Monthly Archives: April 2011

The long-weekend writing hangover

On any given day, I’ve got a bazillion tasks and responsibilities that keep me from my WIP. I work full-time, freelance in my spare hours, maintain a household (with a little help from my husband, AKA the Chef), cater to … Continue reading

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The Restless Writers Regroup

We Restless Writers gave ourselves a long-overdue collective bitch slap at our last meeting. We had become negligent in our pages and, more often than not, we were holding meetings at a pub rather than our houses. This was very … Continue reading

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Tax Tips for Writers

“Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors…and miss.” Robert Heinlein It’s tax season, and for me that always means the necessary frustration of figuring out what I owe the government on my freelance earnings. … Continue reading

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Link Envy

It’s that time of week again and if these links were margaritas, we’d all be in rehab by now. Restless Lori: Everyday Fiction This online magazine specializes in bringing you fine fiction in bite-size doses. Every day, they publish a … Continue reading

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Taking a Vacation from Myself

I spent last week in a drunken stupor with my family and some friends in a rented condo on Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. It was away from the touristy all-inclusives and my kids were thrilled to spend every day in … Continue reading

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Link Envy

Here’s this week’s catalogue of blogs, websites, resources and other things that make our socks roll up and down. Restless Lori: Lori is on hiatus this week, and will be back next week, after she has eaten her weight in … Continue reading

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