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I practice kung fu, write speculative fiction, and can fillet a salmon in 60 seconds flat.

Seattle
Joined June 2009
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By age 35 you should have at least two thirds of your hard drive space taken up by recursively nested copies of the hard drives from all your previous computers
I've only read one book on this list, so I have so many books to look forward to! Yay! xitter.cf/coolcurrybooks/status/…
I've talked before about how diverse adult SFF gets so much less attention than diverse YA SFF. So here's a thread of diverse (AKA SFF by and/or about marginalized people) science fiction and fantasy novels aimed at adults!
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Thought I'd study Japanese & Russian to become a translator for oil companies in the Russian Far East. In reality, Japanese was hard, but I did learn Russian. Instead of resource extraction, I worked in environmental communications translating science. Now I'm a romance writer. xitter.cf/smoltexan/status/99331…
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Naming my next heroine Regina Prince, so her dad can say, "You may not always be a Prince, but you will always be a queen." #amwriting #amwritingromance #wip
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Reviving some of my graduate studies to address current issues. #amwriting #amreading #weneeddiverseromance xitter.cf/RomMFA/status/99347772…
Hey Romancelandia—especially white people who are feeling like we can do better—I want to talk about behavior change. romancemfa.com/behavior-chan…
Benefits/dangers of working in coffee shops: staff regularly offering me day old pastries for free. #writerproblems
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Some days 50% of my writing time is checking etymonline.com to see if a word is anachronistic. Mope, dolt, swanky, tony, and 'in a pickle' are all older than I expected, fortunately! #writerproblems #amwriting #amwritingromance #historicalromance
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Today's research reading: history of African Americans in Worcester MA - communities of color were well-established there before the Civil War. college.holycross.edu/projec… #amwriting #historicalromance
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I have been sick and I needed something like this so I remember things will be ok. xitter.cf/xsparkage/status/98466…
Found this on reddit (u/someothermate) this is the funniest thing I have ever seen
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Very pleased to report that I have worked the historical slang phrase "you're a caution to snakes" into my current manuscript. #amwriting #amwritingromance
I'm looking for someone who can help answer a few questions about marine insurance. My Google Fu is failing me, i.e. only bringing up offers for policies or training but I have some stupid simple questions for the novel I'm writing... #amwriting #marineinsurance
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Also, yes, I'm writing a historical romance where the hero is an insurance underwriter. #amwriting #amwritingromance #historicalromance #notaduke
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And maybe my third question is at what point does an insurance investigation turn into a police investigation, with regards to the suspected arsonist....