author: Nicole J. LeBoeuf

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actually writing blog: YPP Weekend Blockades, Apr 2-3: All brigand kings, alllll the time.
2016-04-02 13:02 MDT

Well HI there Saturday! Insofar as you pertain to Puzzle Pirates, you are full of blockades. Some highlights from the YPP Forum include... CERULEAN: The Coalition defending Dendrite from The Undertow! CERULEAN: Babylon attacking three islands held by bri . . . .

actually writing blog: but the desk has to stay against the wall
2016-03-30 00:45 MDT

I had really good plans for today, but I managed to scuttle them via the usual reasons, i.e. sleeping late and not starting the morning shift until afternoon shift time. And here's the thing I found out: Even if I have the mental capacity to work four hour . . . .

actually writing blog: unwise but tasty tea consumption choices
2016-03-29 00:21 MDT

So I got all my tax documents together today. Finally. Left it 'til the last minute, or at least the last three hours before my appointment, but I got it all done with time to spare. And as though the universe were rewarding me for completing this huge hon . . . .

actually writing blog: in which the author has temporary favorites among her progeny
2016-03-25 00:21 MDT

Today's topic is The Short Story Development Queue Workflow, also known as "I said I'd work on the new story, but there was this other story screaming for attention..." This is also about the unintended consequences of holding myself to a daily half-hour . . . .

actually writing blog: doing things by halves
2016-03-22 23:51 MDT

Well, I survived the weekend. We didn't win, but, looking at the final score, we could have, which is a pretty amazing thing to say the first time you face off against a team of that caliber. Tonight's practice was mostly taken up with talking about the ga . . . .

actually writing blog: YPP Weekend Blockades, Mar 19: Blockades. That's... pretty much it.
2016-03-19 13:13 MDT

Although no one seems to have much to say about them on the forums, there are blockades going on this weekend--everywhere but the Cerulean and Jade Oceans, in fact. Most of the action is against Brigand Kings, especially ones that have already got their cl . . . .

actually writing blog: this fictionette is very, very nervous but STRONG LIKE OX
2016-03-19 00:51 MDT

OK, real quick 'cause it's late and all: It's Friday--well, it was Friday about 51 minutes ago--and we got Fictionette. "This Will Be My Origin Story" is about someone who thought she knew her own strength, but didn't really, and now it's all gone to hell. . . . .

actually writing blog: approaching the rough draft in scattershot fashion
2016-03-18 01:48 MDT

Today's been an unusually glorious and productive day. I'm hoping to do something about the "unusually" part, going forward--days like this ought to be routine, drat it all!--but I've been in deplorable sleeping habits the last few days (or weeks). Up read . . . .

actually writing blog: there is a sound of electric feedback and footsteps walking across a darken
2016-03-16 00:11 MDT

[insert tapping noise and cliched quip about microphone testing here] Er. Hi. So... writing! How about it? I hear this blog is supposed to be all about actually doing that thing. Haven't touched the new short story in some time. It keeps falling off the . . . .

actually writing blog: YPP Weekend Blockades, Mar 12: We job all night to get lucky
2016-03-12 14:13 MST

It's Saturday and have I got some Nus for you... GET IT?! GET IT?! I did not come up with that. DON'T BLAME ME. Blame Majorjr on the Cerulean Ocean, announcing that Babylon has scuttled and will be defending against Admiral Finius at Nu Island. (GET IT?!) . . . .

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