You know what showed up in my inbox this morning? NaNoWriMo’s preparation workshop for the year. It’s SEPTEMBER. It’s barely MID-SEPTEMBER. What the heck? What happened to waking up on November 1st and going with whatever caught your fancy at
There is Not Enough Time in the World
Earlier in the year, we talked about how there was Too Much Free Stuff. How companies stuck all sorts of things online for us poor quarantined people, and how so many of them seemed like good opportunities, and how hard
Ignorance IS Bliss
Last night I finished reading my July writing book, called How to Write a Page Turner: Craft a Story Your Readers Can’t Put Down by Jordan Rosenfeld. It was one of those books that delivers a ton of information, way
Characters, Characters, and Not a Drop to Drink
We continue working through the dreaded middle of the changeling story. And it goes okay! Not amazingly, not like the words are pouring out of my fingers, but not where I’m staring at the screen wondering what I’m doing with
Still Scatterbrained
So, I see that I forgot to blog the second time last week. Good job, me. Very adult, much responsibility, or something. I finished my systems test class, which was very interesting, and somewhat encouraging, since a lot of the
Library Book Sale Finds: The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
Ha! Here’s July’s book done, only a few days late. This one is from my most recent book sale, back in November or December where I got a whole bag of books for $6. Admittedly there was not much on
We’re Back and it’s the End of the Month
Oh, hey, we’re back in our house, and we’ve put most of the furniture back, so, you know, progress. Also, all the houseplants got stuck in the office while the ceiling/walls were being redone, and I kind of like it.
Library Book Sale Finds: The Door into Fire by Diane Duane
Finally! I’ve been reading this book for two months. There’s not even any reason why it’s taken so long except I can’t focus at all right now and so am in the middle of four books (and have six more
Berries and Elephants
Information comes from the weirdest places sometimes, doesn’t it? Holly Lisle, who is one of my favorite writing teachers, has a saying about berries and elephants. I’m going to massacre it here, but the gist is that how much a
Trying to Pass On Favorite Books to the Next Generation
When I was, oh, 15 or so, I very intentionally packed away all the children’s books I’d kept, with the thought that I would pass them on to my children when I had them. The box of books got moved
