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Bonus Post: This Writerly Life

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

This movie scene suddenly popped into my head at a department meeting today as we were discussing the completion of a long-term project “finally approaching”. And it made me wonder why I had never made the comparison before.   – … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Well edit my artboards and save me in SVG format

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

Today, indeed most of the past week or two, I’ve mainly been preparing pictures for migration from one doc system to another. Six hundred and ninety-two of them done so far for this set of manuals. It’s not exactly stimulating … Continue reading →

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Monday of bluuuuurrrgh

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

Heh, last night was fun, I took part in the Heinlein Society annual meeting online and had a little chat with some of the team I met at Worldcon. It was good to hear their voices again and to hear … Continue reading →

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*yawn*

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

Sleepy, but life is good. Was up until about 02:30am this morning, writing and making random notes. I put together a timeline for the events I’ll be writing about next, which I probably should have started doing as I was … Continue reading →

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Status report, random babble, The Plan

Posted on September 6, 2017 by

Not a lot happening this week, aside from assorted running around and dealing with Wump’s after-school activities. I see this getting steadily more insane as she gets older (she already wants to do a third activity, and Toop hasn’t even … Continue reading →

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Training Day (2)

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

So far so good. Today it’s more of the same, with minor variations for graphics and other messing around. Another day without a whole lot to add, unfortunately. I had a kick-off meeting with my cousin-in-law Chris last night, to talk … Continue reading →

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Training Day (1)

Posted on August 28, 2017 by

This week we have a good long training session in preparation for a shift in tools. I can’t go into much detail, obviously. Anyone who’s been in technical writing long enough will have taken part in a shift from one … Continue reading →

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