We got one today. Well, two, a mom and daughter, and “refugee” was the right term for those poor people. The daughter was skittish, not surprising. And the mom–I have never seen, nor do I hope to ever see, anyone who looked more soul-tired than that poor woman. I had to rein myself in so […]
(I’d replace the link, but I don’t remember what it went to.) Coolness!!! Didn’t know I could do that.ย Gotta love experimentation.ย Oh, found that at urrmmm oh, yeah.ย Here it is. http://www.grsites.com I love that there’s free stuff everywhere on the web, if you know to look. Oh, blog?ย Um, okay.ย Long, awful day,
Please, please, Ms (or Mr, if it’s been passed on) New York editor, won’t you realize that it really is a great book (it is, honest) and get the lead out? The walls are closing in.
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It’s another of the ways that I am very weird. I have days where I am completely oblivious to those around me, then I have days when–well, when I could almost be a sci fi empath with no shields. Today I felt raw. The way I felt a week after Chris died. Like someone had
Progress is what matters, right? Doesn’t matter if it took all day to achieve just a little bit, doesn’t matter I didn’t get everything done I knew very well I could have. What I did today was what I could do today. I need to be satisfied. And really–my office looks great. I got Hope’s
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Want to know the really annoying thing about when it’s hard to write? No, it’s not the difficulty. It’s that there are two main reasons something is hard to write. (beyond the obvious ones–computer being obnoxious, no time, kid playing Ricochet, headache, etc.) One reason something might be really hard to write–it sucks. Bigtime. And
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Today I reached a point I haven’t seen in a long time. At least, not this far into the school year. Today at about 11 a.m., I just–gave up. When it hit me that I had been at work for three hours and I had not managed to complete one task, I just–gave up. Fluck
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