admin | January 9, 2012
I’m not as slackadaisical as I look. I’ve been revising a proposal, and I decided to focus on that before I came back to blogging, post-holidays. I finished the changes and mailed the proposal mere moments ago, so here I am again! (Pardon this tangent, but while I’m writing this, I’m watching a movie, and [...]
admin | May 4, 2011
You know how you fall out of the habit of blogging, and then it’s hard to start over? And then it’s easier to not blog, because how can you catch up? That’s what happened. So–in no particular order, random stuff! I loved watching the royal wedding. Loved it. Every second was filled with something lovely. [...]
admin | January 6, 2011
I’m not very good at keeping things in compartments. I’ve been keeping my greatest focus on producing a proposal. So–last night I noticed that my cat seems to think the carpet looks best with a fine sheen of gray fur. And when I was walking, I was so busy planning my snopes that I didn’t [...]
admin | December 20, 2010
from the pain of a rejection. I know it’s part of this business. I know I’m a professional, and I can get it right, but I’m frustrated when I get it wrong more than once. And I’ve managed to get it not-right-enough three times. I was already in something of a crisis of confidence, and [...]
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 3, 2010
Still writing. I’m managing to alienate friends and family by being so focused, but work comes first, you know. I’m taking notes on napkins and my phone. The words are coming. In the back of my mind, I’m worried, but this time around, those worries are staying back there. I’m concentrating on one thing. Letting [...]
admin | August 1, 2010
It’s quiet here. The beloved and daughter are out. Kitty has settled in for some fatbelly shuteye. I’m writing in the family room under a thundery sky. Thunder suits the mood in my story right now. A nice dramatic, thundery snowstorm, banging away over a man and woman who find themselves in a situation they [...]
admin | July 24, 2010
I was seduced by a yen for order and spent yesterday cleaning (and still the abode needs work–bewared the cabinets, my son). Today is all work. I’m not happy with my opening, but I’m not going to drill the life out of it. I’m moving on, and I’ll assume the perfect words will bust into my [...]