On Snow and Writing

[cornerofmadness]

There was literally no way my college should have been opened today but it was so I naturally went in. My nurses came in. If nothing else, they tend to be far more dedicated than my anatomy students. Half of which wrote to tell me J county is under a level 2 snow alert. I can't come because we're not allowed out. To which I responded, I also live there and I'm at work. too bad you're unexcused. level THREE is where we're not allowed out.

Still snowing. It looks so beautiful and shall continue to do so (so long as I don't get ice and lose power)

So on to the writing. circletpress just put up this open call. Like Heaven or Hell Yes I'm hastily trying to do something for it.


I also wanted to share this post on the true cost to the artists when you illegally download It's very well written. One of the reasons sales on my latest story were way down was within 24 hours the pirates had it. Think about being an author, losing your advance because the pirating ate away your sales. A lot of my flist is made up of authors/artists/musicians. This affects us all and thanks to evil_little_dog for bringing it to my attention.

back to writing for me. both bigbangs are so stalled. geez. A note to all authors: if your character is such a miserable bitch that the reader is hoping the bad guys win, you've done something wrong (yes I'm looking at you current mystery at my bedside)

Also sp23 put up this. check out this link It'll give you the NY best seller list for when you were born



Fiction 1 THE ARRANGEMENT Elia Kazan
Fiction 2 THE EIGHTH DAY Thornton Wilder
Fiction 3 WASHINGTON D.C., Gore Vidal
Fiction 4 THE CHOSEN Chaim Potok
Fiction 5 TALES OF MANHATTAN Louis Auchincloss
Fiction 6 THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA Robert Crichton
Fiction 7 THE PLOT Irving Wallace
Fiction 9 CAPABLE OF HONOR Allen Drury
Fiction 10 GO TO THE WIDOW-MAKER James Jones
Non-Fiction 1 THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT William Manchester
Non-Fiction 2 EVERYTHING BUT MONEY Sam Levenson
Non-Fiction 3 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BERTRAND RUSSELL 1872-1914, Bertrand 3 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BERTRAND RUSSELL, 1872-1914, Bertrand Russell
Non-Fiction 4 MADAME SARAH Cornelia Otis Skinner
Non-Fiction 5 EDGAR CAYCE Jess Stearn
Non-Fiction 6 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Eric Berne
Non-Fiction 7 ANYONE CAN MAKE A MILLION Morton Shulman
Non-Fiction 8 VARIETY OF MEN C.P. Snow
Non-Fiction 9 BY-LINE: ERNEST HEMINGWAY Willam White
Non-Fiction 10 TREBLINKA Jean-Francois Steiner





this is the root cellar. It looks pretty good now that it's been white washed. Most of my life it was just bare unpainted rock and crumbling plaster. don't know what's leaking out of the can. don't wanna. Notice even more scary joists? WHen I was growing up it was filled with giant food cans from the mental hospital granny was a cook at