Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck
When Julie (aka JK) was very little, she used to climb up the spiral staircase to her dad's study (yes, he had the cool room), sit at his desk, and bang out "stories" on his typewriter. Without saying how many (cough) years ago (cough, cough) that was, Julie will say that she used to type so fast that the keys on the typewriter got all stuck together, and she'd have to pry them apart carefully and quietly, and hope nobody noticed and she didn't get in trouble. A few years later, she moved on to writing stories with actual words, and the pen (and/or typewriter) moved more slowly. The stories in her head, however, didn't. They just kept buzzing away in there, demanding to be let out, and Julie figured the only thing she could do about that was go stark raving mad ... or become a writer (Ed Note: those two things are not actually mutually exclusive, but let's not mention that to Julie!). Julie still has the stories, characters, people, voices, whatever rattling around inside of her head, and, in fact, she's even got a bit of a split personality. In fact, her other half might just nudge her way into the Whine Sisters blog one of these days. Bwahahahahahahahahaha. Ahem. Julie lives in Texas, just a (very long) stone's throw from Julia (someone really should make a movie title out of those names!), with her husband, two energetic daughters, and two temperamental cats. Astrological sign: Libra Favorite Leading Man: Cary Grant Favorite Comfort Food: Tostitos and Pace Picante Sauce You can sample more of Julie's insanity at her blog, www.angrysuperheroes.com, or pop over to either of her homepages: www.juliekenner.com and www.jkbeck.com
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by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck
I have a cool new MacBook Air, and in playing with it, I discovered FaceTime. Okay, full disclosure: actually, it doesn’t work…gripe, gripe…The one thing on my nice little computing device that isn’t functioning as advertised. But I do have it on my phone, and it works fine there. The thing is, I’m not sure [...]
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Yesterday, I shared a buncha covers on my blog for incoming Demon Hunting Soccer Mom books (I hope you guys go take a look! The post is here!) I’m super excited to be diving into the world of indie/ePublishing, and as I told some commenters to the blog and Facebook page, one of the things [...]
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I love our new house, don’t get me wrong, but there are things that builders are doing nowadays that either baffle me or are aesthetically pleasing and yet practically annoying. Eight foot ceilings fall into that latter category. Have you ever tried to change a lightbulb while balancing on a flimsy Ikea bar stool? I [...]
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Let’s talk action-gals, shall we? Because there was a point in my life, when I thought that being Buffy or Sydney Bristow (Alias is my current pm comfort watch) would be so dang cool. I mean, they’re smart (even though Buffy always says she isn’t), they look great in all sorts of clothes, and they [...]
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The weekend’s starting in 2011 and ending in 2012. How cool is that? What’s your number one new year’s resolution? Mine is to put up blog posts longer than three sentences, bwahahaha! But seriously, here’s wishing everyone a safe, happy, wonderful new year filled with friends and family and joy galore. Share this:
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No, not THAT kind (although there have been two–count ‘em, two–home invasions in Georgetown recently…yikes! No, I’m talking about the good kind. The party kind! We’re having a work-related holiday party at our house tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to the food and the company…but what I’m really looking forward to is the pre-invasion result: [...]
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Oops. We waited way too long to get our little girl kitten spayed. How do I know we’ve waited too long? Because this cat has a serious itch that she can’t scratch (and her best buddy, another female who was spayed by the human society at about 1 week old has no clue what’s going [...]
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We’ve been in this house for over a year now, and I have finally….finally! Organized the shelf in my office. This is such a momentous occasion that I feel the need to share it with the world. As you can see, it’s one of those triple bookshelves. On the left, we have a bunch of [...]
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I’m irritated. Thus the picture. (OK, technically my irritation has faded as it’s been a couple of days, but it’s on my mind again, so I thought I’d share). Here’s the deal: My mom went into the hospital a couple of weeks ago. It was miserable and scary and generally unfun. (She’s doing well now, [...]
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Today’s post is brought to you by: OMG this is so delicious may I please have another one thank you. (Actually, I’ll be making another one for the eldest child when she wakes, so I’ll edit w/ a picture later.) Here’s what you do. Buy some langostino lobster tails. As it says on this website, [...]
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I’m late to the party, and if you are, too, go read Sherri’s post from yesterday. I just did, and it prompted me to write this rambling post. Because I think the whole famewhore thing is just gross. Which may be a bit hypocritical, b/c I do watch the Real Housewives (but in my defense, [...]
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Today is my daughter Catherine’s tenth birthday, and I’m sitting here wondering where the heck the time went. (I’m also sitting here, a bit like Kathleen, wondering what the heck to blog about!). So today is an homage to my little girl who’s not so little anymore! Shhhhh! Don’t tell her, but here’s a rerun [...]
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by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck
I don’t normally think a whole lot about water. I need a shower, I take a shower. I have dirty dishes, I wash them. The veggies look droopy, I water them. The grass looks brown, I turn on the sprinkler. And then a pipe bursts. Not just any pipe. No, some sort of pipey-pumpy gizmo [...]
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For the record, this is NOT going up late because I forgot. It’s going up late because the food at Disney just looked so yummy that I couldn’t bear to post a new blog. Really. No, REALLY. (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.) All right, fine. Don’t believe me. Okay, I confess: I [...]
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Oh, yeah, baby! It’s that time of year! HALLOWEEN! The time when we hang our ghosts from the mantle, and the Great Pumpkin comes down the oven vent and fills them with candy. Oh, wait. That’s not right. The time when we leave pumpkin pie under our pillow, and the Squash Fairy comes and leaves [...]
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So, I sat down last night to write today’s blog, and realized I had no idea what I wanted to write about. No problem, I thought. I’d go to bed, refresh my brain, get up early and write something witty and pithy. Yeah, right. Apparently, my brain is on strike (more likely, it’s focused on [...]
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by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck
So, there are a lot of things I like about my iPhone, but lately I’ve gone a little bit wacky with the ringtones. (And, yes, I realize all phones have ringtones, but still…) For a while there, if you wanted anything other than the “normal” buzzes and beeps (or, I think, a few precut ringtones), [...]
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Well, it’s that time of year again. The kidlets are all getting involved in various extracurricular things…and I’m thinking, “Oh, man! I wish I’d done that as a kid!” Piano, for one thing. (And to be honest, when they first started, I did 15 minutes w/ the teacher, too. But I just didn’t have time [...]
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I’ve been “detoxing” over the long weekend and a few days before–trying to get the house straight (after 11 months here, it’s about time), thinking about revisions but forcing myself not to write just yet until it’s all in my head, organizing school for the girls, working in the yard, melting in the heat, and [...]
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I spent yesterday doing the Armadillocon writing workshop and talking with friends. A great day, though it started early! But here’s the weird thing (to those of you that know me well) — early doesn’t bug me anymore! I’m down to one cuppa joe in the am, and I’m waking up before 7 on the [...]
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In honor of YOU, dear readers, because we love you and we haven’t given anything away in the longest time, we’re giving away a Kindle Fire (or the gift card equivalent, in the event you have or don’t want a Kindle Fire) to one lucky commenter from now until February 13, when we will choose a winner at random from commenters, to be announced on Valentine’s Day. 
