroine’s bias threatens the plausibility of the happy ending
I know I’ve talked about things like this with Tumblfolk before; you should consider giving it a read!
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Grandma Had it Goin’ On: Your Guide to Vintage... →
persephonemag:
From the article:
Pay attention now, ladies: all things Mod are back for 2012, because there is no new thing under the sun. This is a vintage style that can be done so easily and it rarely looks costumey.
The Mod look emphasized bold, contrasting colors with a mix of black and white. Pop-color tights were omnipresent as well, peeping out from under a hemline that ranged from...
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I am the Cookie Monst... um, Master
I made a test-run batch of the cookies I’m making for a holiday cookie party I’m going to next weekend. They turned out AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL tasting.
I use the trick that America’s Test Kitchen recommended to keep them fresh. This morning’s breakfast cookie was just as chewy and awesome as last night’s apres-dinner cookies were.
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A holiday story of mine @ Persephone Magazine: ...
Holiday revelry awaits you…
FUCK GOOBER SHITBUCKET ASSCLOWN DAMN YOU STUPID STUPID STUPID SHOPPING CART WHY WON’T YOU FUCKING MOVE I HATE YOU AND ALL YOUR CART BRETHREN I HOPE YOU ALL ARE SENT TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL WHERE YOU WILL BURN IN PLASTIC TORMENT FOR A BILLION GAGILLION YEARS AND ALSO ONLY PEOPLE WITH SCABIES WILL TOUCH YOU!
Using those pre-moistened Lysol wipe things makes...
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If anyone on the internet wants to ship my...
I don’t care what race you make them
I don’t care if you make them asexual/gay/bi/trans*
I don’t care if you make them all sharks
Actually, an all-shark cast (IN SPACE!) would be awesome.
Office Hijinks – Vintage Erotica Covers →
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What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas?
Yulenog...
Exactly what part of a chicken do microwave meals...
The Gristlebone?
The Vile Squishy Plastic Part?
The Gag System, which includes the Gross, which is connected to the Vom?
The Oh, Yeah, This is White Mea— Oh, No Oh No What the Fuck is This?!
The Spleentendonveinstomachgland?
A rat?
A mentor of-sorts!
nuestrahermana:
Hi everyone,
Due to recent events, I’m looking for any POC writers who have experience pitching ideas & dealing with editors. I personally do not know any on a basis that I can talk to them and ask for advice & support.
This is me putting this out in to the universe. I would love a little help and support. If you’re out there, give this hermanita a hand!
Much love,
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Excerpts From Steamy Romance Novels for Parents of... →
fshk:
This one is my favorite:
Their eyes met across a landscape of wooden blocks and small cars and plastic dinosaurs that really hurt if you stepped on them at night while getting a child a sippy cup of water. He searched her face for exhaustion, and found it.
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Praying for the students, faculty, and officers at...
I hope this ends with a peaceful apprehension very soon.
Please.
glossylalia:
missworded replied to your post: I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a Christian
Let’s start our own Shitass Sect.
Jesus turned water into Wahn Wednesday.
And lo, the Lord looked at the cheese stick and chicken nugget array and said, “Let there be hot barbeque sauce.” And it was so.
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And this is why you don't date I-Bankers/Nice Guys...
h/t Reddit
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Backstory—friend couldn’t make it to philharmonic at last minute so I went alone, met this guy, went on ONE, HORRIFIC date. Then got this.
——— Message From: Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:19:39 -0500 To: Subject: Hi Lauren
Hi Lauren,
I’m disappointed in you. I’m disappointed that I haven’t gotten a response to my voicemail and text messages.
FYI,...
