Category Archives: Writing

And the winner is….

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Uppity

Not me! [bows] Ah, the joys of working in online retail during the holiday season. We are down two managers this year, so guess who’s doing double-duty? And when work makes me sit at a computer for 12 hours a … Continue reading →

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(Somebody else) On the suckitude that is the current trend of enfeebled heroines

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Uppity

Today whilst procrastinating, I read this recent review/rant by Righteous Rib the Rejectionist about the current trend in (mosty YA) waify, weeny heroines whose very existence depends upon the “love” of a hunky vamp/were/whatever that is stalking them: So all … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Humble Reader

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Uppity

In an attempt to enrich my fiction-writin’ skills, I’ve been expanding my novel-readin’ horizons. It’s not that historically I’ve stuck to any preferred subject matter, but I have tended to eschew genre fiction. I think the last mass-market paperback I … Continue reading →

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Writing as survival strategy

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Uppity

In college, I wrote fiction for my creative writing classes, but once I graduated and it was no longer a Have-to, I stopped. Since writing is as much a part of me as my kneecaps, I continued to write, but … Continue reading →

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Do you Nano?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Uppity

Only three more weeks until Kevin dusts off his halo and dons his “I’m a lover, not a writer” t-shirt in support of my annual journey through the Sumatra-colored underworld that is National Novel Writing Month. This will be my … Continue reading →

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