The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford

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The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford
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      • Not Your Father’s Horseman
        • Prologue to Not Your Father’s Horseman
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        • Chapter 1 of Dark Moon Seasons
      • Last Rites
        • Chapter One – A Loss of Confidence
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(personal/to-do/writing) Sunday is a recharge day.

By Val May 6, 2012 con schedule, forgotten, ghost hunting, guest post, metrics, nanowrimo, personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do, writing No Comments

Yesterday, I will admit, I did very little.  I fed my parents’ cats.  I wrote about 690 words on Forgotten.  I signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo.  And I watched the…

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(personal/writing) Suck it up, buttercup (or the need to stop looking for excuses)

By Val April 26, 2012 con schedule, forgotten, goals, nanowrimo, personal, spells and swashbucklers, tales of the scorned lady, website stuff, writing No Comments

I haven’t posted much lately.  I haven’t really been writing, either – I’ve been stupidly busy, but that’s not an excuse.  I was listening to Nathan Lowell’s excellent #tommw podcast…

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(to-do/personal/writing) Busy, busy, busy

By Val March 25, 2012 goals, personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do, weekly updates No Comments

I’ve been so freaking busy the past three weeks, I don’t know if I’m coming or going.  No time to blog, no time to really write (although I’ve done my…

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(updates/personal) Yep, still here. Not dead. At least, not yet.

By Val March 15, 2012 con schedule, forgotten, personal, spells and swashbucklers, weekly updates, writing No Comments

I hate Daylight Savings time.  Just sayin’.   Also, I can’t update my website from work.  Nor can I look at Pinterest anymore (dammit!) and I can’t read my G+…

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(to-do/writing/personal) Sundays are days of rest. Really.

By Val February 26, 2012 forgotten, goals, not your father's horseman, personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do, website stuff, writing No Comments

Even when you don’t get home until 3:30 am from a ghost investigation – it’s still a day of rest.  A day to catch up on Once Upon a Time…

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(writing) Just keep swimming…

By Val January 11, 2012 goals, spells and swashbucklers, writing No Comments

I’ve just successfully completed Day 11 of the challenge over at www.750words.com – basically, it’s a month-long challenge of writing 750 words or more.  I use the site for my…

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Turning over a new leaf (aka, changes coming to this blog)

By Val December 1, 2011 goals, nanowrimo, personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do, writing No Comments

I’m always in awe of authors like John Scalzi or Jay Lake who blog every day. I totally want to be like them, except I’m realizing two things (besides the…

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(writing/personal/to-do) Let me give you stars….

By Val October 8, 2011 personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do No Comments

Yes, I’m listening to show tunes today. I’d forgotten how much I love to show tunes. I’ve been running so much this week that I ended up coming home early…

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(personal/writing/to-do) Waking up, mentally and physically

By Val October 2, 2011 personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do, weekly updates, writing No Comments

I WILL get back into blogging regularly. Although I suppose every Sunday is regular, right? Anyways, I will be posting more, once I get myself back onto an even keel.…

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(writing) Craft stuff, creativity and editing

By Val August 18, 2011 personal, spells and swashbucklers, to-do, writing No Comments

It’s been a good day. I’m tired, but it’s still been a good day. I didn’t get stuff done in the house (guilt) but I did get stuff down out…

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