The Birth of an Idea: The Sunshine Line

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

One day in the summer of ’09 I had a dream. When I woke, all I could remember was a scene. Someone is in a perfectly normal kitchen and fairies start spilling out from the cupboards and such. The image amused me; I thought, I could make a story out of that.

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale on Amazon (click the link to the right) or can be read in its entirety for free as a PDF. 90% of my royalties will be donated to the Young Survival Coalition.

 

Chemo etc. ‘How I’m doing’ update January 28, 2009

My counts didn’t end up indicating a transfusion. I was almost disappointed by this, because it wouldn’t be just my hemoglobin that would be helped by the transfusion, I’d also have all these grown up white cells and platelets and such that are running low with me. But all my counts were good enough for chemo, though all of them were below normal for a healthy person.

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Introspective Interlude January 3, 2009

One of the girls in my chemo group asked today:

“Does anyone get down like that? Sometimes I get so MAD at myself. I seriously can NOT believe I have/had fucking cancer. What the f?????? I feel like a freak. How did this happen? Am I a genetic mutant or something????”

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now published. You can go to the Silver Linings page to learn more or click the link to your right to buy the book. 

(From Feb. 21, 2009)

Rather to my surprise, the port removal surgery went pretty smoothly. There was a glitch, which I will get to, but over all, not too bad.

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

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Excerpt:

Post-Surgery ‘How I’m doing’ update September 14, 2008.

Missed a pain pill in the night and paid for it, but I am having less pain today, so I’m going to start gradually taking less of the painkillers. The nurse very helpfully reminded me on Friday that the pills only work for 4 hours, so don’t spread out the timing, lessen the dose. So that is what I am trying.

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Excerpt: Help Wanted

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

They got to the substance abuse clinic just before 9:00 AM. Amy explained to the receptionist why they were there, and they sat down in the lobby.

After about 15 minutes, the receptionist called out, “I’m sorry, could you come up here again, I have a question.”

Amy went to the desk. The receptionist said, “Can you explain why you’re here again?”

Amy cocked her head a little at that. Had the woman simply not listened the first time? Oh well, take two.

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I quack me up: Two-fer

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

Two excerpts from the third Sunshine Line book:

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I Quack Me Up 2

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

As I mentioned in the last post, I am editing my cancer blog thingy. (I are good with words.)

I came across this and giggled, so I hope you will too:

They got me in the OR and onto the operating table and gave me the nighty-night juice in the IV and then all of a sudden I was awake on the operating table looking at the surgeon about to slice into me. I was like ‘hold it!’ I don’t remember my actual words because though I was awake, I was still pretty drugged up. I know I threatened to punch someone if they didn’t get it right on the second try. They later claimed this had nothing to do with them tying down my right arm hahahaha!

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You Think Editing Is Hard?

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Try not editing.

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Where’s My Magic Button?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

I write fantasy, right? Well, maybe you didn’t know that. But I do. So why can’t I come up with some magic that takes a finished novel and turns it into a book someone can buy? I just want to write the story. I can do that. All this publishing business isn’t nearly as much fun.

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