Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Birth of an Idea: The Sunshine Line
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
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…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
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…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
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…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
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. 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,…
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Excerpt: Help Wanted
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,…
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I quack me up: Two-fer
Two excerpts from the third Sunshine Line book:
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I Quack Me Up 2
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…
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You Think Editing Is Hard?
Try not editing.
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Where’s My Magic Button?
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…
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