More trivial pursuits

New Post has been published on http://www.shilohwalker.com/website/2013/06/chasing/

Chasing…

This week?  We’re pursuing the one we love… or well, that’s the theme in the snippet.

A breeze kicked up and blew my hair into my face. I squinted and put the rag down before finding a clip in my bag.  As I was twisting my hair back, I looked up and saw him.  He was sitting closer now.  Closer than he usually sat.  The table that was only fifteen away and he sat on top of it, two bottles of water next to him. I recognized the label.  Aquafina.

And I also couldn’t help but notice that he stared at me.

That damned knot that always settled in my throat decided to make another appearance. Slowly, I looked away and focused on gathering up my supplies. I’d had over three hours.  I didn’t need to start anything else.  Soon, I’d need to get to work on the projects I had up for the day.

There was that one cover…I was going to have fun with it.  It was a male/male project and the…

My jaw dropped open.

The wind had blown the pages of my sketchbook.

And on the back of the sketch I’d just finished were the words.

If you’re going to spend that much time drawing me, maybe you could give me your name.

I’d definitely like yours.

He’d seen.

Oh, fuck.  He had seen it… that intimate picture, that dream I’d dared to let myself have while I was awake, of me, on my knees in front of him, a dream that even now filled me with longing.  He had seen.

He had looked through my sketches, just as I’d feared.

I’d definitely like yours…

(dunno what’s going on with this still.  sorry!)

Myla Jackson
Lauren Dane
Leah Braemel
Caris Roane
Eliza Gayle
Mandy M. Roth
McKenna Jeffries
Taige Crenshaw
Delilah Devlin
HelenKay Dimon
Felicity Heaton
TJ Michaels

New Post has been published on http://www.shilohwalker.com/website/2013/06/things-that-make-me-feel-good/

Things that make me feel good

… So a racist, misogynist dude decided to use the SFWA twitter feed (it’s been deleted, don’t look for it) to further his own hateful agenda.

Freedom of speech, yadda yadda yadda, but such use of the feed was expressly forbidden, I believe.

Anyway, it pisses me off. I like to turn hate into good things. He gets lots of comments on his blog, lots of pats on the back from people who think women ruin SF and belong in the kitchen, barefoot, probably, etc. So I’m going to do this.

For every comment that blog post gets, up to $100, I’m donating $1 to Girls Write Now, a charity that serves girls/women in New York City.

Cuz while spewing bile is his thing, kindness is mine.

Comments off and I totally moderate comments, especially from hateful trolls.

New Post has been published on http://www.shilohwalker.com/website/2013/06/job-opening/

Job opening

Spam me, and I reserve the right to mock you.

Which I’ll do.  I got this in my email…seriously.  I added my thoughts in bold.

- Requires five years customer service experience or two years general office experience …well.  I do work in my office.  Sometimes in my jammies.  Or yoga pants.  Does that count?
- A strong work ethic and positive attitude … a positive attitude?  Clearly you don’t know who you’re talking to.
- Wide Inter-personal skills, organization skills, strong analytical ability … um… or gan izah shun…you got me.  I’ve no idea what this word means.  Let me go google–ack!  MY EYES… MY EYES!
- Must have experience, confidence, and ability to conduct security briefings and interviews when required … can I record these briefings and post them to youtube?
- Must have experience executing vendor contracts and price negotiation skills … so check. The vendors get the highest costs they want.  They got families. Right?
- Knowledge of word processing, database, and spreadsheet software … well.  I can help you with the word processing thing, but to the rest, you’re on your own.
- No drug misdemeanors within the past 5 years and ability to pass a drug screen … but if I’ve got a drunk driving record or broke into the bank across the way, that’s all good, right?