Monthly Archives: June 2007

Rediscovery

Posted on 06/24/2007 by chick

So what am I going to do with this yawn-inspiring book, Rediscovery? It’s part of the popular Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Darkover is a fictional world in which the inhabitants have extremely powerful forms of psionic ability, such … Continue reading →

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Yawn

Posted on 06/23/2007 by chick

I really hate it when characters in books fall asleep and dream. The dream sequences are almost always boring and unnecessary, just the author weakly rehashing the character’s feelings and experiences as a segue to the next action scene. What’s … Continue reading →

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Bringer of Rain

Posted on 06/22/2007 by chick

I took a long stroll along the shore this afternoon. The sand was soft under my feet. The ocean was so calm and clear that I could see a crab skittering around several feet under water. The sky was a … Continue reading →

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Script Scrapped

Posted on 06/21/2007 by chick

I think I have to give up on the idea of Script Frenzy this year. With 0 words written and less than two weeks left, it seems like a lost cause. That’s OK. I thought about doing NaNoWriMo in 2005 … Continue reading →

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Emphatically Unstressed

Posted on 06/21/2007 by chick

I try not to think about my health too often (obsession with one’s state of health is a sure sign of age). But sometimes in the interest of living longer, you have to take a look at what you’ve done, … Continue reading →

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Wearied

Posted on 06/20/2007 by chick

Have you heard of the woman inspired To make rhymes even though she was tired? But the words wouldn’t fit, So she threatened to quit, And her muse said, “You can’t quit. You’re fired!”

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There and Back Again

Posted on 06/19/2007 by chick

The road goes ever on and on. So does traffic. It took almost four hours to get to CT on Sunday. The trip back today was a breeze, though, and for fun I stopped at the big library book sale … Continue reading →

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Book Marks

Posted on 06/18/2007 by chick

I just started reading Mother Night. One of the first things I noticed is that a previous reader (or readers) marked some of the pages. I used to think that marking books was strictly taboo. Then I went to college. … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day

Posted on 06/17/2007 by chick

Happy Father’s Day to all the good dads out there in the world, especially mine!

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Cheating Time

Posted on 06/17/2007 by chick

I’m going to be traveling a lot over the next few days, thanks to my job, and I won’t have time for blogging. I don’t want to interrupt my streak (10 consecutive days and counting), so I’m going to cheat … Continue reading →

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