tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29028989530013208912024-03-12T21:36:27.395-05:00Beckah-RahAn aspiring writer's descent into madnessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-62764814173251751472014-05-28T14:36:00.002-05:002014-05-28T14:36:56.714-05:00Darkness ad Infinitum is officially released!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-38748645192926467252014-01-15T08:07:00.000-06:002014-01-15T08:09:29.725-06:00Guest post by Paul SmithMy first guest post! So exciting! This guest post comes from Paul Smith, a fellow writer and blogger from Miami. Feel free to contact him via the links at the bottom of the post.<br />
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first, who started the panic, was Shweber.
He asked questions that each of them was wondering, “What could possibly
happen that night? Why can’t they get out of the room? What are they going to
do, if they have no food or water left?” In several minutes they got a note
with a hint “Guess what I want from you?”
Six men, six talented physicists were at a loss… Who was the author of
the note? Where was he? And what did he want? The next hint came in the room
itself… There were the most dangerous species of spiders – Brazilian wandering
spires. That minute Shweber, Heisenberg, Frish, Feynman, Rotblat and
Oppenheimer realized they were in actual, real danger. Spiders came out of
under that doorway and saw their victims got strained and nervous more and
more. That was luckless morning indeed… Rotblat suggested killing spiders
before they kill all the six men. Words were not enough to express their fear
and confusion. Rotblat and Oppenheimer tried to trap spiders, however, despite
of all physicists were bitten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Meanwhile
the boils on the men’s bodies got worse and then they received another hint.
Actually that was a voice message. It reported that physicists have to create
unique nuclear weapon in time and in the circumstances they were. In case of
refusal, all of they risk dying, those boils were the proof. As for spiders, they were “reminders” of
speeding up. If physicists cope with the task, they were promised to get the
antidote for poison and, certainly, life as a prize. That was a very tough
call, however there was no time to think. Actual danger was too close: spiders
surrounded men, which tried to do at least something in that laboratory…
Suddenly Frish and Feynman were bitten by huge spider and in a couple of
minutes they fell and couldn’t get up from the floor. In addition, the walls of
the room began to draw together. Heisenberg physicist lost consciousness,
because of claustrophobia, he couldn’t handle the tension. Everything turned
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a couple of hours Heisenberg came to consciousness and looked around; there
were dead bodies of his friends… They were covered with exploded boils, but
surprisingly spiders were dead as well… The gas that steamed entire room killed
the rest of people and spiders. Heisenberg got up and said , “Everything is
according to the plan”. That was him, who planned everything… That was revenge
for stolen fame he always wanted. He planned to see death of those, who, he
considered as betrayers… </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Everything was according to the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-7318049943331943462013-10-23T10:57:00.001-05:002013-10-23T10:57:23.601-05:00Happy Release Day!!<br />
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Ok, well, technically October 18th was the actual release day, but I've been offline for awhile and just saw that a dear old online writing friend of mine named <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Stevens/e/B00G2MEP3I/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1/178-4841570-7044905">James Stevens</a> finally self-published his fantasy novel, "Hatch."<br />
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"Ammon's job was simple, to care for the dragon eggs in the Nest. It
should have been easy, but it wasn't. When the sun rose after the hatch,
he had made an enemy of the most powerful man in the kingdom, and he
would soon learn that was the least of his problems!"<br />
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Check it out, read it, love it, share it.<br />
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You can purchase Hatch for your e-reader <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hatch-Dragons-Laton-ebook/dp/B00G0KKBBC/ref=la_B00G2MEP3I_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382543678&sr=1-1">from Amazon HERE.</a><br />
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Enjoy!!! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-85659078610315844012013-10-02T12:22:00.000-05:002013-10-02T12:23:26.702-05:00Artwork reveal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!<br />
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Check it out! Artwork for my short horror story "Longboat," <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">done by David Shearer of <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=262186597191950&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-Oneness/262186597191950?directed_target_id=0">The Art of Oneness</a>. My story</span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> will be published in <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=272136602917851&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/VillipedePublications?directed_target_id=0" id="js_15">Villipede Publications</a>'s first horror anthology, Darkness Ad Infinitum<a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=262186597191950&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-Oneness/262186597191950?directed_target_id=0"></a>. They'll be posting more sneak peeks all week.</span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">So cool! So excited! </span></span><br />
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This “obesity epidemic” thing makes me angrier
every day. Not because people are fatter than ever, but because our culture has turned fat
people into pariahs and made them objects of ridicule and public shame. In a time when
bullying results in increasing numbers of suicides among children and teens,
America has made chubbiness the most unforgivable of sins, and blaming fat people for bankrupting the medical industry is all the rage.</div>
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Now, I’m not saying that we should all stuff our
collective faces and flip the bird to our cholesterol levels, but I’m tired of everyone acting like weight gain is nothing more than simple
mathematics (calories in minus calories out = total weight). It’s just not
true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I’ve been reading more and more articles about how
the chemicals we touch, eat, drink, and breathe every single
day are associated with obesity:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BPA in
plastics (and almost everything else); BADGE in canned foods; Teflon in everything from cookware to clothing; pesticides; herbicides; antihistamines; steroids; flame retardants in your furniture/clothing/carpeting;
Triclosan in anti-bacterial soap; phthalates in shampoo, children's toys, and nail polish; Tributyltin in household paint and wood stain; Carbamates (used to slow
the metabolism in greenhouse vegetables); even the paper used in cash register
receipts are ALL associated with obesity, high cholesterol, and even cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t escape them. They’re
literally everywhere...in clothes,
water, food, toys, plastics, your sofa, and even in the dust bunnies under your sofa.</div>
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Hormones also contribute HUGELY to one’s weight. Cortisol,
leptin, thyroid hormone, testosterone, estrogen, insulin, prolactin, DHEA, progesterone…the
list goes on and on. I myself have polycystic ovarian syndrome, which causes abnormal testosterone levels and insulin resistance, both of which cause weight
gain. Researchers have also recently discovered that something like
80% of obese people have a bacteria/virus in their digestive tract that blocks chemical messages to the brain that signal when they’re full.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Obese people </span>also lack certain strains of GOOD bacteria in their digestive system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bottled water causes weight gain. So does tap
water. So do both diet and regular sodas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Drinking too much milk--or not enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too much sleep. Not enough sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> S</span>tress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> SCORES </span>of medications. Inflammation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Illness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Allergies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pollution. Preservatives. Skipping breakfast. Not eating often enough. </div>
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Yet our society still look downs its nose at the larger folk. People behave as though one's weight is exclusively the result of simple math,
and that all fat people are just lazy gluttons who don’t care about anything
but satisfying his or her sweet tooth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children are publicly weighed, shamed, ostracized, and sent home with “fat letters” to alert parents that their
children are overweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which studies have shown over and over again DOES NOT WORK. You CANNOT shame someone into losing weight; all it does is cause depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and sometimes even suicide.<br />
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And don’t get
me started on the BMI chart, which was invented in the 1830s by a mathematician who was trying to find an association between poverty and weight. Check out <b><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439">this list by NPR</a></b>
about the top 10 reasons why the use of a 200-year-old non-scientific
weight measurement chart is nonsense.</div>
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And that’s not even touching on genetic or
metabolic reasons for being overweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
was a time where I was consuming less than 1200 calories and walking more than
3 hours per day, yet I was GAINING both weight and inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watched skinny friends eat whole
pizzas by themselves and get winded walking up one flight of stairs, yet they were considered healthier than me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
tell people that, they smile and shake their head condescendingly, certain that I’m exaggerating, if not outright lying. I assure you I am not. Everyone knows a few people who can scarf down an entire
half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting, never exercise, and haven’t gained an ounce collectively since they
were 16 years old. You know who you are. </div>
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Education about food today is as inescapable as BPA and Teflon. People are more health-conscious than ever before. Everything in every food is printed clearly on the label. Calories, fat, salt, etc. are all right there in front of us, even on your french fries packaging at McDonald's. Trans fats are all but illegal. Organic food sales are on the rise. Whole grain, low-fat, low-calorie, and sugar-free items abound. Dietary/health supplements take up an entire aisle at Wal-Mart. Health food and diet items are everywhere. Lean Cuisine takes up half the frozen food dinner section.<br />
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So what's the deal? Are people just eating more? I don't think so; the other day I saw an episode of <i>I Love Lucy</i> where
they went out to eat and everyone ordered steak AND spaghetti, plus appetizers before and dessert afterward. People never used to think about what they ate;
it was bacon and eggs every morning for breakfast, not bran flakes with soy milk. There was no such thing as an egg white omelet. They stuffed their food with butter and cheese, deep fried it, and smothered it with gravy and had no
idea what trans fats were. Now it's grilled skinless salt-free chicken
breast, quinoa salad, veggie burgers on whole grain flatbread, and
fat-free/low calorie/organic/sugar-free everything else. So why is obesity getting
worse? Because maybe it's NOT just what we're eating, after all.</div>
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I’m not saying that we have zero control over our waistlines. Obviously if someone weighs 800 pounds and eats 5 buckets of fried chicken a day, there’s more than Teflon
or a slow metabolism at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I have a sweet tooth and I eat fast food more often than I'd like because it's cheap and fast, but I don't believe that a few candy bars and a $10/week fast food habit are all it takes to make someone obese.<br />
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I see so many people, myself included, who honestly don’t eat
much more than the thinner people around them, and yet are disproportionately larger. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s confusing and
frustrating. When you’re doing the same things as your thinner friends but you’re
100 lbs heavier, why kill yourself trying to lose
weight that just won’t come off? Why spend 6 hours a day exercising and
starving yourself if it’s only going to make 20 lbs difference after a year of misery?</div>
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If society is truly concerned about obesity, then
maybe we should take a closer, more intellectual and well-rounded look at all the
factors before we start teaching our children that it’s Johnny’s fault
he’s fat and maybe if we tease him about it a little more he’ll stop eating
so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There wouldn't be this imbecilic talk of legislating diets or banning foods because some people THINK that making sugar, vegetable oil, or bacon illegal is all it'll take to get America trim and fit again. Trying to force feed schoolchildren wheat germ and denying them protein won't fix this problem. Weight is not just calories in
minus calories out. It’s just NOT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it
were, then diets would work better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-28205325034873275702013-07-16T11:52:00.000-05:002013-07-16T11:52:08.996-05:00Darkness ad Infinitum News!WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Villipede has just released its table of contents on their website. SO EXCITING to see my name listed there!!! Tentative release date scheduled for October 2013. I"M SO EXCITED!!!<br />
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Scheduled for an October 2013 release, Villipede Publications' first horror and dark speculative fiction anthology, <em>Darkness Ad Infinitum,</em> will tenderly caress your <span id="yui_3_10_1_1_1373993417079_340" style="line-height: 1.6em;">amygdalae
and viciously twist your imagination. With fifteen short stories and
four poems from both established and upcoming authors, this haunting
collection will force readers to reevaluate their thoughts on what <em>darkness</em> really
is: something we're all born of yet perpetually trying to flee; a
malevolent force that desires our servitude or destruction—or something
that simply wishes to lock us in its cold, scaly, fathomless grip. Or
perhaps, even, it's an asylum for our jittery minds and confused hearts</span><span>—</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">a
place of solace where humans may patiently inspect their primal natures
and desires . . . a place where the barriers between monster and man
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The authors' origins span
the breadth of the globe: the UK, Greece, Australia, Sweden, the US—and
their stories are just as diverse. While the styles and subject matter
of the stories may differ greatly, what is consistent is the dedication
each author has harnessed to create unique fiction and scenarios of
bewitching caliber.<br />
<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">This October, holding </span><em style="line-height: 1.6em;">Darkness Ad Infinitum</em><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">
in your hands, you may find yourself faced with a simple ultimatum: Do
you turn around and embrace the darkness of your own free will . . . or
will it embrace you first? </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.3;">THE WESTHOFF VERSION </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;">– </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Patrick O'Neill</span></h3>
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BLESS ME FATHER – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Lismarie Lamb</span></h3>
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THE GOOD MAN – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> David Dunwoody</span></h3>
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THE SONG THAT CRAWLED – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> Adam House</span></h3>
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DOOR TO INSANITY <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">(poem) </span><span>– </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">Mathias Jansson</span></h3>
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IN THE WALLS – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Adam Millard</span></h3>
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STEALING DARKNESS – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Geoffrey H. Goodwin</span></h3>
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LONGBOAT – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Becky Regalado</span></h3>
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THE BURNING MAN <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">(poem) </span><span>–</span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Tony Flynn </span></h3>
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HUNGRY AS THE WIND – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> Jonathan Moon</span></h3>
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PILING UP <span style="line-height: 1.3;">– </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">Kallirroe Agelopoulou</span></h3>
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<span>LOVE GRUDGE</span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">(poem) </span><span>–</span><span> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">Dot Wickliff</span></h3>
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THE HIGH PRIEST – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> C. Deskin Rink</span></h3>
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EARTH, RISEN –<span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> Pete Clark </span></h3>
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BRANNIGANS WINDOW – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> John Mc Caffrey</span></h3>
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SMUDGE –<span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> Jonathan Templar</span></h3>
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THE UNDERTAKER'S MELANCHOLY <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;">(poem) </span><span>–</span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> Sydney Leigh</span></h3>
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A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> Lawrence Salani</span></h3>
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THE TUNNEL RECORD – <span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> J. Daniel Stone</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">CONGRATULATIONS</span></span> to my dear friend, <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://lexcade.blogspot.com/">Catherine Peace!!</a></span> Her debut novel, This Time Next Year, just went live on Amazon yesterday! HUZZAH!! I'm SO EXCITED FOR HER!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Vampire Kiernan Shaw has never forgotten the night twenty years ago when
he’d been forced to stand by while another vampire killed a
six-year-old girl’s parents in front of her. He’s spent the better part
of the last two decades watching over her, protecting her and hoping for
an opportunity to make amends one day.<br /><br />Ever since surviving the
vampire attack that killed her parents, Moira Curran has dealt with the
resulting nightmares and abandonment issues the only way she could—by
throwing herself into her biochemistry career, preferring a life of a
hermit in her lab to facing the reality of her lonely life.<br /><br />Madame
Eve brings them back together for one fateful night. An immediate bond
of sizzling chemistry and respect forms, but can it heal her fears and
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Excellent, amazing, fantastical news, everyone!!<br />
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Villipede Publishing has accepted my short story, <i>Longboat</i>, for publication in their upcoming horror anthology, entitled <i>Darkness ad Infinitum</i>.<i> </i>Which means, roughly, "The Infinite Darkness."<i> </i>The three of you who've read <i>Longboat </i>know how perfectly that suits it, lol!<br />
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I'm SO EXCITED!!! I'm going to be published in a real live honest-to-goodness BOOK, with royalties and everything!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/177-0327643-5646115?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=villipede">Villipede's other published anthologies</a><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-81001322960417025572013-06-05T08:02:00.005-05:002013-06-05T08:02:46.022-05:00Creativity ExerciseIt's been awhile since I've done one of these. Let's hope I don't embarrass myself. ;)<br />
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<span class="smallfont">2. What is the best place to buy something? A store or website that has what I want for the lowest price.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">3. What color do you hate the most? I'm not a racist, you dirty question, you. </span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">4. Have you ever suffered from anorexia? Uh...is there another way to feel about it? Can one ENJOY anorexia?</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">5. Do you have a job? It's more like it has me.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">6. Do you drink? I'm trying to lose all this water weight, and drinking is counterproductive to that goal. </span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">7. Have you ever talked to someone you didn't know? No, there was never a time when I had to meet someone, I've always known everyone, forever and ever. Amen.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">8. Opinions on drugs? Got 'em.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">9. Do you have your own crib? No, the baby sleeps in a rented one. I find it's more expensive and dirty, which are the things every caring mother looks for in baby paraphernalia. </span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">10. Who is one person you could never take to the mall? A stranger's child. I mean, yeah, I suppose I technically COULD, but that would be bad. So, uh...a dead person, I guess. I can't take them to the mall. At least not easily.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">11. What is one thing you will never achieve? I will probably never be a Super Bowl Champion. Not because I'm a woman, but because I don't enjoy sports.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">12. Do you swear? Solemnly.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">13. Have you ever screamed so much you lost your voice? I didn't lose it; it ran away. Took me days to track it down, and coaxing it back into my throat was super challenging without a voice.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">14. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? That he's not a woman.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">15. Do you like taking pictures? Stealing is wrong.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-88325424789671271002013-06-03T11:08:00.000-05:002013-06-03T11:08:08.222-05:00COVER REVEAL for Catherine Peace's This Time Next YearCONGRATS to <a href="http://lexcade.blogspot.com/">LEXCADE</a>, aka <a href="https://twitter.com/lexcade">Catherine Peace</a>, who is about to have her first book published! I'm so happy for/proud of you!! :D I have the immense privilege to help her with her cover reveal, which is awesome. Here it is!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">For a moment, he thought back to Madame Eve’s email.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If she trusts you, she will tell you her name.</i>
He understood the power of names, and so did Madame Eve. Something
insignificant to a mortal meant everything to a vampire, in whose world names
were both salvation and control. Remind a vampire of his humanity, or steal it
away by forcing him to do something horrific, like watching a little girl’s
parents be eviscerated right in front of her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Kiernan
Shaw.” Swallowing hard, he found his way back onto the coffee table. “And
yours?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Would she tell him her name? Would she allow him
that kind of power? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She took a deep breath, as though considering the
same questions. “Moira Curran.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He rolled the name on his tongue and loved the way
it felt. “Beautiful.” He reached to stroke her cheek, but she flinched. “Moira,
I won't hurt you. I could never hurt you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I'm sorry,” she muttered. “Old habits, I guess.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He nodded, unable to speak at first. The cloying
scent of her fear, like overripe peaches, almost strangled him. “Why did you
ask me to stay?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I don't know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Neither did he, but he wouldn't leave until she
asked him to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I don’t want to be alone, Kiernan. Isn’t that
pathetic?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He warmed at the sound of his name on her lips. His
mouth watered at the thought of kissing her, exploring her, making his name
come out of that gorgeous mouth again and again. He tamped down his desire.
Nothing good would happen if he moved too fast. “Not in the slightest.” Willem
had all but guaranteed him a life alone. Like he approached a scared animal, he
moved next to her on the couch. She uncoiled, but didn't relax. “Talk, Moira.
Please.” The silence hurt his ears as much as any scream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She shook her head. “It's too hard.” Tears spilled
but she didn't move to wipe them away.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Time to be bold, I guess.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
He brushed a hand against her cheek again. Instead of flinching, she eased into
his touch. “I want to ease your hurt,” he said. “Will you let me?”</span></div>
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He's the strongest, most handsome genius baby in the world! He's 7 weeks old now, and he's been holding up his head on his own and doing fist-bumps since he was 3 weeks old! He even holds himself up on his elbows by himself. And below is some video of him smiling while his Daddy babbles to him. Love this little guy!!<br />
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Sorry it's been so long, but we've been busy with our new little man! He's 3 weeks old now, born on February 6th, and he's the cutest baby ever! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-49822702859538229012013-01-04T15:09:00.000-06:002013-01-04T15:09:38.337-06:00Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, etc!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...all of that! It's been awhile since I posted anything to my blog, but what can I say? Busy, busy, busy. Christmas was...stressful. It's always fun when the in-laws decide to turn my holiday vacation into an exhibition on how crazy they are. Yippee. At least I got to sleep in for 2 weeks. Yay!! I'm glad to be done with school for the next couple of months, and our little Hunter is due in a mere 5 weeks! I alternate between being excited and scared out of my mind, lol. I'm a bit worried at how the dogs will react...they've been "the babies" for so long, I hope they're not too jealous!<br />
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Oh, this is the picture of the "new" car we bought! Had to trade in the non-air-conditioned Aveo for something that won't cook the baby in the summer. Got a good deal on it, though it needed a new radiator and taillight. But we put those in ourselves and now all is well. <br />
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My best friend Ashley had her baby, Violet Clementine (poor thing, lol), and she's the smartest baby I've ever seen. Seriously. At a month old, if you ask her for kisses, she lifts her head and presses her mouth to your cheek. Not even kidding. If I hadn't seen it for myself, I would never have believed it. Here is a picture of her:<br />
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Adorable. I can say she's the cutest girl baby alive and then Hunter can be the cutest boy baby alive so Ashley and I don't have to stop being friends, lol.<br />
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Alright, Hunter's going Gangnam-style on my bladder again. I'd like to say I'll be better about posting, but...I probably won't. At least until after Hunter's born. Then you can expect a flood of baby pictures; I'm not even going to try to say I won't be one of "those people" who posts millions of baby pictures. I do it with my dogs, so there's no need to lie to myself.<br />
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Have a great new year, everyone!! :D<br />
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So here's Hunter's room! Took me weeks to get those darn trees finished, but...ta-daaaa! There's still some little things to get done; new lampshades, buy a curtain, get new comforter set for the bed, some artwork for the walls that don't have trees, maybe a rug, but the hard part is over! Huzzah! Now I can get to work on his baby blanket, which will be a green similar to the green on his walls, a Dallas-Cowboys blue, and a middle-shade or gray.<br />
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We also bought a new (to us) car last weekend, so THAT'S out of the way. Our current car has been great, but it doesn't have an air conditioner, and you can't have a baby in a car <i>sans</i> A/C here in Texas. Hopefully I'll be able to sell the old car for not too much less than we spent on the new one, and we can use that money to cover the bills while I'm off work after the baby's born.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-89567658621330973662012-10-19T09:05:00.002-05:002012-10-19T09:05:56.646-05:00Baby's room & my 9th anniversary!<br />
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This is wall #1 of the baby's room, finally finished after like a month (well, aside from all the touch-ups it needs, which you mercifully can't see in the picture). But being pregnant and standing up on a stepladder with a can of paint in one hand for extended amounts of time don't mix so well, so I've been taking my time with it. On the opposite wall, I'm going to do one more tree, a big one up the middle of the wall, and then I'll be done! Well, you know, aside from having the carpets cleaned, hanging curtains, etc., and getting all the furniture put where it needs to go, lol.<br />
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Yay, new baby pictures! He looks like a real baby now, not so much like an alien anymore, lol! You can even see his little nose! And the foot picture tickled me so I had to put that up. :D<br />
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Everything's going good, according to the doctor. All his organs are good, and he weighs 15 ounces.<br />
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Now on to the baby shower, which my mother-in-law has been busy planning, lol. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-10957330484971471002012-09-05T12:37:00.000-05:002012-09-05T12:37:35.003-05:00IT'S A BOY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Say "hello" to Hunter Joel Regalado! Currently 17 weeks and 3 days "old," lol. Still due February 11, 2013; at least as far as we know! We're so excited! :D :D :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-51085234121226403802012-07-09T14:42:00.002-05:002012-07-09T14:42:54.926-05:00First baby pictures!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our every first baby pictures! Yaaaay!! Our sonographer said he/she was "cute," so our baby has officially been complimented already, lol. It was so cool!! We could even see him/her wiggling around and everything, which the sonographer said was pretty rare to see this early (I am 9 weeks along today!). So I guess that means he/she will be hyper, lol. <br />
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It was such a cool experience!! My husband teared up (we knew he would; he's such a softie!).<br />
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I have to go buy a baby book soon...<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-79785708677582573992012-06-26T09:36:00.000-05:002012-06-26T09:36:06.680-05:00Arguing with my embryoEmbryo: I have decided that sleep is for chumps, and I won't have a chump for a mother. You're welcome.<br />
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Me: What do you know? You're the size of a jelly bean. Go. To. Sleep.<br />
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Embryo: Um, no. Also, I rather enjoy this peeing thing, so you'll be doing that more often. Probably instead of sleeping.<br />
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Me: You know, you're not too small for me to come in there and spank you.<br />
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Embryo: Is that SASS I hear? Are you SASSING me? Just for that, beef is going to smell like hot garbage and week-old roadkill for at least the next week and a half.<br />
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Me: Don't test me. If you're old enough argue with me, then maybe you don't need those stinky prenatal vitamins that give me the fish burps for three hours anymore.<br />
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Embryo: Hey, if you want a half-retarded baby, that's on you.<br />
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Me: If you're going to keep me up anyway, then maybe I'll take up drinking coffee and tequila. I bet you'll fall asleep if you're drunk.<br />
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Embryo: Guess what? You're going to crave cat food at some point during your pregnancy. I'm not going to say when or for how long, but it's happening. Brace yourself. Also, I'm going to love Dad the most. <br />
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Me: This is what I get for taking those expensive vitamins. An evil genius jelly bean baby. Awesome.<br />
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Me: "Ain't" is not a word. You will use correct grammar while in the womb. I won't have my offspring sounding like an ignoramus.<br />
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Embryo: Don't make me take away ice cream.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-1740731567181763762012-06-21T14:37:00.000-05:002012-06-21T14:37:26.940-05:00How hot is too hot?Alright, I have a question for all of you, as even my not unremarkable researching skills have failed me.<br />
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As you may know, I live in Texas, where summers are HOT. Like I hear northerners complaining about 90 degrees and I laugh at them. It's not unusual to have the hottest days of the year reach over 110, and that's before the heat index adds another 5-10 degrees. Last year alone, we had over 100 days at over 100 degrees.<br />
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This doesn't usually bother me. My car doesn't even have air conditioning, and when my cars HAVE had it, I almost never used it. My motto is, "suck it up and roll down the windows." We don't even turn the air conditioning on in our house until the daily highs are well over 80 degrees, and we turn it back off and open up the windows as soon as the temperature drops back below 78 (which is the lowest we ever run our A/C).<br />
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So my question to you is...HOW HOT IS TOO HOT?? There's no doubt that I'll take the gas-chugging truck to work on days when the high will be 105 degrees, but what about 95 degrees? 98? I have a 1/2 hour commute (barring traffic, etc.), I'm inside the car so I'm out of direct sunlight, and I have the windows down while I cruise along at anywhere from 40-75 miles per hour.<br />
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The only information I found online about pregnant women and heat was to avoid hot showers, baths, and spas, which has surprisingly little to do with my daily commute. I'm fairly used to the heat, but I don't want the baby to be missing an arm or half its face or something because I picked the wrong day to drive my gas-sipping Aveo to work instead of the air-conditioned boat of a truck.<br />
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So, what's the cutoff? What is the "danger zone?" Not what's comfy or convenient; I can live with a little discomfort in the face of such high gas prices, but what is the UNSAFE temperature for a pregnant woman to be driving in an un-air-conditioned car for about 1/2 an hour?<br />
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In case you missed the exciting news via Twitter & Facebook, I'm pregnant! YAAAY!!! I'm about 5 weeks along (according to their weird calendar, anyway. The baby was conceived 3 weeks ago, but that's not how they measure it; go figure), probably due in February.<br />
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We just told the Grandmas 9and everyone else) this weekend. I made these crystal bracelets (for the girls) and keychains (for the boys) for each family member that said things like "Nana," Grandma," "Hello, my name is Uncle Bobby," etc. We have them their presents and waited for the gasps! This will be the first grandbaby for everyone, so everyone is SUPER excited! My mom cried all day, told everyone we saw all about it, lol. <br />
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The crazy thing is that my sister is also pregnant, just about as far along as I am, so we'll be racing to see who will REALLY give Nana the first grandchild. I told her no having them on the same day, because we live over an hour apart and of course Mom can't be both places at once! It'll be kind of nice, since I was beginning to despair that my kids would ever have any cousins, or if they did, they'd be so far apart in age that they wouldn't be interested in one another.<br />
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There sure does seem to be something in the water, though; my best friend is pregnant (5 months along), and one of my husband's best friends' wife is, too, also 5 weeks along. Craziness!<br />
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I;m going to try and stick to my low-carb diet for the most part. not TOTALLY, of course; it wouldn't be safe for the baby for me to only eat 20 carbs a day, so I'm bumping it up to around 60-70 carbs a day, which is the "maintenance level" of the low-carb diet, and I'll try to get those mostly from fruits and veggies. I won't lose any more weight, but I shouldn't gain too much, either. Everything I've looked at online seems to back up my belief that this will be fine for the baby. After all, I can't imagine that I'll be denying my baby any real nutrition by abstaining from sugar, bread, and pasta.<br />
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My first prenatal visit will be July 2nd. We're so excited!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-12741027971729902882012-06-01T10:44:00.001-05:002012-06-01T10:44:24.889-05:00Fixing your Broken SmartphoneMy husband dropped his EXTREMELY expensive, 1-month-old, Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone a couple of weeks ago. And yes, it broke. It was now a $600 brick, and we sure didn't have the money to replace it. After waiting a few days to make sure it really was broken and not just "sick" or something (because androids can repair themselves, right? RIGHT? No? DANGIT!!), we started looking around for repair options.<br />
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Replacing it with a new phone of similar abilities was out of the question, and the 48 hours he'd been using one of our old phones that only makes phone calls and sends text messages had convinced him that he could likely die from technological starvation if he had to use it for another 2 years. So we started poking around on the internet looking for anyone who might be able to repair smartphones.<br />
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Lo and behold, we stumbled across <a href="http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/">MobileTechVideos.</a> They gave us a quote that was $100 less than anywhere else, and they have some spiffy YouTube videos showing how they can "unbrick" your phone. With no small amount of trepidation, we sent them my husband's broken phone, $200, and prayed.<br />
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About 2 weeks later, it came back to us in brand spankin' new condition, and my husband claims it works even better now than it did before he broke it. The staff there was very helpful and communicative, and they assured us that it only took as long as it did because they didn't keep the necessary parts for that phone in stock and had to wait for it to arrive from Samsung.<br />
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We couldn't find any reviews of MobileTechVideos.com before we used them, so we were understandably nervous about sending our phone to them, but we did it, and they did a fantastic job. So if you need your phone fixed, I highly recommend them. They were quick to reply to our questions, cheaper than anyone else I'd found, and they did a really great job. They repair many types of phones, and you can always email them to ask about yours.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-60399881342508327612012-05-24T14:33:00.004-05:002012-05-24T14:33:59.307-05:00Yay! I won a contest! :DIt's been a good writing news kinda week!<br />
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I found out last night that I won the Utica Writer's Club's critique contest! Yaaaay! They made their decisions based on the query letter and first 250 words of the entrants' manuscripts. I'm so excited that they chose mine as the winner in the fantasy category!<br />
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So now I've won a critique of the first 5 pages of my book by a published author. I'm so excited! <br />
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You can read all the winning entries in all 10 categories on <a href="http://kissedbyliterature.blogspot.com/2012/05/fantasy-winner-eyes-of-stone.html">Jordan Mierek's blog.</a> And feel free to comment on them; you all know how we aspiring authors love constructive criticism! <br />
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And thank you so much, to Jordan and to the Utica Writer's Club! This is the first writing contest I've won, and I'm SO excited! :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902898953001320891.post-36031720651839775822012-05-22T09:31:00.002-05:002012-05-22T09:31:50.312-05:00Huzzahs to Wes Chu!!Handstands all around for one of my fellow Anxious Appliances, <a href="http://www.chuforthought.com/">Wes Chu</a>, who just signed his *first* book deal with Angry Robot Books! Wes, like myself, had his manuscript passed up to the angry robot overlord editors during last year's Open Door month. <br />
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And, having beta-read his manuscript, "The Lives of Tao," I can assure you it's brilliant, so everyone should buy it immediately upon its release.<br />
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I insist you check out all the details <a href="http://angryrobotbooks.com/2012/05/debut-author-wesley-chu-joins-angry-robot-with-the-lives-of-tao/">at the Angry Robot Books website</a>, because they've already said it better than I can.<br />
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Congrats, Wes! I can't wait to buy it! :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168932830993157564noreply@blogger.com2