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I’ve been very graphics-heavy in my LJ lately, and I’ve just decided to embrace it. My reading list on the side has grown to include both books I’ve read lately (though I certainly am not going to include an icon for every book I read this year! That wouldn’t work, I don’t think–though perhaps I … Read more

I’ve been finding lots of great Avatar usericons through various links from my friend and fellow Avatar fan yedijoda (particular users credited on each icon). But I kept forgetting to upload them! Finally tonight I was thinking I should finally upload the icons I’ve made of my cats, and saw the Avatar icons. So, this … Read more

Tonight has been an infuriating night of kitten mischief. I think Mogget is getting disoriented by the moving boxes–I’m moving in a few weeks and have started to collect boxes at work. Remember the puzzle I talked about the other day? I started a new one on the card table, and he’s been chewing on … Read more

Via yedijoda , pictures of my old haunt , BYU. (I lived in Utah for 4 1/2 years, and finished my undergrad at BYU.) Apparently LJ featured provophoto  on the f ront page today, and she caught it. I rarely go look at the LJ front page, so I’m glad she did, because this guy has … Read more

I was curious who was reading me–and how many, because who knows? it could be 2, it could be 20–besides the obvious (people who have friended me), so I’ve been trying for months to figure out how to do something like my Blogger friends do with a sitemeter. I’ve finally figured it out. It took … Read more

Thought I’d share a few pictures from the conference, too. These are just the ones taken from my cute little cameraphone, as the pictures taken on my real camera have yet to be developed. Ah, that’s something I should be doing today. Wednesday night, Feb. 14–Pre-con dinner with guests of honor and special guests I  … Read more

Continued from Part 7 (We’re getting near the end, don’t worry! This was only a one-hour talk.) Now, we’re on to Tiffany’s second draft. With this particular draft, Tiffany focused on improving the initial buildup.   Wow, what a difference. The questions I asked sparked ideas in Tiffany I would never have thought to suggest. … Read more

Continued from Part 6 Yesterday, we left off with the outline stage of In the Serpent’s Coils. Let’s continue with the rest of the revision process. Like I said yesterday, Tiffany went through 6 different drafts with me from first sample on 8/29/05 to turning in final draft to me on 7/31/06. So, over the … Read more

My friend invited me to a movie night up in Seattle, but I wasn’t really feeling up to driving all the way up there tonight after work (still fighting this stupid sinus infection–so much that I even decided to give up dairy again, this time for at least several weeks to see if it will … Read more

Continued from Part 5 (For anyone coming to this late, this is a talk from Life, the Universe, and Everything, a symposium/convention hosted at BYU in Provo, Utah, every February.) Now we get to the most interesting part! You’ve found a publisher who is interested in your book. You get an offer! Now what? Working … Read more