Tag: Silver Linings

  • And a Very Merry Unbirthday to You!

      Tomorrow is my forty-third birthday, and I want to share the celebration. From today until February 17th I am offering a 43% discount on all my published works at Smashwords! This is a steal, people! I will still be donating 90% of my royalties for Silver Linings to YSC and 50% of my royalties for Help…

  • Writing as a Calling?

    Thinking up what to write about here today brought to mind an odd analogy. When I was in labor with my second child, my labor went so fast that I was forced to do it “naturally”. With my first child I had an epidural and never felt that “urge to push” that I’d heard of.…

  • Excerpt: Silver Linings

    Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale; click on the link to the right (from the blog)! Chemo ‘How I’m doing’ update November 9, 2008. This time last cycle I was curled around a bowl, sobbing and puking and wondering how many times I would have to hit myself over the hit [SIC: meant…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • You Think Editing Is Hard?

    Try not editing.