I’m doing a lot of writing at work. My brain is tired. Quick thoughts: Yoga: I tried out a new yoga class Wednesday at a different studio. It was challenging enough that I learned a few new things and got a good balanced workout, but not challenging enough to damage me. I expect I’ll switch to the new studio when I use up my current package of classes at the old studio. Change. I watched…

January — The season of change and of new beginnings. I never got around to writing down my resolutions for the new year. I’ve been thinking about them, and working on some of them, but I never got around to writing them down. So here goes: 1) Participate. I’ve been lurking in the background for much of the past year, observing the world but not necessarily participating in it. Sure, I check my email and…

As usual, I’m a few days late (and almost always a dollar short)… but this is fantastic commentary about the fate of small press publishers in this scary-bad economy. It’s also a great plug for my publisher, Yard Dog Press. As people stop spending their money freely, sales decline.  When sales decline, stores take fewer purchasing risks.  For the small press, that can be deadly. Read more…

I’m suddenly getting Facebook friends requests from people I went to high school with who were not only NOT my friends, they either picked on me constantly or ignored me completely. (In high school I was the skinny geeky fangirl book worm who wrote for the school newspaper. These days I’m pretty much the same, only I’m definitely not skinny and I’m writing for my corporate masters and the Internet.) I’m conflicted about accepting these…