Archive for 2008
Year-end meme
Borrowed from What I Got So Far. He can have it back when I'm done.1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?Had writer's block. Real writer's block, not "I don't know what to write," but "I'm too frozen with fear to write."2. Did you keep.
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Fiction
Ass
For some reason, people are finding this blog via the search term "ass". Do I say "ass" a lot? Maybe I do. But do I say it so much that it would show up in a search engine as an authority on ass? Maybe it's because some time ago Dwight put a link to.
A new fence for 2009
I had a great writing day yesterday. I wrote for 3 whole hours while Richard stayed downstairs with the 2 little kids, and the two bigger kids went shopping. I probably won't get that kind of time today, because today the Dallas Cowboys play the last.
One mo 'ginn! *
I don't even know what to say about my Christmas. It was...it was...teh awesome! I started the week thinking my holiday would consist of playing with the toys the kids opened that morning, but Monday my mom confirmed, and soon after both my brothers.
Don't mind me...Just working through my issues
Since my resetting declaration in the previous post, I've really been thinking about why I feel such pressure and confusion at Christmas, whyI feel tremendous guilt for absolutely no reason, and why it's so hard for me to feel good about receiving gifts..
Hitting the reset button
Been thinking a lot about Christmas and what it means to me. I've known for a while that most of the Christmas activities I partake in every year are solely for other people, not for me. I've never really given myself permission to have a Christmas I.
Look at my header...
Does my header look as bad on your screen as it does on mine? Has it been that way a long time? I wonder what happen.
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Life
Facebook me!
Any of you want to help an author build her platform? Go to my Facebook page (see the link in my upper left side bar?) and find the "blogs" tab on my profile. Once there, there should be a link to "join blog network." I'm pretty sure that joining my.
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Life
Sappy songs, anyone?
I try to hide my sappy side, but I don't think I do a very good job of it. I thought I'd share some of the songs that get me right here. I'm ashamed to admit these songs make me cry. I'm so weak.I don't know how to imbed music here, so I'm imbedding.
The Spider and the Fly
My son is in 1st grade and reading pretty independently, but yesterday's book, The Spider and the Fly, was a bit out of his range. I don't mind reading the books he brings home. He loves anything scary or strange, and I often enjoy the books as.
Hallelujah! I can see!
I'm feeling much better now. Well, not right now, because it's late and my eyes are tired. But overall, yeah. Much better.Thanks to the mystery illness, I lost an entire week of editing the WIP. Thankfully I only lost the time and not the drive, so I.
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Life
Thoughts from the treadmill
I guess it's been about a week since I posted. For five of those seven days, my eyes have been closed, as they are right now. I can type blind. I have some weird cold or flu or sinus thing that has affected my vision. Isn't that weird? I'm not sneezy.
I'm writing this through a tryptophan coma
I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving. We ended up having a very informal dinner, as nobody was really in the mood for Thanksgiving, so I had one brother here at my house and that was it. The food was good. The little weiner dog is still with us,.
Thoughts from the treadmill
My laptop was out of commission yet again, only for a couple of days this time. I dropped it and snapped off the plug inside the power jack. Ordered a new cord, from one of those powerselling eBay guys. The cord cost less than the shipping, altogether.
What your taste in art says about you
Here's a nice art quiz I saw over at DarcKnyt's.Note my score of -21 in Cubism. I really hate Cubism. Always have. However, I used to really love Impressionism in art and music, but I found myself turning away from those choices. The second-highest score.
Buy a Book!
Another insightful post from Moonrat today. Rather than rehash the whole topic, I'll just post the main message I wanted to pass along, and hope that you'll go read the whole post at EdAss. I strongly feel that if you're working toward a career in writing.
Hear, hear!
Here's an interesting tidbit for you. On my morning treadmill surfing, I had occasion to write, "hear, hear!" on another blog. I had a moment of doubt about the spelling. It could have been here instead of hear. Have never been sure. I've always thought.
Thoughts from the treadmill
Maybe I'll just write all my posts while I'm on the treadmill. I've modified my rig so that I have better balance while typing. Haven't fallen off since that one time a couple of days ago. The biggest problem I'm having now is that I no think so clear..
A dream I had
Here's an interesting dream I had. What do you think it means?Dreamed I was practicing casting a fishing pole in a pond and ended up catching 4 huge fish while friends encouraged me. After the 4th one, I looked around at the nice houses surrounding the.
Michael Crichton, dead at 66
Did you guys hear Michael Crichton died? CNN reports that he died Tuesday from cancer at age 66. Wow. I didn't even know he was sick! I wonder if they kept it a secret. CNN did say that it was a "private" battle.W.
Happy anniversary, Moonrat!
I don't know how many of you follow the blog of the Editorial Ass, Moonrat, but y'all might wanna pop on over to her 2nd anniversary surprise party. You can win prizes, people.Moonrat has a great perspective on the writing industry, plus she's a lovely.
I know I was bah-humbug about the election before...
...but it's getting exciting. Eek!Oh, and Ryan Gosling is still h.
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Life
NaNo? Nah, no.
First, some random notes: Happy voting day, everybody. May your candidate win, whichever he is, because I truly do not give a shit. I'll start caring again when I see what a terrible job the next president does. This is how I operate every election. Typing.
My theme song
Your Theme Song is Beautiful Day by U2 "Sky falls, you feel likeIt's a beautiful dayDon't let it get away"You see the beauty in life, especially in ordinary everyday moments.And if you're feeling down, even that seems a little beautiful too. It looks.
If fragrance were a man I'd shoot him.
Update: see Poison Scents, my blog dedicated to my fragrance sensitivity.So this fragrance sensitivity I have, it is the real deal. As you may remember, I took out most everything in my house that contained fragrance and saw an immediate improvement..
"She wore an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny..."
I really wasn't planning to post today, but I ran across this photo on my cousin's MySpace, and it's begging to be shared. That's my cousin Sinthia on the left and me on the right, the summer before my 13th birthday, 1983. We sure loved those bikinis..
My first-ever book club meeting
Well, people, guess what I did. I threw myself back into the world of socializing adults, that's what, by going to my first ever book club meeting down at the local library. A few weeks ago I saw a flyer in the library's window advertising the book club,.
My busy day
Geez, I was busy yesterday. Got up at six to take the man to work so we'd have the van, and kept going till about four in the afternoon.First off was the annual running of the gauntlet, otherwise known as school enrollment day. It went a little more.
Fragrance-free and loving it
Update: Check out my fragrance-free blog, Poison Scents.Well obviously I didn't go to Conestoga. There really was no possible way to do it on such short notice, so...that's that. Maybe next year.I appreciate all the encouragement given on my neurotic.
A little night magic
Last night I went out to look at the full moon. Classic country music from down the street wafted on the breeze, but I couldn't hear what song it was. I smiled. One of my neighbors was having a party.The song ended and after a pause a new one began..
Synopses and warm Oklahoma spring mornings
I love warm spring mornings, waiting for the bus with the two oldest children, soaking up nature's joy in the rising sun. Today the kids almost missed the bus because of the distractions awaiting in our front yard. They lamented the violets losing their.
Period.
PMS is a huge part of my life. I've refrained from speaking of it too much for a couple of reasons. First, I know it makes some people uncomfortable to talk about bodily functions. You'll notice I also don't tell fart jokes here, even though I tell plenty.
May 12 mystery
Well, it's been driving me crazy, not remembering why this date sticks in my head. I looked through my blog posts, and realized I missed my 2 year anniversary on May 8, so happy bloggiversary to me! My second post ever fell on May 12, about the time.
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Life
Random Monday nothings
Today is May 12. For some reason it seems like an important day to me, but here I sit as usual, on the couch, in jammies, drinking coffee. Easing into my day. I googled the date, and the only thing I can see is that stamps go up a penny today. It may.
Brain sucker
I love the writer psychology pieces on Buzz, Balls & Hype. This week's is about how to control an over-active imagination. The querier says:My novelistic abilities are making me crazy. The very thing that enables me to be a writer is torturing me.
Do you compare?
Rainy this morning. Nice. No hail. That's a good thing. No internet, either, until just now.Thank you, dear friends, for all your supportive comments. I'm so happy to have you with me on my journey, as I am right next to you on yours.So I bought some.
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Life
Where do I begin?
I found out something about the world while mingling with other adults at the conference, and here it is: Nine o'clock is not "late" for most people.I also learned that I'm pretty good company, especially after a glass of wine. And that underneath my.
The key to a successful garage sale: Don't give a crap.
Sunday afternoon:Relaxing on the van seat I'm using as a couch in my garage. Waiting for all the churchgoers to get out and come to my sale. The blustery, overcast morning kept away the non-churchgoing heathens (a group of which I am a part) but the.
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Fiction,
garage sales
Life is good
I took some pictures this weekend, but I can't find my rackin-frackin upload cable. And I'm typing this on my laptop, but my rackin-frackin wi-fi has decided to go iffy on my this weekend so I'll have to go kick Little Bubba off the PC to post it. (Little.
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Life
Accidental writing
I felt so lethargic yesterday, really and truly crappy. I figured I wouldn't be able to write a coherent sentence, but I needed some office time, so at seven o'clock I dragged my ass and laptop up the stairs. I was going to take it easy, probably do.
Disjointed thoughts on critting
Last week I put out a call for beta readers, and the most wonderful people in the world responded. Over the weekend I had plenty to keep me from obsessing about it, even though my mom and brother gave me comments the next day, and Ian over the weekend..
