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The Secret Life of Sesheta

by Storm Machine

Rated: 18+ · Book · None · #1273960

Sometimes it's easy to get lost in the shuffle around here ...

Best quote to describe me (Anonymous): "Do not think you are on the right road, simply because it is a well-beaten path."

I am what I am. Learn to live with it. And realize that comment is as much directed to myself as any reader who ventures here.

Tempest arrived 31 March 2009 - changing everything, but she's pretty awesome. Dogbert arrived 13 January 2012 and is working on making the rules change again. I have two writing personas, Ransom Noble and Sheta Storm. Each has goals, and I work on them slowly. Both are published, and will continue to strive toward bigger and better things.

I finally figured out how to describe myself in three words: Creative, Determined, Ambitious. It doesn't have anything to do with how I relate to others, but I do use all of those in my many relationships as well as my career goals. I know others use words sometimes like "kind" or "caring" but I think that list is the most accurate if only using three words.

Cast...
Sesheta: Me
Dilbert: My Husband
Tempest: My Darling Daughter
Dogbert: My Hungry Son
Sheer, Nemo, EyeKandy(K), Diego: Friends/Brothers
Sugar, Wolvenwings, Mrs. Light, Jori, Trillium (others will be added): Friends
It's a start, anyway.

Off-Site Blogs:
http://ransomnoble.wordpress.com/
http://sheta-storm.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Events:
Beaverdale Books signing for Art of Science - TBD

Other Items about Me:
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"Failing is a part of success. To make goals effective, you have to fail at them 50 percent of the time, or they didn't stretch you far enough." Chip Wilson, courtesy of an article by Ella Lawrence called Set Your Course from Yoga Journal

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Storm Machine

Jul 22, 2013 at 8:00am
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I will check that out, too. Thanks!

Seisa-sleepingcatbooks.com

Jul 22, 2013 at 7:28am
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Have you read any blog posts from http://kriswrites.com/? She's a prolific author who started in traditional publishing and has moved to indie. She blogs every Thursday about the business side of being an author, and often has some really good info.

Storm Machine

Jul 21, 2013 at 12:44pm
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There could be. But... yeah... I have been thinking about this for a while. Don't Tell Your Mother is kindof short for YA, only 36k. It'd be perfect MG length, but it's not really MG themed. Next Jane will be good length, but increasing I wonder about the "blame the writer" strategies when a book doesn't do well. That way, I'd only blame myself, huh? There are others in the fiction biz who are saying the same thing, like Joanna Penn (@creativepenn).

Crys-not really here

Jul 21, 2013 at 12:26pm
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I don't know how I feel about this. . . I don't think I have the expertise to make back the money that I would be investing in professionally self publishing. I don't know a lot of people who have. Also, he seems more geared toward non-fiction than fiction, and I think there could potentially be a big difference in marketing and such.

Storm Machine

Jul 18, 2013 at 9:08am
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I talked to the one who texted me. We had breakfast and she showed me pictures. It was all family except for two couples who have known both of them a very long time. And seeing that helped, too. I think there were 10 guests. And I know part of this (me having meltdown) is simply that I want to fill a friend void, and they don't need it filled quite as much as I do, but they do both (both ladies who got married) care a lot for me. I'm just not the complete inner circle yet.

And right now I think I'm okay with that. It wasn't deliberate to hurt me, but she did check in with me to make certain I was okay.

Lorien

Jul 17, 2013 at 9:01pm
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Yiiiiikes. Hope you're doing a little better. This is brutal... I wish I could offer something, but I can't -- this blows. Even if it was an inadvertent oversight, it still blows.

Glad Pilates helped. Did your therapist give you a failsafe for while she was gone -- a hotline or a colleague you could talk to? It might be worth it, just in case.

But feeling hurt is totally natural. That, for sure, is not irrational. Here's hoping things are looking up now.

Storm Machine

Jul 15, 2013 at 8:56pm
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Thank you. Two Pilates class today may have helped. And one of them texted me some today, and that has also helped. Mostly wrung out now, and while I did my 750 as a brain dump (132 days in a row today) that doesn't improve my Next series.

Crys-not really here

Jul 15, 2013 at 7:57pm
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Boy does this sound familiar! Only, with me it wasn't an elopement. It was a full-fledged wedding planned at least six months in advance and just happened a week ago. To be fair, I guess it was a small wedding. The only mutual friends who were there happened to also be her co-workers and the wife of one of her co-workers, so I guess I'm one of a gazillion other people who got left out... Still, I always feel jealous and left out when stuff like that happens. Probably some deep-seeded issues from the past.

Sorry you feel friendless and lost at the moment. I'm right there with you. Remember I'm the one who found out her best friend was engaged from Facebook. They never did make it down the aisle so no loss there. . .

Focus on your work. That's what I'm doing. And hang in there. Don't break down too hard and I'll try not to as well.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Jul 6, 2013 at 1:56pm
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I do nothing and I'm tired. Fortunately I don't have a TV. Forces me to go out ...and do nothing.

Lorien

Jul 3, 2013 at 7:50pm
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I'm up for reading it, if you'd like. I also tend to think it's worth at least sending out before you self-publish, at least for a few months. You never know.

#1442. Need a list.
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#1441. Annoyed
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#1440. No writer's group...
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#1439. Introspective.
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#1438. Winding Down
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#1437. Can't Change Feelings.
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#1436. Crushed
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#1435. Day 7
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#1434. Day 3
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#1433. July is here.
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#1432. Next.
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#1431. Breathe.
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#1430. Anti-Pirate is one thing...
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#1429. My iPad(s) never did this.
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#1428. Exhausted.
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#1427. Progress.
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#1426. Tired.
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#1425. One day at a time. If you have TIME.
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#1424. Need to Breathe.
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#1423. To the next stage...
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#1422. Week in Review
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#1421. End of May
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#1420. Not just another day.
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#1419. Woke Up Hungry.
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#1418. Mark This Day in History!
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#1417. Blah.
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#1416. The PPO
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#1415. Insomnia and the Roommate Agreement
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#1414. If he can't say something nice-
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#1413. added to the surface...
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#1412. On The Surface
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#1411. Voice
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#1410. Pi Day
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#1409. Still a Nerd
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#1408. I must be missing something.
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#1407. More Recovery Required
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#1406. Quiet.
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#1405. Is he gone yet?
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#1404. I hear it's darkest before dawn.
ID #774867 entered on February 13, 2013 at 11:04pm

#1403. Must not succumb to inertia
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#1402. Two things.
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#1401. Blog post as 750 words
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#1400. Housebound = Stir Crazy.
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#1399. January's End Approaching...
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#1398. Adjusting to 2013.
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#1397. Convalescence
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#1396. The last days of 2012-
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#1395. Not Quiet.
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#1394. Quiet
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#1393. 11 months.
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#1392. Working on that setback...
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#1391. Not exactly a setback...
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#1390. Oh, December.
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#1389. November's End.
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#1388. It just can't be easy.
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#1387. Painful Weekend.
ID #766808 entered on November 25, 2012 at 3:54pm

#1386. Oh, the games!
ID #766620 entered on November 22, 2012 at 9:41pm

#1385. Happy Birthday to Me.
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#1384. Muahaha!
ID #766065 entered on November 15, 2012 at 10:58pm

#1383. Election Day Issues...
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#1382. Be glad for little things.
ID #765090 entered on November 6, 2012 at 8:31am

#1381. Recovering?
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#1380. Dogbert will rule the world.
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#1379. Remember what it is like to have kids?
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#1378. Good and Bad.
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#1377. Still teething.
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#1376. Poor baby
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#1375. Need a nap?
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#1374. Unreasonable Annoyed.
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#1373. Outlining
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#1372. After the Debates
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#1371. The Blahs.
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#1370. Oh, the NAMES.
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#1369. It takes time.
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#1368. Organizing Notes
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#1367. Deep breath
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#1366. Obsessed with the Prep
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#1365. Catching Up is Relative.
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#1364. 976 Words
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#1363. It's all too much.
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#1362. Unreasonable.
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#1361. Calmer.
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#1360. Decompressing
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#1359. Even more worrying.
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#1358. worrying.
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#1357. Nostalgic.
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#1356. Weekend of Chaos and thoughts of NaNo
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#1355. Nerd Me.
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#1354. Exhausted.
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#1353. First Day of Preschool!
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#1352. Day 3
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#1351. Day 2
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#1350. Focus...
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#1349. Tomorrow is September.
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#1348. Upset
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#1347. Don't know where to start.
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#1346. Saturday.
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#1345. The Big Evaluation
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#1344. Too Much Light
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#1343. Frustrated.
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