Iceland cometh!

Just a quick update that I booked a last minute trip to Iceland, and I fly out tomorrow.  Cross your fingers that I get to see the Northern Lights! :D

Bar Exam, Take Two

Well, in case I haven't mentioned it before, I'm studying for the California bar exam, which will take place in *gulp* ten days.

Cross your fingers for me. >__<

Happy new year, everyone!

Nico is back in SF, and I am back in NYC. I'm totally sad pandaing over this state of affairs. :(

In tangentially-related news, I have in hand the four Barbri books I picked up to study for the February California bar exam. Wish me luck!

Nico!

Nico's going home with me for the holidays....and he's staying there until I move back in summer 2013. :(

Commence angsty separation anxiety!

Crafty like a fox.

I've been crafting like a fiend ever since leaving my job. DIY is my new happy.

This is what happens when pliers and a paperclip fall into my hands at midnight. :)

Inspiration taken from the I Spy DIY blog

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You can take this job, and you can shovel it!

So I kinda sorta...quit my job.

Yes, I've entered into the ranks of the voluntarily unemployed, and giving up a six-figure job for NOTHING never felt so amazing. Seriously, there's such freedom in giving it all an "F-U."

I caught a bug.

The writing bug, that is.

I haven't really been in a reading mood lately, but I DO have an idea for another submission call. Aaaaahhhhhh!!! I know, it's like a virus that has taken over my life. j/k :)

On the "good news" front, the anthology that includes my story was published two weeks ago. YAY! So I guess...I can consider myself a published author now? It's kind of weird, isn't it?

This journey has been such a trip (in a GOOD way). I started writing in February of this year, and now I'm published with two other freebie stories available. Ah yes, the second freebie story is the sequel to my first freebie story. I wrote it in response to reader requests for "what happens next?"

I hope readers keep reading my stuff and that this awesome feeling continues. :)

Bear Wrestling

So I had to bring my cat in for dental surgery on Friday. Poor baby needed two teeth removed. Getting him into the carrier is always a massive production, and I'd swear I was wrestling a baby bear, despite his relatively-modest size (twelve pounds).  Now, in the post-op phase, I need to give him meds twice a day for a week.  Trust me, he's not a fan of those, either.

*sigh*

Sometimes I wish I were a cat whisperer so that I could tell him it's for his own good.

Big news!

That story I submitted the other week for that anthology??

They accepted it for publication! Yay, I'm going to be published!

*does the Cabbage Patch dance* :)

I'm a writer...I guess?

Um, that story I mentioned I wrote...yeah, it was posted/published this week. That, in and of itself, was already kind of awesome/scary.

What's crazier is that people have asked what happens next. They want more! Like...whoa.  So, yeah, I just started writing follow-up/epilogue-y type part two for my...audience (?). Feels weird to say that.

Separately, I submitted something else this week. I know, it's a week of eventful things! I wrote another m/m story and submitted it for consideration to be included in an Olympics-themed anthology. We'll see if it gets picked up for *gulp* REAL publication!

Okay, back to writing stuff. Let me say it again: like...whoa. :)