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by Melinda VanLone | Jul 1, 2012 | Photos, Thoughts |
I was in Austin for a conference last weekend, and managed to pop outside to get a few photos around the hotel. I didn’t stay long; it was ridiculously hot and covered in crickets. Millions of hoppy black things determined to climb up legs and get into the...
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by Melinda VanLone | Jun 26, 2012 | Thoughts |
The debate continues! The other day a group of us started chatting about the endings to stories and what we prefer. We quickly discovered that we all like something a little different, and decided to make a debate out of it. Lisa Hall-Wilson started us out with her...
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by Melinda VanLone | Jun 19, 2012 | Thoughts |
I realized this weekend that I’ve been working so diligently on revisions for my novel that I hadn’t stepped foot outside the apartment in over two weeks. That’s right. Two weeks. In this chair. Not great for the bottom line. Time to kick my bottom line out of the...
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by Melinda VanLone | Jun 12, 2012 | Thoughts |
I’ve learned a lot from online gaming. Really! Okay, stop rolling your eyes. Gaming provides an avenue for learning that gets taken for granted. I think everyone would benefit from giving it a try. It teaches teamwork, leadership skills, how to kill monsters 10 times...
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by Melinda VanLone | Jun 5, 2012 | Thoughts |
I mentioned before that I love to play World of Warcraft. To some of you, that’s a pretty foreign world. You might not have even heard of an MMORPG. It’s not a branch of the government. It’s a Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game. Which basically means I...
