Today’s hypothesis: it is not possible to feel frowny at a humor writers conference. To test my theory, I attended the Erma Bombeck Humor Writers Workshop today. And I smiled all day long.
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turn it upside down
Posted in Photography, Writing, tagged Erma Bombeck, frown, Humor Writers Workshop on April 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
one word
Posted in Writing, tagged Ali Edwards, blogiversary, children's book, Christina Katz, ChristinaKatz.com, Jane Koenen Bretl, Marsha Norman, middle grade novel, NaNoWriMo, one word, Writing on January 29, 2010 | 14 Comments »
“Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you.” Marsha Norman Can one little word provide some vision for a whole year? I stumbled upon the idea of this ‘one word‘ while reading author Christina Katz’s new site. She moved her “WriterMama Riffs” blog over to ChristinaKatz.com. Christina chose her [...]
bangs or no bangs?
Posted in Writing, tagged blogs, Jane Friedman, Jane Koenen Bretl, new year, Writer Unboxed, Writer's Digest on January 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
New year, new look. Inspired by a recent post from Jane Friedman of Writer’s Digest, I did a little cyber redecorating again. Her guest post, “5 Things That Make Me Stop Reading Websites and Blogs” appeared on the blog Writer Unboxed. In it, she outlines a few easy blog fixes that can help ensure an [...]
mission accomplished
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Writing on December 3, 2009 | 15 Comments »
It has taken me several days to recover, but I am thrilled to share that I did indeed make my goal of 50,000 words in 30 days! It entailed writing 20,000 words in the last week, including the last 7,000 words on Monday November 30th. It was a finish reminiscent of every term paper I [...]
leap before looking
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, Writing, tagged cats, comfort zone, NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
With advance apologies to the many excellent housekeepers I know, please disregard the state of my windows. Wait, um, I mean, those are not my windows… Ha! Silly me. Yeah this is definitely someone else’s house and that kitten just looks like my kitten Cowboy. But the point remains: I have hit the 30,000 word [...]
10 days, and the honeymoon? Already?
Posted in Motherhood, Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Writing on November 10, 2009 | 11 Comments »
It is Day 10 of my great writing escapade, and I have this news flash to report: NaNoWriMo Honeymoon. So. Over. I look back at my bright-and-shiny post from a week ago (Really? Has it been a whole week? What have I been doing?) Oh, I remember, yesterday I pruned a bonsai instead of writing. [...]
a picture is worth a thousand words?
Posted in Writing, tagged Chris Baty, dogs and cats, NaNoWriMo on November 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
NaNoWriMo Day 5, and I am at 5881 words. Behind schedule, but better than I expected. And I am enjoying the process more than I can say. All participants can opt to receive email pep talks from the MotherShip; here is a passage, from NaNoWriMo guru Chris Baty, that sums up part of the appeal [...]
And… we’re off! I mean on! I’m NaNoWriMo-ing!
Posted in Writing, tagged Freudian slip, NaNoWriMo, Scrivener, Writing, writing software on November 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Let me apologize right off the bat for the uncontrolled use of exclamation points in that title. Day One of the Great Writing Adventure got off to a rocky start yesterday, but finished strong and I drifted off to dreamland last night with a sense of accomplishment. Day One final wordcount: 1799. So far, I [...]
get ready, get set…
Posted in Writing, tagged David Hewson, Linda Fulkerson, NaNoWriMo, On Blogging Well, Scrivener, Writing, writing software on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In preparation for NaNoWriMo, I’ve downloaded some new writing software. I find it is always a good idea to try something new right when the results matter — the attempt at a new recipe for a houseful at Thanksgiving, or test driving the new bifocals at night — that type of thing. It adds a [...]
solving a happy problem
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, Motherhood, Writing, tagged BabyBjorn, kittens, NaNoWriMo, Writing on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have what I might consider the happiest problem I could dream up. One of the new kittens, Mia, is very supportive of my writing. In fact, nearly every time I sit down at the keyboard to write, she jumps up to my lap and tries to reward my writing efforts by purring hysterically from [...]
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