Alyc Helms's Blog, page 11

I have arrived in Seattle, and I have discovered that most disturbing of creatures.

[The Harley Centipede]

Because all my cool friends are doing it:

1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. No cheating.

I thought about pulling from Dragons, but I guess that would be cheating. Chiaroscuro is my 'current' manuscript, even if it is on hiatus.

"What if I were to say that I loved you?" Giuliana asked, changing tactics. Pippa's stomach rolled, and it had nothing to do with the movement of the ship....

All the auctions are posted - well, not all of them, but all I'm allowed to post for this week. And now I wait.

... and wait.

Insert expected Inigo Montoya quote here.


I also learned that I don't mind selling...

 So, I'm trying out this "Rewiring My Brain" thingit that I saw on a Ted talk, and one of the steps is posting Three Gratitudes once per day for 21 days. Gratitude #1Cengage Learning - I've been here a year, and I really do like this environment and the people. Even the work, because it's easy so I can do it right and be a rock star. I'm very grateful to have a job, benefits, and a salary that is stable and predictable. Also, they're letting me go to Clarion West. And I kn...

Did I say I had a lot of wigs? What I meant was I have a lot of costumes. Vintage, re-creation, fetish, character, dance. I've pretty much got stuff in every category. And after way more work than I expected, the first batch of items is up on my ebay store.


(Note to self: never try to get work as a copy editor. You spend way too much time on the blurbs, and they come out sounding corny anyways).

You can visit my ebay store at http://stores.ebay.com/teleidoplexcostumeandvintage. Keep checking, a...

I spent all last night sorting, washing, detangling, and styling wigs.

I... have a lot of wigs.

I even have wigs I don't remember ever buying. Okay, I have one wig I don't remember buying. It's very nice. I must have bought it for something. I just don't remember what.
All my other wigs have stories. There's my Orion wig, a super-long straight red wig that was a chore to untangle, and the various 'Orion cut her hair and now it's growing out' wigs. There's my short Columbia bob wig that I'v...