Life updates

This is it. My last day of working at the library. No more computer headaches. No more stupid questions from people who really should know better. No more screaming kids and people yelling into cell phones because they blast their music so loudly they’re legally deaf.
Haha, yeah, right. At least I get to snap at [...]

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Inner Demons

I’ve said it before and I’ll probably continue to, but I love writing. It’s a great way to explore human character. All the ups and downs, how feelings lead to actions and how the people we write about are products of the past experiences. And one of the things, I think, that makes a believable [...]

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Writing

I haven’t been doing a lot of major writing for a while. Little stuff, yes, in the form of role-play with a friend of mine. But nothing big. I still have a novel that I wrote last November waiting to be edited and a sequel and prequel to it waiting to be written. But I [...]

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Sound of Silence

I always thought one of the coolest things about being in the library – apart from the vast amounts of books – was the silence. It was a silence that could be overwhelming or peaceful. But it was never a bad sort of silence. In my mind, it was the sound of a thousand books [...]

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This headdesking moment brought to you by…

Keep in mind that my desk is at the back of the library. You have to walk by the front desk to get to it.
Customer: Hi, I requested a book and they called to tell me it was in.
Me: Okay, you can pick it up at the front desk.
Customer: Oh, the front front desk?
Me: … [...]

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