Category: Writerly Stuff
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Branding
You may be asking – The Velvet Zebra ?? Unless you didn’t even notice your browser bar isn’t showing MyMidnightMuse anymore … You’ve arrived at TheVelvetZebra.com In the coming week(s) this page will be updated to reflect the new business model my sister and I have adopted. There’s not that much changing besides structure and…
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Cheap Tweet
I miss Twitter sometimes. There, I said it. Yes, I deleted the App from my iPad months ago and stopped Tweeting altogether, but recently I’ve been missing it just a tad, and today, while reading an excellent Guide to Promoting Your eBook at Smashwords um … guide … I was reminded what a good and…
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The Trouble with eReaders
For the record, I have a Nook. The Nook Simple Touch, to be specific. But the issue I have with eReaders spans them all – the Nook, the Kindle, et al. (okay, so those are the only two I can remember the names of, I’m sure there are some et al.s) And the problem is…
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Randomosity
Every now and again I look up, gaze around, and am shocked to find I’m not the only person on the planet ! I know, right? Well it’s easier to concentrate on important stuff these days. I got rid of Twitter, so I’m not pissed off anymore when I realize everyone is busily bobbing about…
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Adjustments
I’m gradually getting used to the idea that I can’t just phone my Mother, or drive the 5 miles to her house to have dinner. It’s not easy, there are highs and lows, but I know that’s normal and it’s gonna be that way for quite some time. I’m also getting accustomed to using this…
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Dear Prudence;
I write to you with news of the most peculiar kind. This day finds me again on the path that will return me to you, and I proceed with haste, my love. As you will recall, my journey was interrupted at the crossing in the woods, wherein I wished to continue to the North whilst…
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Dear Prudence
I take this moment of pause and reflection and avail upon it a chance to send you news of my duel. As you recall, on that day whence I was returning to you after so many long months secluded with the secretive Headless Monks of the Leaf, I came upon a gentleman by the name…
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Dear Prudence
I beg thee pardon for my extended absence, but I fear my return will be further delayed, although I expect not too tally much longer. You see, upon my journey back to you – having reached the crossed paths along the wooded trail whereupon my direction would veer to the North – I came upon…
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Mush
My brain is all too mushy and imploded to post anything intelligent. My sister’s unemployment benefits have run out, and that was the emergency extension. But she has an all-day “get to know you” interview tomorrow that has us feeling very cautiously upbeat and hopeful. The horrible tragedy in Japan is beyond comment, but it…
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Have no place, I can be, since I found Serenity
Sorry, it’s just that the ION network on Direct TV is airing Firefly every night this week, and I watched several eps last night. It gave me a Happy. So does the New Year. I’ve already decided, based on a complete lack of evidence to the contrary, that this year is gonna be a good…
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