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useless idiot
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bristol, England
Posts: 9,141
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Bah Humbug
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: California
Posts: 3,666
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Para, it's okay to close yourself to more projects until you catch up to a certain level. That's why freelancers say they're full until x month all the time. Just tell people they'll have to wait.
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has finally arrived
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 7,112
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I too am a non-eater during stressful times. Trying to figure out what to eat just becomes overwhelming and I end up just stuffing a bunch of toast whenever I get so hungry I can't ignore it anymore.
Now, when I'm pregnant, on the other hand...
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Still a beach bum...
Join Date: May 2009
Location: California by the sea
Posts: 1,697
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hey ya! Back from the wilds of Lake County. Had a really nice time. Now have tons to do and am feeling stressed and fleh. I hope I can make things work.
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Flying blind on a rocket cycle.
Join Date: May 2009
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Job-hunting always reminds me how few marketable skills I actually have.
wheeeeeee
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Still a beach bum...
Join Date: May 2009
Location: California by the sea
Posts: 1,697
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FWIW, it looks like "Sweet cartwheeling Jesus" has made it into the final version of RATS.
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 26,015
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 26,015
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*bats eyes at Purgatory:
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Vampire Connoisseur
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,384
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Morning all.
Lily- Done ![]() I finished my Dad's afghan yesterday, didn't sleep good last night, and I'm hoping I find some time to take a nap. Blargh.
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Wielder of the Literary Lead Pipe
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Somewhere in the Nevernever
Posts: 2,500
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Re: eating. I'm the opposite way, too. So hard for me to "remember" to eat when stressed. Like, right now, I slept in, so no time for breakfast before I run out of the house. Sigh.
Anyway, retweeted you, Lily and off I am! Smooches! |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,434
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Then they all drink in mystified silence. |
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 26,015
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sunna, that would be the height of awesomeness.
Thanks for all the RTs, gang! (I get email notifications; I can't get to Twitter at work.)
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Hangin' with my writing peeps
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 1,244
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morning purgies!
sweet cartwheeling jesus seems to have made it into SV too. Still have copy edits to go, but the editor didn't flag it in the other rounds so fingers crossed.
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Purple Sparkles for the Win
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western New York
Posts: 25,783
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Hello, hello! I've put Sweet Cartwheeling Jesus in a handful of subs, but it's been edited out every time. Which is a shame, because I'd love to have this secret thing among us.
Hey, this month the anthology I'm in is supposed to release. It's taken so long that I had it on a mental back-burner. I shall turn myself into an attention whore for a few days, for the common good. Maryn, writing hot senior sex
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 26,015
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Maryn, is that the cover in your av? It's awesome.
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I'm Batman
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gotham's Finest
Posts: 3,313
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Morning, folk!
On my phone, since IT doesn't get here til 9 to give me my computer back. So I'm sitting here working on JJD4 in longhand. Guess I'll type it up when lunch rolls around. Sunna- me and two other of The Editor's authors conspired to put random appearances by chickens in our books to see if she'd notice. Mine was the only one that actually made it into the print version. I won.
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Bah Humbug
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: California
Posts: 3,666
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Got a shock - somehow I sold more books in 2012 than 2011. Not quite sure how it came about since I was behind most of the year, but the checks add up. Got my Amzn 1099s yesterday, so now I can do my taxes.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,434
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Tas, that's awesome.
![]() I look forward to the day when someone joins this thread because they googled "Sweet Cartwheeling Jesus" and landed here. ![]() Re: stress eating, for me it depends on the stress. If it's something I'm avoiding thinking about, or I'm just irritated and tired and putting off something I don't want to do/deal with, I'm far more likely to stress-eat. If it's serious freak-out stress, particularly if it's something I cannot fix, I can forget to eat for days. |
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Follow your heart; take your brain
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Gratz KT!
I'm pretty even-keel. Even when there's bad stuff looming, I don't tend to manifest stress in that sort of active way (which is apparently why I have TMJ ).*sneezes over thread* Sorry guys. Dentist yesterday and sick today. I'd ask this week to do its worst, but I'm afraid it would take me up on it. |
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#1145 |
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Butterflies
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Living the dream
Posts: 933
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Lil: done!
![]() sunna: that would be AWESOME. It's in chapter 3 in FPF. Love my purgies.still tired. Hubs found it necessary to wake me up at 1:30. Sigh. I finally went back to sleep about 5. Overslept, flew kiddo to the bus, am now at least halfway awake. ![]() I wanted to rework something in BL this morning, but I think it will have to wait. I am too tired to think.
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A new year, a new avatar
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Treguna Makoidees Trecorum SadisDee
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: MA
Posts: 2,234
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Morning all.
Fun morning so far here at work. Insane boss and a coworker have been having a screaming match for the past half hour right outside my office. If anyone needs me, I'm the girl wearing a pith helmet who's in serious need of a drink. This was after he ended the day yesterday by loudly slagging off on me personally to penultimate boss. [Who told insane boss that I'm doing more work than three of his favorites put together and that he needs to STFU.] Gah.
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rising from the ashes
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: beyond the realm of a GPS
Posts: 322
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Morning, purgies...
For bittersweet endings, I go with P0SSESS10n, WH@T BEC0MES of the BR0KEN-HE@RTED, and THE BRIEF H1ST0RY of The D3AD. |
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 26,015
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{{{Becky}}} I've worked for a screamer and a passive-aggressive manipulator. Much sympathy. Gah.
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Treguna Makoidees Trecorum SadisDee
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: MA
Posts: 2,234
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Thanks, Lily - It's much better than it used to be - penultimate boss (new), gets it and is doing his best to keep the shit getting on me, and that makes a big difference.
![]() I just wish the other guy would go away. His other charming moment today was getting furious because one of our other engineers had to go back to China unexpectedly because her father is dying. I wish I was exaggerating, but I'm not.
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