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Lately, I have been so busy at work, that I barely have the time to breathe, let alone blog. However, there is something I can’t forego sharing. A couple of days ago, I suggested my co-worker would love to read “The City & The City” (a book I’m switch-reading simultaneously with “Fool’s Errand” by Robin [...]

So I’m sitting in a bus (with a wi-fi connection), waiting to depart from Riga to Tallinn, leaving for Finncon. I think I’ve checked a hundred times whether I have my passport and tickets. Right now, I’m a bit past worrying and have come to a calm acceptance of my fate, whatever that might be. [...]

..which is the best estimate of my current position. I have cold so bad that every time I cough I keep expecting my lung to fall on my keyboard. But I’m alive, and it’s a lot. This spring is beautiful though. Every sunny day after work, my husband and me spend fifteen minutes (or half [...]

I built a house on a broken hill Broken and mended with my own fears I built a house on an empty space That my mind produced instead of a cure A house of plaster, a house of words A creaking, cracking house of dreams A house that held against all the winds A house [...]

A snowy morning. We are stopping the traffic With a goodbye kiss

First, thanks for the good wishes, folks – I’m remarkably better. I’m, actually, too good, come to think of it – I managed to get healthy enough to promptly stir up my personal life in ways I shouldnt’ve done. However, that taught me not only some “maybe you don’t wanna do this” things I’m not [...]

I’m thinking that people are trying to pressure others into changing their ways basically because it’s scary to differ. Even if you are a part of a larger movement (say, pop music listeners), you feel intimidated by that single rapper in your vicinity, because you don’t know what to expect from him, and, moreover, you [...]

This has been one of those weekends that stretch forever, offering tidbits of real world and how differently people see it. Also, a small and uncomfortable lesson on how much am I willing to listen to people, accept their views, play along in their worlds, be they carpeted by emerald green fake grass or sickly [...]

So. At the first glance, St.Petersburg really screwed my writing because for the whole 3 days I wrote nothing useful and Monday wasn’t better. I sincerely hope that I’ll recover today (but don’t count on it). But it was the first time I used metro. I also spent several hours scribbling unrelated notes in my [...]

Have you been pondering what new and exciting could you write (while procrastinating on your WIP that has stalled a bit)? Well, I hope you haven’t, but I have. So I found an excellent site for instant prompts in all genres, all styles imaginable. It’s an upcoming deadline tracker from Duotrope’s Digest. Funny, serious, queer [...]