Every gathering has its moments, little things that stick out in collective memory that adds a good or bad flavor to the memory. In the case of Viable Paradise, I...
Guess what? I was able to take my travel, lodgings and tuition for Viable Paradise off my taxes for 2009 because I’m claiming writing as my self-employed side business. WHOOHOO....
Today I’m pimping for Other Things. PASS (The Professional Association of SQL Server @ http://www.sqlpass.org) has acquired the SQLSaturday brand and “code camps”. You can read about the transition on...
Life is frustrating enough when you work the daily grind and you see people get ahead due to whom they know, not based on merit. When it comes to writing,...
(Title refers to my favorite song from all the theatre I’ve actually performed in). @=) So I flip on the T&V and what do I see? Chatroulette on CNN. Warning...
I haven’t posted in a while (2 months now) because I’ve been busy. In December & January, I wrote between 60-75 thousand words, of which I kept approximately 36k. That’s...
Happy, happy. I just noticed last month that I was given proofreading credit on the Eclipse Phase core rulebook (which was completely unexpected). In case you haven’t had a chance...
Apparently, Steve Jones of SQLServerCentral.com and PASS fame enjoyed my previous DBA rant so much that he wants to feature it as an editorial in an upcoming SSC newsletter. “Yay,...
It’s been a while since I posted. I think I’ll put away my Writer soapbox and climb up on my database administrator one (which is what DBA stands for, not...
So it’s barely been a month since Viable Paradise and apparently my beast doesn’t want to waste time revamping the novel. Or maybe it’s my editor. I can’t tell. Regardless, the "me"...
Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.
