Betsy Whitt

I was just making a list of the things I need to do in the next few months (and the things I’m doing whether I need to or not, like driving to central New York) and I feel a distinct knot of panic settling somewhere in the vicinity of my stomach. The next month […]

. . . for the lack of posting lately. One might assume that I’ve been busy editing away at my manuscript, but one would only be partially correct. My parents are in town visiting, and between getting ready for that and a few other things, the weekend was rather busy with cleaning and […]

The inestimable Jim Hines, author of the Goblin books I really need to read, has provided the speculative fiction world with a gem. For anyone who’s not familiar with the song to which this obviously should be sung, just go to YouTube, look up Pirates of Penzance and listen to The Major-General’s Song. […]

I have officially hit the Panic Threshold for finishing my novel tomorrow.
To hold you over (since Shiloh has been banned from posting until I’m done) I’d like to take you back to the 80s for a few minutes.

Now, I have to admit that because we didn’t have cable when I was growing up, this is […]

I’m almost done with all the extended deadline stuff. If today goes well, I’ll be even more well on my way.
Tomorrow’s pretty busy. At the very least, I’ll be baking a dessert and shopping for a wedding shower gift for one of my friends, then going to said shower in the […]

Some people go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to stupidity.
First of all, we have the folks down in Florida who want to split the state in two.
And then there’s this guy. I’m laughing so hard it hurts, and I can’t stop replaying this.

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. . . for neglecting the blog these past few weeks. In truth, it feels like I’ve been neglecting a fair number of other things, as well, which means I have fewer interesting things to talk about here. Aside from the inch of snow we got earlier this week, it’s been lovely weather… several […]

I have officially hit the pre-travel AAAAAH! phase.
Astute observers of my last week’s activities might put forward the idea that I hit the AAAAAH! phase quite a while ago, but a girl’s allowed to live in denial now and again, and apparently last week was a denial week. On the up side […]

I just realized that I disappeared all weekend. Hardly had time to sit at the computer at all, really, so it’s not as if I was specifically neglecting ye olde blogge.
Friday was one of our good friends’ birthdays, Saturday I had to pick up Shiloh from the vet’s and her Spaying Adventures. […]

This is me noticing how little time there is until this month’s deadline. :-{
This is me counting how many days will be lost to other activities between now and then.
This is me still not buckling down and getting my work done. 0:-)
This is me writing a blog entry instead of […]