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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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    WRITER’S CONFERENCE!

    August 9, 2012

    Etsy.com

    March 19, 2011

    Confessions of an Insecure Author* (Post #200!)

    September 23, 2014
  • Blog,  Vlog,  Writing Progress

    VEDA 2013 – Day #24: Pushing Past the Boredom

    April 24, 2013 /

    Why do I feel bored writing my NaNo novel?

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    Changes and Challenges

    August 25, 2013

    Rapture!

    October 18, 2009

    Flying (DON’T write what you know)

    August 23, 2009
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    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 Death of the Little Hen – Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    October 29, 2012

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    September 10, 2021

    The Writing on the Wall

    January 11, 2010
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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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    May 2016 Fly-By Status Report – I GOT A REAL JOB!

    May 9, 2016

    May Madness

    May 25, 2016

    Autumn Morning {a short poem}

    October 1, 2011
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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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    November 23, 2015

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    March 27, 2010

    { 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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    January 2022 Fly-By Status Report – So we’re still in a pandemic, okay…I kinda wish it would snow…I need a cup of tea before I can start editing…

    January 6, 2022

    Puelladocta & the Search for More Money

    April 2, 2015

    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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    Jan. 2017 Fly-By Status Report – My Favorite Time of the Year

    January 1, 2017

    Joyeux Noël 2010!

    December 25, 2010

    Goodbye, Lizzie (and the Pioneering of Trans-Media Entertainment)

    March 28, 2013
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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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    January 2018 Fly-By Status Report – I joined a writer’s group!

    January 29, 2018

    A is for Axhsausted!

    March 27, 2010

    Captive Vlogging (Finally!)

    August 1, 2013
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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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    The Iron Stove – Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    October 22, 2012

    Post-Hiatus! Draft 6 Edit Process in review

    March 4, 2016

    Writing Throwbacks | “Just Dracula and Me”

    October 5, 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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    Rapture!

    October 18, 2009

    Flying (DON’T write what you know)

    August 23, 2009
    Fairy door charms with different colored doors, surrounded by autumn leaves

    January 2022 Fly-By Status Report – So we’re still in a pandemic, okay…I kinda wish it would snow…I need a cup of tea before I can start editing…

    January 6, 2022
  • Blog,  Love Letters,  Reflections,  Slice of Life,  Vlog

    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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    Writing Throwbacks | “Just Dracula and Me”

    October 5, 2012

    Autumn Morning {a short poem}

    October 1, 2011

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

    September 30, 2016
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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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    September 2021 Fly-By Status Report – The State of the Art

    September 10, 2021

    Decisions, decisions (Traditional vs. Self-Publishing)

    April 22, 2009

    May 2023 Fly-By Status Report – The Search for More Money 2: The Searchening

    May 19, 2023
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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 😛

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    Why NaNoWriMo is Awesome

    November 1, 2013

    Hiccups Aside

    July 19, 2010

    January/February 2021 Fly-By Status Report – 2021 Vision

    February 22, 2021
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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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    When Characters Have a Mind of Their Own

    June 5, 2009

    Halloween Approacheth! And HIATUS!

    October 11, 2010

    September 2021 Fly-By Status Report – The State of the Art

    September 10, 2021
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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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    Author Unplugged: The December Discussion

    February 24, 2011

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    August 9, 2012

    Jan. 2017 Fly-By Status Report – My Favorite Time of the Year

    January 1, 2017
  • Blog,  Useful Tips,  Vlog,  Writing Progress

    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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    V.E.D.A. 2012 Playlist

    April 5, 2012

    20 Things You Might Not Know About Me | Blacksburg Belle Blog Tag

    November 4, 2014

    Garrison Keillor

    May 6, 2011
  • Blog,  Slice of Life,  Vlog

    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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