by Nina | Jun 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been reading this blog for some time, you may remember that I went to Clarion 2017. One of the most common discussions I’ve had about it since then has been with people who regret that due to a lot of reasons, they will never be able to attend....
by Nina | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
I had a whole other blog post planned and partially written for today, but I just finished The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones and I can’t not shout about it. This book got all up in my feels in all the best ways and I think everyone who does not hate...
by Nina | May 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, I passed my exam. The trouble with such mammoth efforts is that they push everything else very firmly out of the way. I was not sure that I would pass until after I got to the end screen that let me know the final result. I was sure I had done the most that I...
by Nina | May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s crunch time for me. I am again about to test my mettle with a professional certification exam, this time at a higher level of specialization. My exam is on Friday morning so it is definitely time to do whatever last minute studying I possibly can, and that...
by Nina | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today was going to be a long ramble about the concept of not being enough but turns out that I can’t actually do that kind of thinky, rambly piece on a day that I am actively in pain because I lifted heavy things the day before for the first time in over two...
by Nina | May 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the world starts to return to normal, there’s been a scourge of articles about how workers are choosing to stay out of the workforce. Just as I was starting to get sick of them, I started reading the book Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout...
by Nina | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I was taking a break and came to the living room to watch my partner blow up aliens on Gears of War with his friend. Instead, I found them watching a giant, stylized wasp nest. They were playing as two dolls of all things. That was my first...
by Nina | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
I teased last week about the workshop that I did as part of the Flights of Foundry. The experience was an interesting one that I can heartily recommend to anyone. Apparently, Philip K. Dick wrote The Man in the High Castle using a very similar method. In case...
by Nina | Apr 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
This past weekend I took part in the virtual convention Flights of Foundry. It was put on by The Dream Foundry, and it was the first really, truly international writer’s conference that I’ve take part in. Programming was basically around the clock and...
by Nina | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was on holiday last week and I got into a rut. I woke up around 10 AM, wrote my morning pages and caught up on news and my slacks while partner walked the dog and made breakfast. We watched a movie together before I went off to work my todo-list for the day. That...
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