http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog writing science fiction and erotica, or writing erotic science fiction Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:59:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I didn't take home the crown, but I did win the prize. Read about the pageant! vck P.S. A special thanks to my dear friend Keith R. A. DeCandido for holding my hand backstage during the contest. He helped keep me on my feet and out ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2008/09/03/miss-klingon-empire-beauty-pageant-2008/   My son will graduate from high school this Friday. He doesn't turn eighteen until Sept. But I figure once he's a high school grad he's pretty much grown. He's always telling me I need to cut the umbilical cord. Anyway, there is a part of me that is really excited about ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-times-they-are-a-changing/ I finally got a new computer! Now all I need to do is learn to use it. It’s an HP which I’ve never owned.  It has Microsoft Word instead of Word Perfect loaded on it. Which I am not accustomed to using.  So as great as it is to have ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2008/04/05/happy-dance/ The good news first:  I sent the first three chapters of  ‘Lost  Lizards’ to Mojocastle Press.  Stefani sent me an email saying “This is wicked.” (that’s a good thing, right?) Any ways, she did say she wanted to see the rest of it. Which brings us to the bad news:  ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2008/01/22/i%e2%80%99ve-got-good-news-and-bad-news/ Writers are funny folk. Our work is solitary. Even when we surround ourselves with other authors, we do most of our work alone in some dark dismal corner of our own little universe. Sounds a bit counterproductive because we need light to write. Well some of us do. I type with ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2007/11/29/validation/ The doctor released me to work four hour shifts, desk work only. So I’m working six hour shifts. For a couple of weeks I helped with the computer training classes, because I am computer friendly and one of the computer resource people for my unit. This week I’m filling in ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2007/11/28/achy-breaky-back/ On my way to work Saturday, Oct. 20, severe pains stabbed me in the lower right abdominal area. No not appendicitis. I had a dying ovary. They cut me open, to remove the ovary, discovered tumors on my ovaries, uterus, bladder and abdominal wall, took biopsies, then closed me up ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2007/11/18/home-again-home-again-2/ Baby Brother and I went to see "The Game Plan", staring The Rock, this evening. It was one of those feel good family movies full of laughs and a couple of really enjoyable necked chest shots of Dwayne. Defiantly worth the full price tickets. It’s the first time Brother’s been out ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2007/10/20/things-are-looking-up/ Some rules are universal: Thou shalt nots that everyone should know instinctively without constant reminders. Thou shalt not kill, steal, covet, etc. But there are a few relationship rules that should be, but simply aren't, obvious to some folks. These rules must be reiterated, or learned the hard way.   Rule One: Just ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2007/10/19/not-for-the-squeamish/ If you’re unlucky in love, aren’t you supposed to be lucky in cards, or vice-versa? Hell, I got no luck in either. Which is a real bitch. I’m Irish. I should have that luck of the Irish thing going for me. I keep falling in love with men that keep falling ... http://vickeymalonekennedy.com/blog/2007/10/14/unlucky-in-love/