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This week, it seems everyone is thinking and talking about Natasha Richardson’s tragic death. Personally, I check People’s website at least five times a day to read celebrity news, and when I first read about her skiing accident, I was so sad to hear that she was hurt. Hours later, though, I read that she was walking and talking after her fall, so I figured they had just gotten poor news about the seriousness of her injuries in the first report. Two days later, I was shocked, though, to read that they were giving her zero chance of recovery. Doctors…

My word meter website that I use is down, so thus no updated word count meter on the right sidebar. Oh well, I will settle for just telling you the good news since it’s 5:40 in the morning and I am almost delirious at this point anyway. I stayed up again tonight to write, which I think has been working pretty well for me so far the past few weeks. Tonight, I started feeling stuck on one scene, so instead of giving up or trying to rewrite it a thousand times, I decided to just jump ahead to a scene…

Last night was a big night for me! I know how silly it sounds to be excited about a game and to consider it a part of your life, but anyone who plays WoW or EQ2 or any other MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) understands that online gaming is more than just a game. It’s a community. There is an economy, a social structure, goal-setting, teamwork, and so much more. When most people turn to TV at night, sitting in front of the tube like a vegetable, stuffing their face with potato chips or soda, I turn to…

This just blows my mind to see my baby brother holding his own beautiful daughter. It’s amazing.

I started my “diet” again, although I’m not going to really call it that. I have goals of how much I want to lose before our wedding, and even though we’ve already been engaged for eight months, I have only lost a total of 5 pounds. To be honest, though, I haven’t really been trying. But now that the wedding is getting closer, I know that if I want to reach my goals in time, I have to start working harder and get serious about them. I set a sort of mini-goal at 20 pounds by RWA Nationals, even though…

A lot of times, I get my best writing done late at night. Everyone always says that as a writer, you have to find your “process.” Basically, I think that means you have to find out just how to operate at your most productive. Since I’ve had some luck in the past writing in the quiet of the early morning hours, I thought I would give it a shot this week and see how productive I can be. Last night, I stayed up and wrote about 1500 words of my novel. Tonight, I started off at 5672 words and have…