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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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    10 of My Favorite Twilight Zone Episodes

    October 31, 2013

    The Death of the Little Hen – Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    October 29, 2012

    #WeeklyVenture Challenge: Finding Fairy Doors & Stashing my first #FAFATL!

    September 20, 2015
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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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    I WON NANOWRIMO!

    November 30, 2012

    WRITING UPDATE in the time of Hiatus

    January 2, 2016

    Joyeux Noƫl 2010!

    December 25, 2010
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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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    6 of My Favorite Kid’s Book Author-Illustrators | Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators Week!

    February 1, 2015

    Fighting Anxiety & Procrastination by Giving Myself Accountability (hopefully, this one will stick)

    July 2, 2019

    V.E.D.A. 2012 Playlist

    April 5, 2012
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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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    My kingdom for a hermitage

    May 3, 2009

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

    February 22, 2021

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

    May 19, 2023
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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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    Captive Vlogging (Finally!)

    August 1, 2013

    Thanksgiving

    November 22, 2012

    Ah, fresh new blog!

    March 27, 2009
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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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    Friends in the Write Places *corny horn*

    October 15, 2009

    Flying (DON’T write what you know)

    August 23, 2009

    Post-Hiatus! Draft 6 Edit Process in review

    March 4, 2016
  • Blog,  Love Letters,  Reflections,  Vlog,  Writing Progress

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

    September 23, 2014

    Writer Dreams Writing Dreams

    January 16, 2012

    The Hare’s Bride – Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    October 1, 2012
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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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    WRITER’S CONFERENCE!

    August 9, 2012

    Rapture!

    October 18, 2009

    A Writer’s Musical Toolbox

    April 24, 2009
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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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    Writer Dreams Writing Dreams

    January 16, 2012

    Halloween Approacheth! And HIATUS!

    October 11, 2010

    *Paces*

    October 22, 2009
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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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    January 2018 Fly-By Status Report – I joined a writer’s group!

    January 29, 2018

    Writer Dreams Writing Dreams

    January 16, 2012

    The Origin of "Puella Docta"

    February 6, 2010
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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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    On Being Armenian, Project S.T.I.R., and how to make Authentic Armenian Rice Pilaf

    October 15, 2015

    Ah, fresh new blog!

    March 27, 2009

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

    November 23, 2015
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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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    My Writing Process (Blog Tour)

    April 28, 2014

    6 of My Favorite Kid’s Book Author-Illustrators | Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators Week!

    February 1, 2015

    The Status of the Writing & Hiatus Notice

    October 26, 2015
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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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    The Twa Sisters Folk Song

    March 28, 2011

    Writing Throwbacks | “Just Dracula and Me”

    October 5, 2012

    #WeeklyVenture Challenge: Finding Fairy Doors & Stashing my first #FAFATL!

    September 20, 2015
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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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    The Origin of "Puella Docta"

    February 6, 2010

    January-March 2020 Fly-By Status Report – Creating in a Time of Coronavirus

    March 25, 2020

    Friends in the Write Places *corny horn*

    October 15, 2009
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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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    { VACATION }

    June 28, 2011

    House, Agents and NaNoWriMo

    October 12, 2013

    VEDA 2013 – Day #29: Winning!

    April 30, 2013
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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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    Post-Hiatus! Draft 6 Edit Process in review

    March 4, 2016
    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

    Traveling is an education

    June 26, 2009
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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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    May Madness

    May 25, 2016

    Decisions, decisions (Traditional vs. Self-Publishing)

    April 22, 2009

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

    November 4, 2014
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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