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Ministry Kickstarter Blog Hop, Plus Giveaway
My Scenic route is taking a pass through steampunk this week with a fun new Kickstarter project. It’s very fun to be part of start up projects like this. So here’s the scoop for how you can get involved: Galileo Games and Imagine That! Studios have teamed up to bring you an ambitious steampunk project! The…
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Something Happened on the Way to My Fictional Murder
I’ve spent the last week plotting fictional murder. And me a newly minted grandma. I should feel shame. Instead, I’m frustrated. It’s not as easy as you’d think it would be to kill off a character, even one created to be a red shirt (victim). In theory, you know all the relevant stuff, though I’ll…
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Say It Isn’t So!
Yup, today is the official start of the 2013 Hurricane season. (You have to put the year in or some people won’t know which hurricane season you’re talking about.) I blogged about preparing for the season on Monday, but today let’s talk names. I popped open the names list for the year and I have…
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Have You Started Your Hurricane Prep?
May 15th is the official start of hurricane season down here along the coast. Storms can and do start in May, but for Texas, May 15th is usually the start of hurricane preparation season. There are a lot of ways to advance prepare for a hurricane. Okay, maybe not a lot, but there are few:…
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Twilight Eruption of Beehive Geyser
I realized I hadn’t taken our scenic route to Yellowstone Park for a while. I believe the Park is still closed, though it might have opened by the time this post goes live. It’s been such a funky spring, it is hard to know. The hubs is a dedicated geyser gazer and will wait for…
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Did You Say You’d Never Do That? Oops.
So, TWICE recently I drove to McD’s for my bacon-cheese-biscuit breakfast wearing my slippers. Twice in like, two days. (If you’re also worried about my health, don’t be. Tests came back great. Hubs is SO bitter, but that’s a different blog post. Maybe.) As I waited for the light, I found myself wondering what other…
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Ever Felt Like This?
Have you ever felt like snarling? I did on Saturday, when I was trying to get my blogging mojo on. Or least get a blog post done. It felt like all the Muses were working against me. Like I was writing through mud. So this week my scenic route is through a snarl. It might…
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Are You Old Tech (like dirt) or New Tech?
My friend, Diana Beebe of Mermaids Don’t do Windows, blogged last week about trying to undo what she learned in typing class, back when we used to double space after typing a period. This reminded me of a blog post topic I’ve been mulling far longer than was actually needed. Technology in books and film.…
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When You’re Inviting the Muse…
If you follow my Wednesday Scenic Route, then you know it usually takes me through the hubs Flickr page. I love his photos so much, my graphic designer used one of them in the cover art for Relatively Risky. He suggested this photo when I asked him for an idea for today and I fell…
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Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?
It doesn’t matter who is singing the song, or where I am when it comes on. My breath catches and I have to stop and listen. I grew up in Wyoming. When I was little all I knew of New Orleans was some dimly remembered news footage of hurricanes and Mardi Gras. I never expected…