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Stephanie Leary

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Stephanie Leary

Kill the vampires.

June 20, 2007 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

Kill the vampires. — David Levithan speaks to librarians in Australia about "the acceptable prejudice" and allowing critics to prevent you from doing the right thing. … [Read more...] about Kill the vampires.

Elsewhere

How much does it cost to put that book in the window?

June 19, 2007 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

How much does it cost to put that book in the window? … [Read more...] about How much does it cost to put that book in the window?

Elsewhere

Dear novel,

June 18, 2007 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

I am the one driving this bus. We are not writing the second book in the trilogy before the first one, and that's final. SIT DOWN and SHUT UP. Nolove, Your author … [Read more...] about Dear novel,

Writing

Writing the wrong book

June 17, 2007 Stephanie Leary 2 Comments

One of the things I love about weekends is that, rather than waking up abruptly to find that I'm slapping at my alarm clock, I get to stay in bed until I'm really ready to get up — and that half-waking state, when I'm still tossing and turning as if I could get back to … [Read more...] about Writing the wrong book

Writing

Caprese sandwiches

June 16, 2007 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

For Mike, who was asking how to make these. focaccia bread1 fresh mozzarella cheese, the kind that's packaged as a globe tomato2 fresh spinach fresh basil (one big leaf will do) Brianna's French Vinaigrette salad dressing ground black pepper Cut a big slab-like slice of the … [Read more...] about Caprese sandwiches

Life

Novel in 90, round 2, week 2

June 14, 2007 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

Well. That was my best week ever, by a lot: 7002. A thousand a day! (Averaged.) Whee! … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, round 2, week 2

Writing

Quick notes

June 13, 2007 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

One of the good things about being mostly immersed in the novel is that I don't have time to keep up with internet slapfights. Thus the current sexism/racism in SF donnybrook is a distant thing that occasionally gets mentioned by my LJ friends. The clueful people seem to have the … [Read more...] about Quick notes

Writing

Memo to the Girls in the Basement

June 11, 2007 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

Ladies: The middle of the night, when one is cozily tucked in one's bed with one's affectionate spouse, is NOT the appropriate time for you to announce that you have SOLVED THE PLOT OMG BBQ ELEVENTYONE. In the future, you will kindly restrict such declarations to the daylight … [Read more...] about Memo to the Girls in the Basement

Writing

Novel in 90, round 2, week 1

June 8, 2007 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

The first week has gone pretty well, considering that this project is a huge reeking mess. As soon as I opened the file, I remembered why I'd abandoned it in the first place. The plot is tangled and full of holes, like a half-unraveled sweater. My protagonist's motivation seems … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, round 2, week 1

Writing

Dead Fred pen holder

June 5, 2007 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Dead Fred pen holder — Must have. … [Read more...] about Dead Fred pen holder

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I’m a front end developer at Equinox OLI, working on open source library software. I was previously a freelance WordPress developer in higher education. You can get in touch here or on LinkedIn.

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