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The Best D@m# Writing Books, Period.

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Kat | Category: writing process & projects

You know, the best thing to do if you want to be a writer is write. Everyone knows this. Everyone says this. It’s undeniably true. Write longhand. Write on a word processor. Keep a blog. Keep a paper journal. Keep three or four blogs or paper journals. [...]



Can an Online Community Make You Healthier?

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Kat | Category: community & connection

It’s the holidays.  In a stunning display of counterintuitive thinking, my husband and I have started a diet and exercise program.
Well, I say “a program,” but the truth is, our respective approaches to fitness and health are rather different.  He’s doing the Power90 fitness video series, and bought “Glycemic Index Dieting for Dummies” (I swear [...]



The Real Problem with Being “High Maintenance”

Nov 18th, 2008 | By Kat | Category: the juggling act

A while back I wrote a post on being “high maintenance,”  in which I promised two things: first, that I was going to work on getting back into proper habits for self-care, and second, that I was going to blog about it weekly.
Well, I have at least followed through on the first, if not the [...]



Happy Freakin’ Birthday to Me.

Nov 10th, 2008 | By Kat | Category: bard's tales, community & connection

Yes, that’s right.  It’s my birthday.  
All in all, it’s been a better birthday than I typically get.  I’ll be flying out to Las Vegas today to attend Pubcon 2008, the conference for webmasters.  
You know, a lot of people hate the term “webmaster.”  I’ve always been kind of fond of it.  It sounds vaguely [...]



I’m going to Vegas.

Nov 7th, 2008 | By Kat | Category: bard's tales

Well, it seems my NaNoWriMo novel is doomed.
I just got word late last week that I’m going to Pubcon all next week in Las Vegas. I’m really excited to get to meet many of the cool folks I’ve so far only known online. As much as I’d like to think that I’ll attend [...]