alfreda89: (Blankenship Reeds)
alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2011-02-05 04:17 pm

Gotta stop casually checking e-mail....

Here's the latest attack on abortion rights. How about a hospital legally allowed to let a woman die rather than perform an emergency abortion? So we let two die rather than one. Lovely. Not.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/new-gop-law-would-allow-hospitals-to-let-women-die-instead-of-having-an-abortion.php

And I was going to say something cheery about editing Fire Sanctuary to get it to my copy editor, and swapping off with reading The Introvert Advantage, a fascinating book I wish someone had told me about when it came out. Recommended for anyone who likes interesting non-fiction, because introverts are estimated to be 25% of the population. So they not only need to know how to best utilize their talents for themselves and their work -- their family, friends, and employers need to understand "Oh! That's why they do XXX!"

Back to the editing. So how's your day going?

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
So Twilight blew up, eh? The people who loved the last book versus the people who hated it?

The problem with angels is, they become the Greek Gods, if you are not careful -- or so alien that it can't be an equal relationship, ever. Which is my problem with writing about them. I have dragon ideas and shaman ideas. I think I will play to what I want to write. And I need a job that will pay the bills, in case no editor sees my visions as something they want to invest in.

I see my dragon world as quirky, oddly, where the world surrounding the shamans is strange, dark and very alien. Faerie stays very alien, including the vampires and werewolves. They return to the shadows, and they frighten us...with reason.

You are blessed in your work.