The other day I discovered this musical artist. To my chagrin, it was through a cheesy jewelry commercial. It doesn’t change that I’m now in love with Lord Huron. The song, as it turned out was “Ends of the Earth” by Lord Huron. I went to YouTube to decide if I liked the whole album called …
This is me, stopping the Snoopy dance for a moment, to come by and say: I DID IT!!!!!! 50,359 words are in the bag. Snoopy dance with me everyone! Here is my proof. I’m going to just wallow in it…until my fingers are all pruney. I’m also not going to think about the next …
There was travel during my work week again. Wednesday was a 14 hour day, so I lost a couple of days of writing. And blogging. And sleep. I decided I was going to try to crank out 7,000 words this weekend to make-up for lost productivity. I was getting a little panicked that this is …
Well, the weekend of birthday madness is officially over and we all survived. The kiddo is now six and all the fun was had. Whew! I had a great week of writing until Friday and the weekend pretty much followed the same pattern as Friday. I was able to sit down this evening and struggle …
It is another Sunday, the end of another weekend. I suffer from “end of weekend” depression usually, however I’m ending this one feeling pretty good. I aimed to spend a good bit of it writing and that’s just what I was able to do. I also discovered something interesting about the way I write. I’m …
It only figures that with the start of NaNoWriMo, something I’ve planned to do for two months, would come some of the busiest work days requiring travel. With the death by water of my iPhone and a few other well-timed calamities have me questioning my relationship with the universe. But, I will overcome! Hyperbole aside, …
There is nothing like public knowledge to keep you accountable to goals, unless you’re a politician. That’s for another blog post though. Thanks to my good friend, Nicole Evelina, I’ve discovered the “Round of Words in 80 Days” challenge. Well, I’m joining the ROW80 team and aim to achieve a few goals. First, I’m going …
Ernest Hemingway
“You invent fiction, but what you invent it out of is what counts. True fiction must come from everything you’ve ever known, ever seen, ever felt, ever learned.”–Ernest Hemingway
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