admin | August 30, 2010
I like Mondays. They’re a return to normal routine. I didn’t love that return when it meant uncomfortable shoes, deciding what to wear, and a two-hour drive to my tiny urban cubicle away from home and from my writing. But these days, the weekends are fraught with plans that my SO often forgets to mention [...]
admin | August 27, 2010
This is what I’ve been doing today. A little bit of this–writing on the laptop–a little bit of that–covering scratches on our furniture that’s been moved 22 times. I’m tired of cleaning so I’m thinking it might be time to take the laptop down to the pool and write between swims. Or I could fold [...]
admin | August 26, 2010
Just a drive-by today. Didn’t finish as much as I wanted (or hardly anything) yesterday. I let real life get in the way after going on about story life taking over. Wouldn’t you know? And–a friend and I agreed to take a quick run up to the mountains after we meet goals we set. I [...]
admin | August 25, 2010
I’m melding the half a book I’d already written to the new version of the proposal that I just submitted. And my mind is there. I’ve mentioned this before. When I’m buried in a story, I’m sort of blank in real life because I’m distracted. There’s a whole ‘nother world going on in my head. [...]
admin | August 24, 2010
Time to be random! First, I’d love to update my counter over there, but I’m editing, and I can’t be sure how many words I have. Marrying two files is about as tricky as you’d expect. Here’s a weird thing. While I’m not sleeping in the middle of the night, I sometimes watch crrrazzy stuff [...]
admin | August 19, 2010
I meant to take one yesterday. I’d sent the proposal. I was exhausted, and I thought I had no more brainstorming cells left. However, I met a friend for lunch near an office supply store. (What writer can resist writing implements?) I found a lovely notebook and then, somehow an excellent pen also jumped into [...]
admin | August 18, 2010
The proposal is back with the lovely editor! I’m planning to read and swim and read and maybe read a little. I might squeeze in a movie. Or I might read. Not that I’m giddy. Of course, the moment I hit the send button, the doubt piranha began pecking away, but I’m tossing them tofu. [...]
admin | August 16, 2010
Just after midnight on Monday, and I’ve made an uncalculated error. I fell asleep, and then everyone else in the house headed for bed and made noise. Being the Queen of Insomnia, I may be awake for the duration after a fortifying hour of sleep. So–I’ve got Moulin Rouge on the DVD player. Jim Broadbent [...]
admin | August 13, 2010
This lovely photo showed up on my phone. On the small, square screen, I couldn’t tell what it was at first. After an initial gasp of sheer horror, I turned the phone upside down and discovered it was my child and Kitty. They are lovely–but scary. There is rejoicing in my small corner of the [...]
admin | August 12, 2010
I had no idea. This is definitely a random day. I’m editing, getting ready to send in the revised proposal. Busy–and loving being busy! I’ve been thinking all night about tension because strange noises have been keeping me awake all night. Dogs–at least my girl, who just woke up with the latest odd sound–and I [...]