Category Archives: Childrearing

Still munching away on this elephant

Posted on December 13, 2016 by D.R.Sylvester

Quick check-in to note something positive: I’m still in this! My writing is still getting done, albeit slowly, and every day I inch closer to my goal of a manuscript that (hopefully) won’t burn a beta-reader’s eyes right out of … Continue reading →

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Progress is Progress, DAMMIT!

Posted on April 19, 2016 by D.R.Sylvester

Says I, a person who is currently progress-challenged. I’ve been editing about a page worth of synopsis every other day, and there’s still a looong way to go. It’s all-good though: I know that this tid-bit of forward movement, as slight … Continue reading →

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DC Comics making “just for girls” line… a good thing marketed poorly?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I’m EXTREMELY pleased that DC Comics are trying to get girls into reading their stuff (I’m hoping my little Magpie daughter will take an interest when she’s older), but I wish they’d market it a little differently… “Just for girls?” So … Continue reading →

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I Just Really Don’t Need These Words

Posted on November 11, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

So, I had a few moments over the last week when I wanted to work on the novel. I really did. It’s just that I’ve got as much work to do at 10pm as I had at 7am, and the baby … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hounded, by Kevin Hearne. Iron Druids ‘n stuff.

Posted on October 27, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Sitting cotside with an adorable newborn is a great feeling. It’s even more rad-i-sauce awesome-iffic when the noob in question is your own daughter. She’s staring at you with eyes bigger than the rest of her head, and you’re all … Continue reading →

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Birth in T-Minus ??? Hours…

Posted on October 17, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

I’m sitting at a hospital, drinking coffee, waiting for visiting hours. Oh, and soon I’m going to be going in and holding my wife’s hand for the birth of my child (read as: have my hand crushed into a sack … Continue reading →

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