I cannot get over how freaking clever Robert M. Brantner is in this sci-fi novel I’m editing for him. I’m having so much fun, it’s ridiculous. And delicious. Alas, I can’t tell you a thing about it, but I’ve found myself grinning ear-to-ear or laughing out loud more times than I can count. […]
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I’m twelve hours into editing Technical Magic, the sci fi novel(s) by my cousin Robert M. Brantner. I’m loving this millennia-spanning, edge-of-your-seat story. It’s even hard to take a respectable break because I want to know what happens NEXT. Brantner is a helluva good storyteller! I have not read this entire manuscript
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I was a worker bee yesterday. So, today every single critter I own has clean sleeping places, fresh bedding, pristine litter boxes & crystal clear water (goats/cats, hens, fish). Which is not to say they were in terrible straits the days before yesterday. It’s just that yesterday I got a super shot of get up
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Great clients make my day. And what are the characteristics of a great client? Let me count the ways! My most recent example of a great client is a gentleman in Israel whose company researches and develops state-of-the-art-and-science mental clarity supplements using nanotechnology (the science of mixing oil with water well enough to
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This feast-or-famine life I lead as a writer-for-hire isn’t for the faint-of-heart. But I simply can’t imagine living any other way, having survived it for 16 years now. The holiday season and tax time in Feb-April are the deadly-slowest times of each year for me Work slows during the holiday season slightly before
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Upwork is trying to get me to use AI to “increase my productivity.” No way will I EVER treat my clients the way AI bots treat me I do not play well with bots. Having to find ways to bypass AI bots when I need human help drives me right straight up the
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I took advantage of a couple Black Friday Cyber Monday deals to replace a glitchy monitor and get a new speaker for my PC, so Merry Christmas (Merry Kris Smith) to me! I ordered a 24″ monitor to replace the 22″ one I have now because I have enough space on my desk for
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Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, my sister Jackie makes Lisa and me our own HUGE pans of chocolate fudge. She puts walnuts in Lisa’s and none in mine, just the way we like it. I buy the ingredients and she cooks it all up. Lasts months. I bought the ingredients last week
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Twice in my life I had intriguing opportunities to take roads I decided not to take and I have always wondered what would have happened had I taken them. OAKLAND STUDIO SCOUT I mentioned one of them in DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal. The excerpt below followed details about my first-ever stand
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I am experiencing an interesting conundrum. Whenever I post anything pro-Palestinian, I am accused of anti-Semitism. Whenever I post anything pro-Israel, I am accused of being anti-Palestinian. I am anti-neither. I am PRO-WORKING OUT DIFFERENCES IN WAYS THAT EXCLUDE KILLING ONE ANOTHER! Echoes of 911 I remember back to
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