Finished. . .and Selected
4:15 a.m. Uploaded my still incomplete novel a few moments ago….Total word count submitted: 51,777. I’m feelin’ really good about this. Second year in a row I’ve written 50K in the month of November, although this work is still unfinished–unlike last year’s book, which I was able to type “The End” on 11/30 and feel [...]
Jury Duty?
In about three hours, I will be placing a call to our local Jury Duty Hotline, where I will learn my fate to see if my number–that’s number 625, to be precise–falls within the group of numbers selected for duty tomorrow morning. Mixed emotions on this one. The teacher in me doesn’t want to leave [...]
Back to Work, With a Shift in Focus
Good day, all: The four-day break was beyond wonderful with my family, and yesterday HG (my 10-yr-old daughter) and I dreaded the return to the grind. But we reminded each other that it’s all in the attitude in which we approach the Monday-morning return… I’ve always had a challenge in keeping a healthy balance between [...]
Nano: The Final Week
Those of us who are writing novels or blogging daily in the month of November are facing the home stretch; many of us are being asked many of the same questions, so I thought that I’d address some of them here… Q: Will you finish? A: Of course we will. It’s what we do, we [...]
Bonding with Bond
My goodness, what a great thing that it is still a vacation day, with yet another one tomorrow. This feeling, my friends, is how I believe we all should feel as often as possible: ready to work, but encouraged to play just one more day. . . . Kind of like, oh, let’s see…..Die Another [...]
A Merry Black Friday To You…
Are you already out there? Have you been standing in the lines outside Best Buy, CompUSA, WalMart, or Target since 11 last night? Waiting to buy that plasma TV for $199? Or how about that laptop for $99? Hmmmmm???? And if you were out there, was it worth the wait? I have to ask because [...]
When Turkeys Fly
My children do a wonderful job of informing me after the fact when it is “opposite” day. You can imagine what it’s like, being asked a bunch of loaded questions, answering in the negative on every occasion, and then being told that it’s opposite day, and I’ve just given them the right to eat a [...]
Revisiting Nano
For the last 14 days (including today), I have been working on a novel for National Novel Writing Month (Nano) that is requiring too, too much of my time. It’s not that I don’t want to invest the time in to this story line, it’s the fact that it just cannot–nor it should not–be done [...]
T13, no. 8
Yikes! No fancy banner this morning, as I get back in the swing of blogging….I’ll add this to my list of things to do by…..next Thursday! Here’s my list, nevertheless… :) Thirteen things I have every reason to be happy. 1. My life, right? 2. My incredible family and kids. I cannot be with them [...]
back. for good, I hope
Hi, all. I am back online. A long five weeks it has been. And through it all, I’d like to think that I’ve grown a little as a writer and as a human being. Any experience gives you that opportunity, though….right? I won’t bore you with the details of my absence. They may trickle in [...]
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