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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.

#1042. End of Week.
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#1041. I got to sleep in, for the first time in 2011.
ID #728845 entered on July 17, 2011 at 9:44am

#1040. Overwhelmingly frustrated.
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#1039. Frustration.
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#1038. eBook coming -
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#1037. 14 weeks and counting
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#1036. I have a list.
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#1035. What's next?
ID #728398 entered on July 11, 2011 at 8:55am

#1034. Deadline met. WHOOSH!
ID #728331 entered on July 10, 2011 at 9:52am

#1033. Fridayish
ID #728279 entered on July 9, 2011 at 3:00pm

#1032. I hate that I'm not sleeping.
ID #728176 entered on July 8, 2011 at 4:57am

#1031. My Little Helper
ID #728121 entered on July 7, 2011 at 8:20am

#1030. Gah.
ID #728051 entered on July 6, 2011 at 8:57am

#1029. Slept in 'til 7.
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#1028. Yawn
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#1027. July
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#1026. Intuition
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#1025. New Ideas
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#1024. Tuesday?
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#1023. Long Weekend
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#1022. Ouch.
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#1021. Oy.
ID #726897 entered on June 23, 2011 at 9:27am

#1020. Cause and Effect?
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#1019. Sun shining
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#1018. More Rain
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#1017. Moving Slow
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#1016. Long nights...
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#1015. Wow.
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#1014. Just breathe.
ID #726381 entered on June 16, 2011 at 9:43am

#1013. Dilbert returns...
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#1012. Sometimes
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#1011. Monday!
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#1010. Tired...
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#1009. Forward Progress
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#1008. Warning: Breakthroughs Ahead
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#1007. Stupid blog
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#1006. Early Morning
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#1005. So much to do
ID #725762 entered on June 7, 2011 at 8:12am

#1004. Monday again.
ID #725705 entered on June 6, 2011 at 8:18am

#1003. Busy!
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#1002. One More Day.
ID #725332 entered on June 3, 2011 at 8:18am

#1001. Relax
ID #725277 entered on June 2, 2011 at 8:31am

#1000. Trying to reconcile days of the week in my head
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#999. Odd sleep patterns
ID #725187 entered on May 31, 2011 at 7:20am

#998. Headache
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#997. Cranky mama, cranky baby
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#996. Something's Changing
ID #724939 entered on May 28, 2011 at 8:27am

#995. Gymnastics!
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#994. I was proud of ME.
ID #724741 entered on May 26, 2011 at 8:32am

#993. Naptime yet?
ID #724683 entered on May 25, 2011 at 8:34am

#992. 7 Weeks?
ID #724581 entered on May 24, 2011 at 8:16am

#991. Empathy
ID #724525 entered on May 23, 2011 at 8:13am

#990. Busy Saturday
ID #724456 entered on May 22, 2011 at 8:57am

#989. No garage sales...
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#988. Some Days Are Good.
ID #724330 entered on May 20, 2011 at 9:10am

#987. Like I don't have enough to worry about?
ID #724280 entered on May 19, 2011 at 9:11am

#986. Nausea
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#985. Monday
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#984. Weekend
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#983. Tired.
ID #724046 entered on May 15, 2011 at 6:23pm

#982. Argh
ID #723977 entered on May 14, 2011 at 9:47am

#981. Thursday
ID #723901 entered on May 13, 2011 at 7:58am

#980. Wednesday
ID #723850 entered on May 12, 2011 at 8:05am

#979. Tuesday = 5 weeks
ID #723805 entered on May 11, 2011 at 8:07am

#978. Monday
ID #723762 entered on May 10, 2011 at 7:55am

#977. Mother's Day
ID #723675 entered on May 9, 2011 at 7:44am

#976. Saturday
ID #723640 entered on May 8, 2011 at 8:21am

#975. Friday
ID #723607 entered on May 7, 2011 at 8:11am

#974. Thursday
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#973. Wednesday
ID #723518 entered on May 5, 2011 at 8:47am

#972. Tuesday
ID #723478 entered on May 4, 2011 at 8:56am

#971. Monday
ID #723432 entered on May 3, 2011 at 8:37am

#970. Sunday
ID #723369 entered on May 2, 2011 at 8:25am

#969. Day 6 was Saturday
ID #723314 entered on May 1, 2011 at 8:19am

#968. Day 5 was Friday
ID #723265 entered on April 30, 2011 at 8:38am

#967. Day 4 was Thursday
ID #723204 entered on April 29, 2011 at 8:29am

#966. Day 3 was Wednesday
ID #723139 entered on April 28, 2011 at 8:11am

#965. Day 2 was Tuesday
ID #723092 entered on April 27, 2011 at 8:38am

#964. Day 1 was Monday
ID #723042 entered on April 26, 2011 at 8:48am

#963. Tempest.
ID #722958 entered on April 24, 2011 at 9:55pm

#962. Impact.
ID #722804 entered on April 21, 2011 at 11:11pm

#961. I should be sleeping.
ID #722755 entered on April 21, 2011 at 8:50am

#960. Is this me?
ID #722398 entered on April 16, 2011 at 12:25pm

#959. Indefatigable, I am not.
ID #722349 entered on April 15, 2011 at 7:31pm

#958. I must be a trainwreck.
ID #722155 entered on April 13, 2011 at 11:58am

#957. Manic Mischief unManaged: Mercurial Moodiness
ID #722094 entered on April 12, 2011 at 5:40pm

#956. Let today be better.
ID #721929 entered on April 10, 2011 at 8:08am

#955. Bah Humbug.
ID #721755 entered on May 3, 2011 at 9:13am

#954. Calm
ID #721539 entered on April 4, 2011 at 11:16pm

#953. No Dilbert Tonight
ID #721448 entered on April 3, 2011 at 10:03pm

#952. Anxious
ID #721156 entered on April 1, 2011 at 11:34am

#951. Options
ID #721005 entered on March 30, 2011 at 11:10pm

#950. I had a dream...
ID #720921 entered on March 30, 2011 at 9:00am

#949. Still ...
ID #720768 entered on March 28, 2011 at 3:22pm

#948. Threats?
ID #720576 entered on March 26, 2011 at 2:56pm

#947. Date Night a Bust
ID #720523 entered on March 25, 2011 at 11:06pm

#946. Stupid
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#945. Thursday
ID #720408 entered on March 24, 2011 at 10:05am

#944. Paranoia
ID #720322 entered on March 22, 2011 at 11:18pm

#943. Looking Outside...
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