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Gabriel is a wonderful person and my con-spouse. (this is a complicated sort of relationship)
Of course, it's a lot about writing, and a new writer who has just sold that amazing first novel.

Gabriel already did a short story, "Lily of the Wastelands" for Storm Moon Press (and folks, if you like post-apoc lesbians, here they are.) Now, we've finished a bounty hunter novel, that Ellora's Cave has decided to call Heart's Bounty instead of Will Work for Used Parts</i. We're rooting for a Fabio-esque cover.

State of the Sooky

Writing: Serial

Total for day: 3414
Total for the month/year: 51252

Workout: none

Editing: none

Flying: 4 loads laundry

Reading: none

Crafting: sock
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Media: none

Business: none

Talking Diversity

So, The Bechdel Test exists as a measure of roles for women in film and literature. Now, it has been proposed there be a Bechdel test for People of Color.

Define People of Color...

A couple of my co-authors class Middle-eastern people as PoC. I do not. My half-Greek&Lebanese step-sisters considered themselves white, because they weren't black. One also includes Jews, but again, not seeing it. Religion does not define your ethnicity.

Romany? I have no clue. Their features fall into "white-ethnic" for me, but my definition of "white-ethnic" is pretty broad and includes Mediterranian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern and most Indians.

So I decided to check myself before I wrecked myself.
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I have a tendency to make the PoC wallpaper, unless they are the main characters. Then again, I tend to make all the supporting and bit players into wall-paper.

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Since I am apparently serious about writing the steampunk boxing story.

A bit of the opening:
She stopped. Flossie would worry. Lillian scribbled a note to her maid and left it propped on her hair brush. “Dear Flossie. I've gone out and about in disguise. It's a bit of a lark, and I shall be home before morning, so do not fret yourself. Lil.”

She secured a moneybelt around her waist and headed out to the fights. Her hand trembled on the latch of her bedroom door, from excitement and fear both. She knew this could ruin her forever in her hometown.

No women were allowed at the illegal boxing matches. It was unseemly and dangerous. She'd paid her driver well to listen to the men's gossip and let her know when one was. He was adamant in his initial refusal, but she claimed she only wanted to make a couple of wagers, through him, so he relented. He would be horrified if he knew she was going to one, even in disguise.

Lillian let herself out the back door, taking care not to let it shut loudly, slipped down the back stairs and across the yard. The big prairie night stretched above her, with a million stars and a fat orange moon low on the horizon. Every shadow lay in stark relief and she imagined anything from coyotes to the local sheriff waiting to fall upon her. She made her way out of the little town and to the place where a gypsy wagon was parked.

It was a long walk and the boots she had bought had thin places in the soles that didn't match her feet. She kept walking, carrying herself as tall as she could. A man wouldn't slink and cower. He would walk. And tonight, she was a man.

A large black tent had been put up, and two big men stood at the door. Lil held onto her bribe and marched up, like the young man she was pretending to be. She named herself Standing Elk and was prepared to say it if asked.
Standing Elk wouldn't be afraid, even though the men were bigger than he was. He walked right in, slipped the bribe into the hand of the guard and took a place not far from the double fighting ring of stakes and ropes.

Doing something utterly ridiculous

And I will succeed amazingly or fall on my ass spectacularly.

The Runes say:
Gebo: gifts, give and take, balance, sacrifice, compensation, altrusim
Inguz: internal growth, personal development, Accumulate the energy before releasing it in a sudden surge
Tiwaz: Faith, loyalty, rationality, right choices,

The first two are tied together. For everything that Gebo bring, Inguz demands a balance.
Runes tend to be ambiguous in my hands, but this looks like a go.

Photo dump

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State of the Sookie

Writing: Serial: 1715 Sword& Sorcery: 662 Steampunk Boxing: 487

Total for day: 2864
Total for the month/year: 54116

Workout: 10 minute space aerobics, burned 59 calories

Editing: none

Flying: made bed

Reading: Dark Faith 2

Crafting: almost finished sock


Now to make a mate.

Media: none

Business: Am GOH at PulpCon in Jackson MS! Very excited.