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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.

#1342. Sick.
ID #758941 entered on August 19, 2012 at 2:59pm

#1341. Distractions Abound.
ID #758837 entered on August 17, 2012 at 11:14pm

#1340. Thoughts of Scope Creep: Nomenclature
ID #758810 entered on August 17, 2012 at 2:44pm

#1339. Dogbert
ID #758779 entered on August 16, 2012 at 11:45pm

#1338. I got a call today...
ID #758741 entered on August 16, 2012 at 3:03pm

#1337. Named Niece and Nephew
ID #758636 entered on August 14, 2012 at 10:53pm

#1336. Stretch
ID #758574 entered on August 13, 2012 at 11:09pm

#1335. I must watch Shrek too often...
ID #758469 entered on August 12, 2012 at 10:46pm

#1334. Baby News
ID #758303 entered on August 11, 2012 at 10:44pm

#1333. Take a Deep Breath.
ID #758253 entered on August 10, 2012 at 10:19pm

#1332. Life After Dresden
ID #758153 entered on August 9, 2012 at 4:18pm

#1331. Constant Vigilance
ID #758001 entered on August 7, 2012 at 9:26am

#1330. August does not yet seem to be an improvement.
ID #757873 entered on August 5, 2012 at 2:35pm

#1329. July is a Bugger.
ID #757412 entered on July 29, 2012 at 11:02am

#1328. Birthday Party
ID #757038 entered on July 21, 2012 at 11:06pm

#1327. Staring at the Dead Cricket
ID #756928 entered on July 19, 2012 at 3:35pm

#1326. 6 months yesterday.
ID #756689 entered on July 14, 2012 at 11:15pm

#1325. More Chaos.
ID #756534 entered on July 11, 2012 at 10:42pm

#1324. Week of Chaos.
ID #756492 entered on July 10, 2012 at 10:29pm

#1323. Deep Breath.
ID #756357 entered on July 9, 2012 at 4:11pm

#1322. I had a dream.
ID #756332 entered on July 8, 2012 at 10:42pm

#1321. Of all the wish lists...
ID #756220 entered on July 6, 2012 at 7:56pm

#1320. Tempest at my mother's.
ID #756084 entered on July 4, 2012 at 5:02pm

#1319. July
ID #755934 entered on July 1, 2012 at 10:48pm

#1318. Seething.
ID #755513 entered on June 24, 2012 at 5:02pm

#1317. Parenting is hard work.
ID #755452 entered on June 22, 2012 at 11:04pm

#1316. Dilbert home tomorrow.
ID #755405 entered on June 21, 2012 at 11:06pm

#1315. Dogbert ate bananas.
ID #755160 entered on June 18, 2012 at 7:38pm

#1314. Objectivity may be beyond me.
ID #754814 entered on June 13, 2012 at 3:15pm

#1313. Unsettled.
ID #754492 entered on June 9, 2012 at 11:25pm

#1312. Revelation.
ID #754299 entered on June 6, 2012 at 10:15pm

#1311. Insomnia Strikes
ID #754099 entered on June 4, 2012 at 9:02am

#1310. End of the Month
ID #753839 entered on May 31, 2012 at 5:18pm

#1309. It must be a mood swing.
ID #753644 entered on May 28, 2012 at 8:29am

#1308. She meant to do that...
ID #753546 entered on May 26, 2012 at 7:54am

#1307. Delayed.
ID #753377 entered on May 23, 2012 at 10:45am

#1306. More Packing
ID #753317 entered on May 22, 2012 at 10:08am

#1305. Blah.
ID #753247 entered on May 21, 2012 at 8:20am

#1304. Therapy
ID #753097 entered on May 18, 2012 at 12:48pm

#1303. Rain rain go away...
ID #752900 entered on May 15, 2012 at 8:14am

#1302. In Bed Til 7...
ID #752631 entered on May 10, 2012 at 8:22am

#1301. No Crying at Breakfast
ID #752566 entered on May 9, 2012 at 8:11am

#1300. I swear they take your energy for their own...
ID #752358 entered on May 5, 2012 at 10:59pm

#1299. Outnumbered
ID #752251 entered on May 4, 2012 at 8:15am

#1298. Goals
ID #752206 entered on May 3, 2012 at 8:37am

#1297. May
ID #752140 entered on May 2, 2012 at 8:08am

#1296. Hate Mondays.
ID #752071 entered on May 1, 2012 at 8:49am

#1295. I dreamed...
ID #752001 entered on April 30, 2012 at 8:28am

#1294. More research?
ID #751938 entered on April 29, 2012 at 1:31pm

#1293. Funding Dilemma
ID #751856 entered on April 27, 2012 at 11:07pm

#1292. My plans are like french braids.
ID #751822 entered on April 27, 2012 at 8:30am

#1291. Found another piece I was looking for
ID #751764 entered on April 26, 2012 at 1:58pm

#1290. Sleeping Better?
ID #751735 entered on April 26, 2012 at 8:34am

#1289. The tax question
ID #751710 entered on April 25, 2012 at 10:57pm

#1288. I hurt.
ID #751671 entered on April 25, 2012 at 8:05am

#1287. Another Early Morning
ID #751590 entered on April 24, 2012 at 8:52am

#1286. News of the Weird
ID #751543 entered on April 23, 2012 at 2:52pm

#1285. Absolutely.
ID #751498 entered on April 22, 2012 at 10:04pm

#1284. not holding it together
ID #751458 entered on April 22, 2012 at 8:10am

#1283. So, yeah, blogging...
ID #751391 entered on April 21, 2012 at 8:52am

#1282. ???
ID #751188 entered on April 17, 2012 at 10:53pm

#1281. Grr.
ID #750978 entered on April 15, 2012 at 7:59am

#1280. Friday the 13th
ID #750852 entered on April 13, 2012 at 9:01am

#1279. House?
ID #750759 entered on April 11, 2012 at 11:07pm

#1278. New Rules.
ID #750667 entered on April 10, 2012 at 3:47pm

#1277. Need a word to replace FAIL.
ID #750614 entered on April 9, 2012 at 10:46pm

#1276. Exhausted.
ID #750378 entered on April 6, 2012 at 11:03pm

#1275. Expectations.
ID #750306 entered on April 5, 2012 at 10:35pm

#1274. Dilbert returns tomorrow.
ID #750249 entered on April 4, 2012 at 10:32pm

#1273. Revelations
ID #750168 entered on April 3, 2012 at 11:10pm

#1272. Tempest's Test
ID #750062 entered on April 2, 2012 at 4:00pm

#1271. Tempest is 3.
ID #749931 entered on March 31, 2012 at 10:50pm

#1270. Timing is Everything
ID #749805 entered on March 29, 2012 at 10:31pm

#1269. Hard to get out of the house.
ID #749704 entered on March 27, 2012 at 10:40pm

#1268. To Do.
ID #749657 entered on March 26, 2012 at 10:39pm

#1267. To Do.
ID #749658 entered on March 26, 2012 at 10:39pm

#1266. March Madness: Germany Edition
ID #749536 entered on March 24, 2012 at 10:25pm

#1265. Sleep: Fragmented
ID #749438 entered on March 23, 2012 at 8:59am

#1264. Moving is hard work
ID #749301 entered on March 21, 2012 at 4:41pm

#1263. Another FAIL.
ID #749210 entered on March 20, 2012 at 8:21am

#1262. Derailed
ID #749150 entered on March 19, 2012 at 8:51am

#1261. I think she caught up to the time change.
ID #749072 entered on March 18, 2012 at 8:36am

#1260. Drained of Energy
ID #748995 entered on March 16, 2012 at 8:38am

#1259. I'm not ok.
ID #748928 entered on March 14, 2012 at 4:56pm

#1258. Time Change
ID #748855 entered on March 13, 2012 at 10:01am

#1257. Social Sunday
ID #748792 entered on March 12, 2012 at 7:16am

#1256. March Madness
ID #748770 entered on March 11, 2012 at 5:31pm

#1255. Tired of March Madness
ID #748698 entered on March 10, 2012 at 8:28am

#1254. More March Madness
ID #748620 entered on March 9, 2012 at 5:19am

#1253. Wacky Wednesday for March Madness
ID #748581 entered on March 8, 2012 at 2:03pm

#1252. Sleeping Through the Night
ID #748492 entered on March 7, 2012 at 5:33am

#1251. My March Madness: Day 4
ID #748357 entered on March 5, 2012 at 11:29am

#1250. March Madness
ID #748261 entered on March 4, 2012 at 8:46am

#1249. Underpriced
ID #748137 entered on March 1, 2012 at 10:29pm

#1248. The House.
ID #748032 entered on February 29, 2012 at 8:11am

#1247. New Goals - In Progress
ID #747725 entered on February 24, 2012 at 8:19am

#1246. Sleep FAIL
ID #747666 entered on February 23, 2012 at 8:51am

#1245. Farther Behind
ID #747596 entered on February 22, 2012 at 8:11am

#1244. Tag-Teamed Again
ID #747539 entered on February 21, 2012 at 9:25am

#1243. Thoughtful
ID #747411 entered on February 19, 2012 at 6:47pm

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