Archive for August 2009
Hands-on editing
I've been feeling pretty crappy the past few days, and apprently it's that time of year, because my bud Fal has felt the same way, and she's way up there in Illinois. I'm on the upswing, though, and I hope she is, too.I love September. The word is nice,.
A Gift
I'd just gotten in from grocery shopping (that's why I look so good), and guess what I found on my doorstep! This is the package I've been waiting for: the book that Marta made for me. It's a gift which combines all my loves--art, fiction, and hand-crafted...ness..
Blabbety blab
Let's see...What's happened since my last post...Monday I wasted the afternoon looking for an elusive part for the gas grill.Little Bubba was home sick yesterday with a sore throat, and he sucked down cup after cup of warm water with honey. I got some.
I'll get up any time now...here I go...
Having a hard time getting started this morning, due to a bit of a fragrance hangover from my outing yesterday. I went to OKC to see The Time Traveler's Wife with a friend, and while I was there I did a tarot reading for her. The movie was good, the.
Thoughts from the treadmill
Yep, I'm back on the treadmill. I stopped walking when I hurt my hand and my old laptop broke for good at the same time. I just want to take a moment to remind you that Thoughts From the Treadmill is never edited for typos or anything else dumb. It's.
Thanks, first readers!
The feedback I received on the long synopsis may be the best ever. Many of the reader's comments overlapped, giving me specific areas to focus on, and I have every intention of emailing this tomorrow, just like I'd planned. So raise your glass, or mug,.
Drina: Defender of Mankind
Looks like it'll be a rainy day here in Blossomland. Just before the kids got on the bus a black wall cloud rolled over us, and now it's raining pretty hard. Doesn't look like it'll be severe, just dark, warm, windy and wet. My favorite kind of day..
Weekend happenings
My mind is sort of a blank this morning, but I feel like connecting with the world so I'm posting anyway. I apologize in advance for any inanity which may follow.Over the weekend a couple of my first readers got back to me with comments on my long synopsis..
Jack
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="348" caption="'67 Firebird - Jack"][/caption]Chatting with an old college friend led to a discussion of my cool-ass car. Thought you'd like to see it. So many stories... I miss this car. The weiner dog's name.
Glowing
Last night, organized full-time writer/editor that I am, I made a to-do list and set it right on top of my laptop, which in turn was sitting on the little makeshift work station tucked into the corner of my living room. (I do have an office, but for.
I survived and then some
The 1st day of school was a success, as I thought it would. Little Bubba joked as we got ready for school, "You should have a welcome home party for us." I laughed along with him, and he forgot about it. So that afternoon I went to the dollar store and.
A tiny child goes out into the world...
Daughter #2 insisted on riding the bus to her first full day of school. I tried to talk her out of it. Not for her, for me! So many reasons I should've taken her to school on her first day of kindergarten: She can't remember her teacher's name. She will.
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Fiction
A rant about school supplies plus my plan for full-time writing
Oh man, it's a beautiful morning, rainy and cool. School starts tomorrow. We went to Open House last night, where we met all the kids' teachers and found their desks and dropped off the school supplies. The amount of crap they need for school is incredible..
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Life
My weekend
The in-laws drove up from Alabama for a visit this weekend. It's always fun catching up with my husband's family, but it is also exhausting, trying to get the little kids to interact with their grandparents after months apart. Everybody was great about.
Cool stuff in Blossomland
There's some cool stuff going on in Sherri's world today. Thought I'd give a little linky love today so you can join in. Writtenwyrdd is having a contest on her blog to celebrate three years and a thousand posts. A thousand! Wha? You heard me. Here's.
She's back! and other bullets
Man, oh man, I had the awesomest writing day yesterday. I was on FIRE. Fire, I tell ya. It was one of those days where the urge to write overrode the urge to clean house and play games and nurse my bad eyes. I made steady progress on my synopsis throughout.
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Life
The great unsolvable Internet mystery
Does anybody even use Feedburner anymore? Back when I started blogging, Feedburner was an important tool, but now my only subscriber on there is the Google Feedfetcher. Thinking of getting rid of it, but as soon as I do somebody will ask where it is..
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Fiction
Good energy coming your way
I decided not to delve into my sinus problems publicly, because I don't want illness to be the first thing you think of when you remember ol' Sherri Blossoms. I want you to remember the good energy, so that's what I will focus on. I will say that yesterday.
Accidental encouragement
Me: I really need to go upstairs and write, but I'm just so sleepy.DH: Do it anyway.Me: But when I'm sleepy I can't think of words.DH: You have to get used it. Make it automatic. There's things I've had to do that with.Me (insulted): Like I don't do.
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Life
