We are constantly busy. Insanely busy. I suppose that I’d rather be busy than bored, but sometimes it becomes overwhelming. I can’t tell you how many times my husband has found me hiding under a blanket because I just need five minutes to regroup. But I’ve finally figured out a schedule that works for me. [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Organizing Your Time and (Writing) Life
Posted in Writing, tagged busy, color coded calendar, organizing your time, time management on November 29, 2010 | 14 Comments »
I’m A NaNoWriMo Winner!
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo winner on November 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »
WOO!!! This was the busiest month of my life, but I did it. Yeehaw!
When We Fell In Love
Posted in Writing, tagged Dennis Haritou, nonfiction, personal essay, Three Guys One Book, When We Fell In Love on November 26, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The very gracious Dennis Haritou from Three Guys One Book reviewed my Hint Fiction story on their site. (Hee hee, he said “voyeur”!) He invited me to contribute an essay to their wonderful When We Fell In Love series, and I have to tell you that I was deeply honored and also a little bit [...]
In Which I Obsess Over Star Candies
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Night of Writing Dangerously, noir, shirley temples, Spirited Away, star candies, writing a novel on November 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tonight was The Night of Writing Dangerously, and it was super fantastic! First, I have two pics! Number one: I finally had my first Shirley Temple with extra cherries, the official assassin’s drink. It was delicious. Yes, I’m holding two. Don’t judge me. And number two: I was utterly charmed by these adorable star candies! Did anybody else [...]
Come Back From San Francisco
Posted in Writing, tagged kites, Laura J. Hickman, San Francisco, shark on November 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This song by the Magnetic Fields is one of my favorite songs of all time. Thoughtful, profound, and heartwrenchingly melancholy. I’m so very glad that I was introduced to it several years ago. If you haven’t heard “Come Back From San Francisco”, then you should go and listen right now. It’s beautiful. So! I’m (obviously) [...]
The Night of Writing Dangerously
Posted in Writing, tagged femme fatale, NaNoWriMo, Night of Writing Dangerously, noir on November 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Tomorrow my friend Laura and I are flying to San Francisco. We’re going to bundle up, eat clam chowder out of bread bowls, see the sights, and then attend the ultimate NaNoWriMo experience: The Night of Writing Dangerously. The best part? It’s a noir theme, and we’re dressing appropriately. Black dress, flowers in my hair, [...]
My Mom Is A Writer: A Post By A Two Year Old
Posted in Writing, tagged Disney princesses, it's beautiful so why don't you go outside and play?, toddler, writing with kids on November 17, 2010 | 14 Comments »
(Given that my sweet thang can’t type yet, I’ll use my words to say exactly what she would have you know.) Mama is a writer. That’s what she says. This means that she sits at the computer. A lot. She says, “No, don’t touch that!” and “Eek, I forgot to save!” and “This is exactly [...]
Shock Totem Has a Beautiful New Cover!
Posted in Writing, tagged cover art, knives, my house suddenly seems inferior, Shock Totem Issue 3 on November 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The cover art for Issue #3 makes me swoon. For real. Mmm, pretty pretty knives. I long to live in a house made of knives.
In Which Our Group Plays Silent Hill 2
Posted in Writing, tagged Battle Bunny, billie the girl, Coke Zero, getting stuff done, Mason Bundschuh, Silent Hill 2, we're all rockstars, writers group on November 10, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I didn’t get home last night until 2:00. Our writer’s group didn’t start until 9 PM, and it was amazing. I had been struggling with a personal essay for the last two months, and I finally brought the sad little thing to the Illiterati. Within three minutes, I kid you not, they dug down and [...]
Wombats Will Rule The Wooooooorld!
Posted in Writing, tagged International Wombat Dance-Off, Las Vegas, Mason Bundschuh, Simon C. Larter, writing contest on November 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
See that pair of man feet in the header? That’s my friend Mason. By now, if you read this rather hysterical post that he wrote, you know that he and I entered a flash fiction contest for the Las Vegas Book Festival. We talked smack, swaggered around, and totally vowed to out-write each other. So [...]
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