“30 days hath September…” I get that far with the old rhyme, then have to stop and think what comes next. November rhymes with September so it hath 30… right? Hmmm. A quick online perusal yields a website with 89 versions of the rhyme = not helpful when trying to unscrew a memory aid that [...]
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I hath a dream (about hecklers)
Posted in seasons, Writing, tagged heckler, inner critic, Jane Koenen Bretl, NaNoWriMo, November, Writing on November 30, 2011 | 12 Comments »
nudge, nudge
Posted in Writing, tagged Jane Friedman, Writing on November 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes it takes a nudge. And some good advice. And an encouraging nod. And butt-in-chair. I am beyond thrilled to be mentioned in Jane Friedman’s blog: Being Human at Electric Speed>>Media Professor + Speaker : 3 Reasons to Have a Website If You’re Unpublished http://janefriedman.com/2011/11/28/website-for-unpublished/ If I am very still, I can hear it. A [...]
the Gift
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, Writing, tagged gift, Jane Koenen Bretl, motherhood, snow days, snowglobe, trains, Writing on January 24, 2011 | 14 Comments »
I was given an unexpected gift. I was able to turn back the clock, on a snowy day in January. I was able to live an experience that I’ve regretted missing the first time, and thought was gone forever. A writer can rewrite chapters, but who has that luxury in life? I often feel a [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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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