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May 15, 2017 4 Comments

Book (festival) report: UntitledTown 2017

When Jen Larsen got sick and Wendy McClure's Skype connection went down, I was the sole original member of the Untitled Town Book Festival's "Blog to Book" panel to make it to the actual panel. I win! Or is that losing? I'm not sure. Thankfully Kate Harding saved my bacon and swooped in to take... [Read More]

April 24, 2017 43 Comments

My body, my blog, and the Untitled Town Book Festival

I remember the day I realized I didn't want my body to be the topic of conversation anymore. I was running a giveaway on my old blog, PastaQueen, for an IGIGI gift card. As part of the giveaway I'd gotten some dresses and was required to post photos of myself wearing them. I live alone,... [Read More]

April 10, 2017 34 Comments

It’s hard to type when you break your arm

This is my space heater, or as I like to call it now, my $6,600 space heater a.k.a. my bone density testing device. Why? Because I tripped over it and broke my left arm on February 16th, which maxed out my $6,600 health insurance out-of-pocket limit for the year. The heater was off, so I... [Read More]

January 17, 2017 9 Comments

My health insurance denial letters. Past or future?

Most writers have a stack of rejection letters, but I keep a stack of health insurance application denial letters (a.k.a. piss-off-and-die letters). If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, insurance companies will be sending out thousands of these things every year to people like me. If you don't understand why repealing ObamaCare will be bad... [Read More]