Celestial Chicken Blog

The good news is that my shoulder required less surgery than they had anticipated, and I will not have such a hard time healing as I thought. This means that I’ve been able to do without a sling, and that I’ve been able to type pretty well, after the first few days. I [...]

There is this writer I know. She is also a podcaster, and I listen to her podcasts. I’m not mentioning names because she will find this post through a vanity search and I’m not sure she’d like to hear what I have to say. Last year, she had the amazingly good fortune to [...]

I just finished A Version of the Truth by Jennifer Kaufmjan and Karen Mack. I don’t know why I tried to read this, after I’d been unable to finish their previous novel, Literacy and Longing in L.A. But, I nabbed it when it hit the library shelves, and read it over the last couple [...]

Released today, available in both electronic and hard copy form on Lulu.com.

I just went over to NaNoWriMo and made my second donation for the year. Normally I make only one, in early November, but this year, Nano’s situation is more dire, and only 6% of Nano’s have bothered to donate. I do not want Nano to fail. It brings such wonderful joy to [...]

I made 51K and some change, and finished the story, around noon on November 30th. I validated, closed the file, and immediately played a game of Mah Jong while sipping a cup of home made potato soup. Ah, the sweet tastes of victory! I’m waiting to see some completion stats on the website. [...]