Nov
10

New Digs. AKA – Welcome to the Hellmouth.

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Eh. Maybe Hellmouth is too strong? It’s definitely a fishbowl. A loud ass fishbowl. When I first started at my latest job, I had a real office. With a door. No windows at all, but that was ok. I could close the door and work in the dark and be just happy with that. (I dislike most office lighting systems – I tend to get major headaches from them.) People used to call it the bat cave. Then we changed buildings and I was put into a cube. Not a particularly nice one, but the walls were pretty high, and I ended up getting a table so I could face forwards. I’m not very fond of having my back to the opening of a cube. Not because I give a crap if people see what I’m doing, but just because it makes me feel terribly exposed. So now we’ve just… Read more
Mar
9

Workshops

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Ack! Pardon me while I scream. I accidentally signed up for two workshops this month and I’m sinking a bit. Actually that’s not entirely true. I am taking Arwen Lynch’s Hero’s Journey workshop and I’ve been finding it rather fascinating. Couldn’t find my Robin Wood tarot deck, so I went out and bought a new one. And the Mystic Fairy deck. And Buckland’s Romani deck. (That one had to be special ordered, actually, but I friggin *love* it). The workshop is nice and has allowed me to slow down and really look at just how my story is being put together – I’m really hoping to find some answers as to the backstory on a few of my characters. The other workshop is Margie Lawson’s ECE workshop, and OMG, the sheer amount of information this woman gives us is nothing short of amazing. Some people say you have to take… Read more