author: Nicole J. LeBoeuf

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actually writing blog: we were experiencing technical difficulties and now we are just experiencing disappointment
2021-08-26 17:57 MDT

Heyyyy, it's another blog post. Two in two days! Go me. Only I am here to report that no, I did not manage to adhere tightly to any sort of schedule on this tightly scheduled Thursday, so, y'know, booo. I have some Excuses. Actually, I have one main excus . . . .

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actually writing blog: redefining the concept of SCHEDULE for the schedule-adverse
2021-08-25 22:37 MDT

This being the actually writing blog, I'm gonna blog about actually writing. Today I actually wrote. It's a good thing. As I mentioned last time, I've been having trouble. My relationship with time-management has become fraught. More fraught than usual, I . . . .

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actually writing blog: you can read the thing and listen to it too
2021-08-03 23:54 MDT

Today is the happy day! My story, "Survival, After", is now live on the website of Apex Magazine. The issue it's in debuted some weeks ago for subscribers to read in its entirety, but today my story became available for all and sundry, subscriber or not. Y . . . .

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actually writing blog: needs must when the leftovers squawk and the freezer is so full it squeals
2021-07-20 23:32 MDT

If there is a theme to this food-bloggity post, it is Creative Ways to Use Up Foodstuffs That Need Using Up. For instance, I'm a member of the 63rd St. Farm CSA, and I bought the chicken and pork add-ons to add on to my half-share of veggies. And by some a . . . .

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actually writing blog: it's release day and i'm all hype
2021-07-06 22:33 MDT

Hello, the blog! Have I got some news for you! Today is July 6, and July 6 is release day for Apex Magazine #124. Check out that gorgeous cover art. Check out those contributor names! (How did I end up in such astounding company?) So the way Apex does it . . . .

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actually writing blog: views of both the re- and the inter- variety
2021-05-27 22:44 MDT

Hey y'all! It's been a FULL week, a week very much full of things--most of them good! if ultimately tiring!--but I think I can sneak half an hour to blog about some fun stuff surrounding my latest poetry publication. Y'all remember that my poem "Apotheosi . . . .

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actually writing blog: in which i help you catch me in reruns
2021-05-19 23:13 MDT

Heyyyy! Two blog posts in two days--spiffy. And I'm doing this even though I'm already over my five hours of writing and writing-related tasks for the day, and 4thewords.com is telling me that I've surpassed 8,000 words. It's cool. Like I said yesterday, s . . . .

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actually writing blog: The Friday Fictionette Round-up for March 2021. Also bunny zooms.
2021-05-19 00:19 MDT

Huh. So, the last time I blogged here, it was to say "Sorry, PT robbed me of productivity, but here's the latest Friday Fictionette round-up at least." Welp, same message, different month. Physical therapy robbed me of less productivity today, though, bec . . . .

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actually writing blog: The Friday Fictionette Round-up for February 2021
2021-04-21 00:21 MDT

Today isn't happening. There comes a time when I have to admit that today, as a productive writing work day, isn't happening. That time probably should have been somewhat sooner than ten-thirty at night, but here we are. But I said I was gonna do the Frida . . . .

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actually writing blog: the latest Friday Fictionette: "A Separate World"
2021-04-19 22:16 MDT

The Friday Fictionette nominally scheduled for March 12, 2021 (I've been running behind a bit) is "A Separate World", in which the divide is very stark. The Friday Fictionette project is a short-short story subscription service powered by Patreon. See mor . . . .

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