Quick reference to recent blog entries http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php en-us Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50:05 -0500 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50:05 -0500 Blogs: Writing, Authors Niki's bare hands It was around 5:30 PM on Tuesday when I spoke to Dell Technical Support about my non-functioning speakers. It was around 8:00 AM on Wednesday when the technician who'd visited me Tuesday called up and offered to return between 10 and 11 that very day. And . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=581 Technicalities Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50:05 -0500 So. Laptops. Today my entire brain is taken up with laptops. Well, and writing a little bit, but mostly laptops: the care and feeding thereof, the backing up of their contents, the getting of technical support when things go wrong. Mostly it's the tech su . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=580 Technicalities Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:33:44 -0500 So. Um. Bram Stoker Award Reading List. ...Eeek? Back up back up back. The story starts here: New Year's Eve, blogger Diane Dooley starts a thread on the Absolute Write Water Cooler forums soliciting AW authors to interview about their recent or very-soo . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=579 Yahoo! Yeehah! Woopie! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:40:55 -0500 So. It's a new year. Contrary to my best intentions, I have not spent every day since January 1 writing prolifically and faithfully. However, I have replaced the bathtub drain stopper, which task has been waiting for me to get around to it since Two Thousa . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=578 Status Report Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:59:11 -0500 When the child started crying, I didn't turn around. That's what makes me a sorry specimen of humanity. I didn't bother to turn around. Why didn't I turn around? I suppose I must have assumed the child was having the sort of tantrum children of that age d . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=577 Building Character, Philosophy Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:37:46 -0500 It's funny how I collapse in a pile of do-nothings after November is over. Or after other huge looming projects are done -- it doesn't have to be National Novel Writing Month. When the deadline passes, when I've turned in the manuscript, when the thing tha . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=576 Status Report, Whining Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:12:49 -0500 Woo. NaNoWrimo 2011, done and won. Hooray! Catch is, I'm still not sure what I've written. But that's OK. That's something I can figure out later. Certain the different short stories that made up each chapter started to come together. Tonight, I was no l . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=575 Musespotting, NaNo Oh-No, Yahoo! Yeehah! Woopie! Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:57:55 -0500 Sometimes I am not so smart. Today is Monday, which means I'd usually be heading to Abbondanza for my weekly volunteer shift. Only, it's also November. As the fall season drifts into winter, the weather gets less predictable. And even when the weather is . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=574 NaNo Oh-No, Routines Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:56:50 -0500 This'll be short because I'm tired. It's been a long dang Saturday, full of Stuff. Stuff, as you know, is made up of Things. Today's Stuff consisted roughly of two Things, which I update for you as follows: Thing the First: NaNoWriMo update. Nothing at a . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=573 NaNo Oh-No, Whining Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:17:21 -0500 Today's topic: Why Niki Is So Effing Sore Today. (Don't worry -- this story is totally safe for work. All activities were legal and rated G.) It'll probably be a long post, or at least long-ish, so let's go ahead and talk NaNoWriMo briefly. I'm behind aga . . . . http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=572 From the Notebook, NaNo Oh-No, Nostalgia, Whining Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:51:48 -0500