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    VEDA 2013 – Day #29: Winning!

    April 30, 2013 /

    Finished my Camp NaNoWriMo novel a day early! W00t! Now I am tired.

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    With a Little Help From Nostalgia

    February 20, 2013

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    April 5, 2012

    Who doesn’t love a good Renaissance fair?*

    November 28, 2009
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    VEDA 2013 – Day #24: Pushing Past the Boredom

    April 24, 2013 /

    Why do I feel bored writing my NaNo novel?

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    Traveling is an education

    June 26, 2009

    The Three Snake-Leaves – Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    October 15, 2012

    How to Decrypt “Gravity Falls” Ciphers Like a (Literal) Pro (Guest Post)

    November 23, 2015
  • Blog,  Slice of Life,  Vlog,  Writing Progress

    VEDA 2013 – Day #14: Giving Myself a Pep Talk…Rant…Thing

    April 15, 2013 /

    *sings* Da da da-da-da Day four-teen! I’m actually not exhausted so I’m able to ramble for a while AND still carry the topic with gusto without too many pauses!

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    The Spectacular J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis

    August 6, 2010
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    May 25, 2016
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    VEDA 2013 – Day 7: Deliberation vs. Discovery

    April 8, 2013 /

    Planning your writing projects is always good, but writing is a process of discovery. Easy to forget ^_^

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    Sept. 2016 Fly-By Status Report – Super-Charged Summer

    September 30, 2016

    A Tolkien Christmas Eve Story

    December 24, 2014

    Captive Vlogging (Finally!)

    August 1, 2013
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    VEDA 2013 – Day 5: Life, London and North Korea

    April 6, 2013 /

    Using my life experiences to help my writing along is something I really enjoy doing, even if it can get emotional. Also, was well-informed by Hank Green’s video on North Korea, and love all the Londoniness of Maureen Johnson’s “The Name of the Star.”

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    The Status of the Writing & Hiatus Notice

    October 26, 2015

    When Characters Have a Mind of Their Own

    June 5, 2009

    { VACATION }

    June 28, 2011
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    VEDA 2013 – Day 4: Agents and Tiny Chocolate Bunnies

    April 5, 2013 /

    Playing with tiny chocolate bunnies is more fun than shopping my book around.

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    Writing Throwbacks | “Just Dracula and Me”

    October 5, 2012

    The Origin of "Puella Docta"

    February 6, 2010

    The Book Editing Blues

    January 9, 2012
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    VEDA 2013 – Day 3: Hurting My Characters

    April 4, 2013 /

    I run errands, get frustrated at “The Name of the Wind” (but that just means IT’S REALLY GOOD!!!), make goat noises, mishear lyrics, and talk about how hard it is for me to heap hardships upon my characters.

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    House, Agents and NaNoWriMo

    October 12, 2013

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    December 12, 2009

    September/October 2019 Fly-By Status Report – My First Tattoo Experience! (I’m a Grown-Up Hobbit, Part 2)

    October 2, 2019
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    VEDA 2013 – Day 2: In Which Much Writing Occurs

    April 3, 2013 /

    I love being ahead of the curve! We’re also reading a really mathy book. And the cat is adorable.

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    Hiccups Aside

    July 19, 2010

    WRITER’S CONFERENCE!

    August 9, 2012

    “Paper of Pins” Folk Song

    October 31, 2012
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    V.E.D.A. 2012 Playlist

    April 5, 2012 /

    Like last year, here’s the growing playlist for Vlog Every Day in April, this time for 2012. I’ll be posting all the videos, but this will give you all of them in one place and will play through all of them automatically (as many as I’ve updated). Hope you enjoy!

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    February 20, 2013

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    November 4, 2014

    WRITER’S CONFERENCE!

    August 9, 2012
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    VEDA – Day 19: Tea 3

    April 20, 2011 /

    Teas, teas, TEAS! I take you all on a walk through my collection of teas!

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    May 2016 Fly-By Status Report – I GOT A REAL JOB!

    May 9, 2016

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    September 30, 2016

    The Three Snake-Leaves – Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    October 15, 2012
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    VEDA – Day 18: Radio

    April 19, 2011 /

    World Amateur Radio Day!!!! I talk about being a DJ for a semester in college on JMU’s indie radio station.

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    The Status of the Writing & Hiatus Notice

    October 26, 2015

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    January 16, 2012

    Writing Throwbacks | “Just Dracula and Me”

    October 5, 2012
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    VEDA – Day 17: Carmen

    April 18, 2011 /

    I saw the opera Carmen yesterday evening, and I give a Christina cliff notes version of the story, and comment on how dysfunctional the characters are. ^_^

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    V.E.D.A. 2012 Playlist

    April 5, 2012

    From Twitter 10-18-2009 (Temporal Tea)

    October 19, 2009

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    December 12, 2009
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    VEDA – Day 12: Fionnulah

    April 13, 2011 /

    I’m too busy writing to vlog, so I send Finny in as a replacement. Finny realized she may have come off kind of snippy. She apologizes! I yanked her away from her DD game so she was kind of annoyed with me šŸ˜›

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    February 8, 2019

    When Characters Have a Mind of Their Own

    June 5, 2009
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    VEDA – Day 11: Inspired

    April 12, 2011 /

    I remind myself that even if people don’t like my book, it’s okay. And okay is wonderful.

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    10 of My Favorite Twilight Zone Episodes

    October 31, 2013

    The Status of the Writing & Hiatus Notice

    October 26, 2015

    May Madness

    May 25, 2016
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    VEDA – Day 7: Ennui

    April 8, 2011 /

    Muse just went out for croissants. She’s back now. Turn off the annotations to see the real translations.

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    December 24, 2014

    NaNoWriMo 2015 & 10 Twilight Zone Eps. I Want to Adapt as Flash Fics

    October 31, 2015

    Garrison Keillor

    May 6, 2011
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    VEDA – Day 2: Toys

    April 2, 2011 /

    Authors need toys to mess with to help them write. Here are a few of mine.

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    October 8, 2012
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    Seek me? Find me here! (also, BAAACK!)

    December 31, 2011
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    V.E.D.A. Project 2011 – Playlist

    April 1, 2011 /

    I’ve decided to take on the challenge of Vlog Every Day in April! Here’s the playlist where I’m uploading all the VEDA vlogs on my YouTube Channel. A vlog every day for the next 31 days. Hooooo……   Hope you guys enjoy! The playlist will be updated every time there’s a new one loaded!

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Hi! I'm Christina, a social media manager, graphic designer, and jewelry, fiber and multimedia artist. I'm also a fantasy writer and a huge geek that loves cosplay and conventions, miniatures, history and folklore, Japanese culture, singing, and cats.

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