To quote my daughter, “I’m getting really freaked out here.” It’s late. It’s quiet. Except for my dog, going nuts at things I don’t hear. And the occasional rattle and thump on the roof. Cats, I tell myself. They climb the tree and chase each other on the roof. But I’ve seen Signs. And my […]
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Actually, yes, there is progress. One, and most important, I’m down to 693 pages. Yay! All that hard work is paying off… Two, it has been decided that I don’t need to move yet. The powers that be have decided that maybe it wouldn’t be in the best interests of my daughter to make me
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C.J. Cherryh’s word count goes up, in her blog. My page count goes down. But for both of us, it’s progress. I’m told next time I won’t write so flabby, if only because I don’t want to have to trim again. I hope that’s true! So. The official page count as of this evening is
Sensible is so Dull… Read More ยป
Yes, I’m aware it’s Mother’s Day. I’m aware I’m a mom. I’m aware the common wisdom holds that I should not have to work today. To hell with that, I say! I should be able to work on what I WANT to do! That said, brunch was lovely. If I can figure out how my
Real, Schmeal! Time to Get to WORK!! Read More ยป
And here it is, the evening of day one of my resolve to get real. So I’ll tell you what I’ve really been doing all day, when I could have been writing, editing, or cleaning my house. You guessed it, I spent way too much time reading C.J. Cherryh’s Progress Report. I did mention I
I’ve been reading the blog of C.J. Cherryh, an awesome writer I very much admire, though many of her books get too depressing for me. http://www.cherryh.com/www/progress.htm And I realized something I should have noticed a long time ago–no one, even good old can’t-help-but-be-upbeat me, wants to read about only the good times. So enough blather
It’s been a long time since I commented on the web rookie stuff, but I’ve just made a wonderful discovery I wanted to share. Now probably everyone will be laughing at me and wondering where I’ve been, but in case there’s someone out there who doesn’t know–Yahoo has a group called Freecycle, and there’s an