Dear friends, I have been AWOL and aware of it. Life at Burg Central has been extremely busy, what with D and I having to celebrate our birthdays in the same week as Christmas – mine involved going out for dinner and unwrapping a lovely … hard-drive, whereas hers involved six of her closest friends [...]
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Adieu, Farewell … till 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Women Writing
Posted in Feminism, fiction, Second draft, Women, Words, writers, Writing on December 12, 2009 | 23 Comments »
I finished the second draft of my novel on Monday night. This was a complete rewrite of the first draft, and took six months to complete. (The first draft took 15 months.) When I finished, I felt scattered, unsure, anxious. I was prepared to dive in and start a third draft in the voice of [...]
South Africa: Drugs for HIV+ Babies
Posted in AIDS, South Africa, World AIDS Day on December 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
According to a report from the BBC, South African president Jacob Zuma announced today, World AIDS Day, that his government would provide all HIV-positive babies under the age of one with antiretrovirals. He also promised that the drugs would become more widely available to children and pregnant women. Zuma said in his speech at the [...]
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