Still no Vol. 1 in my sadly empty mailbox. I do still remember where Vol. 2 is. That is a source of both relief and temptation. Sigh. 106,904 is the word count tonight. I’m gathering momentum for the end, Rafe is really excited, but I keep getting interrupted by mundane things like sleep and work […]
Frustration Mounts Read More ยป
And that somebody seems to be the United States Postal Service. I did not get the eagerly-awaited Vol. 1 today. I received the CD I ordered a full week after ordering Vol. 1. And there’s no mail tomorrow… I have read the first six pages of Vol. 2, and somehow managed to put it down
Somebody up there hates me Read More ยป
Okay, this is really weird. I swear to you I’ve barely been writing at all. I know I haven’t, I’ve been going over and over the same scene, and distracted by lots of other stuff besides. I haven’t moved forward at all, and the scene has been mostly changes, not additions. So exactly how did
Argh. Grr. (search “The Very Secret Diaries”, if you really want to know. Don’t bother if you don’t have a sense of humor, rank the Lord of the Rings up there with the book of your faith, or have anything unbendable stuck anywhere.) The eagerly-awaited volume one did not arrive today, while volume two sits
Gimli speaks for me too Read More ยป
I have a talent–no, it goes beyond that. I have an uncanny and frightening ability to never, ever, no matter how hard I try, pick out the first book in a series. And usually I’m halfway through the book I thought was first, before I figure it out. This, as you may imagine, is very
The Curse of the Series Read More ยป
Grr. Why are professed Christians some of the most intolerant people you’ll ever meet? For the record, I’m with Crocodile Dundee–me and God, we be mates. Just so you know where I’m coming from, when I say some of these people really need to dig a little deeper into those big ole books they’re always
Not about writing, at least not to start. Here goes. Why do people feel compelled to drop in on a suicide survivors’ group and start preaching about how our loved ones are in hell? What possible good could these people think they’re doing? News flash, folks–the ONLY possible effect you can have on those left