Monthly Archives: October 2010

Reading Vacation!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I am on vacation this week, and so is my blog. (Its first vacation ever!) I’ll resume posting on November 1. If all goes well, at some point during November, the blog will migrate to my website URL as part … Continue reading →

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"Only a Boche," Robert Service

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Only a Boche We brought him in from between the lines: we’d better have let him lie;For what’s the use of risking one’s skin for a tyke that’s going to die?What’s the use of tearing him loose under a gruelling … Continue reading →

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My New Socks!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

A friend knitted me these socks. I am so excited. For many months, it was only one sock (she has two small children, and I was impressed she even finished one of them). Then I mentioned my sock again, and … Continue reading →

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Staying on Top of Blog Reading

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I could easily spend hours every day reading other people’s blog posts. Plus, I’m always finding new blogs, often through interesting links I’m given on Twitter or LiveJournal. After a long weekend, where I may or may not have gone … Continue reading →

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Talent versus Marketability

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

All of us are good at something. Sometimes the hard part is recognizing what we’re good at, and not only what we’re good at, but what we’re really good at. You can be good at a lot of things, but … Continue reading →

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Author Headshots

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Behold! I have headshots! Well, really, head-and-torso-shots. Tell me in comments which one you like best, and why. Thanks! All photos by Kyle Cassidy.

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Author Photo Shoot

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Since I’m getting my website redone, I knew I had to have an author photo. I’ve been resisting this for a really long time, since I have chubby chipmunk cheeks and dimples and would much prefer to be dramatic, angular, … Continue reading →

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e.e. cummings, somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyondany experience,your eyes have their silence:in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look will easily unclose methough i have closed … Continue reading →

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Edmund Blunden, "Preparations For Victory"

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Preparations For Victory My soul, dread not the pestilence that hags The valley; flinch not you, my body young. At these great shouting smokes and snarling jags Of fiery iron; as yet may not be flung The dice that claims … Continue reading →

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Picking Goals When the Trees Are Autumnal

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

The time always comes when I have to make new writing goals, but I never like it. Right now, since I’m not under contract, I am at looser ends than usual.My “business” goals are pretty well laid out for right … Continue reading →

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