by Heather Hambel Curley | Aug 7, 2016 | Civil War, Writing
I’ve been watching the Olympics for like, 36 hours straight, so expect a lot of exclamation points as we move forward. It’s like Jeopardy. You don’t say, “This is Jeopardy.” You scream, “This. Is. JEOPARDY!” Anyway. If...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jul 5, 2015 | Writing
Remember on Family Guy when Stewie started his own business and gave Brian his first employee review? He did a “compliment sandwich” you know, to soften the blow of a bad review? Note: I have not had a bad book review on With me Now. My sole review has...
by admin | Oct 18, 2014 | Civil War, Writing
Sometimes I think the notion of “being a published author” hasn’t firmly settled in my brain yet, you know, somewhere between the official name of a Civil War Napoleon (Model 1857 Light Gun 12 pound Howitzer) and the lyrics to the song “Cows...
by admin | Dec 13, 2013 | Civil War, Writing
Here on The Rambling Jour, I’ve posted a lot of things. I’ve posted pictures of myself in an 1860s corset (here). I’ve blogged about a coworker’s nipples getting caught in a revolving glass door (here) and the horror that was scheduling a...
by admin | Nov 14, 2013 | Writing
Guys, I’m nothing if not consistent. This is what, week two of NaNo and I’m sitting around, doing just about everything except actually working on Random Contemporary/aka With Me Now. Here’s a sampling of things I did instead: Clipped my toenails...
