Friend: If you posed these clothes and took good pictures of them you could make some money off selling them. They're cute!

Me: My ADHD would leave them in the closet for the next decade. Giving them away makes them gone now and requires zero effort.

#ADHDtax

Rewatching #JoyOfLife counts as research, right?

Most of a good query reads like the back of a genre book. It's ad copy plus stats.

Dear Agent,
Blurb (Back of Cover Blurb)
Stats (TITLE is xx,xxx number of words and Category like Comp Title 1 and Comp Title 2)
Bio
Sincerely,
Author

#LianaEdits #AmQuerying #AmEditing

If someone could please convince my brain that I need it to actually function so I can get things done, that'd be awesome.

Person: I was down at the shore collecting seashells and stones when I realized I didn't have anything to carry them in so I quickly wove a basket out of bull kelp.

Me: ... we should be friends. You're my kind of people.

I swear I'm only house hunting in Australia for a book. Promise.

*crosses fingers behind back*

I could use some good news to balance out this morning. If you've got something fabulous going on in your life, please let me know!

"How do you lose a crown???"

- shouts outside my window

Honestly, I don't know if they mean a headdress or a tooth. With this playground it could go either way.

It's barely 10am and I've already had two major phone calls with emergencies. I need to write for an hour and then get client edits done because after 3pm this place is going to be a mad house.

I need brains, stamina, and focus and I'm not sure I have any of those available.

If you're isolating Spain from Europe because of the African influence... why aren't you listing Portugal with Spain? Where Greece fall in this spectrum? Do you understand the trade history of the Mediterranean at all?

Growing up I didn't think about it much, or I thought they were asking about languages.

But I filled out a profile for a medical survey from the USA the other day and it asked about ancestry and has European and Spanish as different options as if Spain isn't in Europe.

I'm going to need someone to explain to me why forms in the US don't consider Spain European.

When they check a box the options are often:
- White/European Descent
- Hispanic/Mexican/Spanish Descent
- Black/African
- Mixed

Spain is in Europe.

I just... I still don't understand.

"I regret ever telling you that we needed to find a common ground. I meant finding a favorite food you could share, not a mutual enemy.”

Start reading CHANGE OF MOMENTUM today!

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Phone calls before 9am are never good.

Today my husband received an University mug and a thank you note from a former student who asked for a recommendation letter. The recommendation letter hubby wrote got the student into a university that originally rejected my husband despite him being a legacy student.

Life is wild.

Okay, Boomers... I come from a military family background. Grandpa, dad, uncles - they all served. And retirement was what you did after twenty years in the service. Most went on to work another 20-30 years in another field and retire again.

Please explain to me what I'm missing and why you see being considered retirement age is a slight. I've got some disconnect between lived experience and what you obviously feel about retirement.

CLARIFICATION:

Saying Boomers should be retired isn't about pushing them out or wishing them away.

It's acknowledging that, a century ago, they would have been allowed to relax after doing their time in the work place.

Boomers should not be required to work until they die. That's not what they signed up for.

@GlennS Saying you should be retired isn't about pushing you out. It's acknowledging that, a century ago, you would have been given your due and been allowed to relax after doing your time in the work place. You've worked hard. You should not be required to work until you die.

"Do you want me to take pictures?"

- Eldest, who went with friends to the DMZ today

She is such a sweet child (at age 22), but when she moves out of the house for good I'm sending her with a list of things I want photos of because she will not take photos of anything unless I explicitly ask.