Babies operate on their own schedules, and good luck trying to dictate anything different! I learned that more quickly and painfully when my daughter decided to cut what is usually a many hours- or even days-long process of arrival down to two hours. Of course, I knew this about babies years ago, but knowing something […]
Category: Writer Writing
Word Count Surprise!
The other day, I woke to an email congratulating me on reaching 10,000 words for NaNo. The night before, I’d plugged in the day’s word count to the site without looking at or thinking about the month-to-date total, so the email caught me by total surprise. Cue the dance party! 100 or 1,000 words […]
So Far . . .
So far, the little one is asleep and I’ve just broken 8000 words with my writing for the month. How awesome is that? When I’m updating my word count with 100 or 200 words in a day, it feels like a drop in the ocean. My biggest writing day so far? Something over 600 words. […]
Of Course
Of course, this is when she sleeps. Now, when we should be out the door within half an hour and it will take at least that long to get her ready. Of course, she sleeps hard. Hard enough that once I put her down, I have time enough to brush my teeth, and pluck my […]
#NaNoWriMo17
In a strange turn of events, I’m actually participating in NaNo this year. For the uninitiated, that’s National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as November, when people sacrifice their lives to crank out 50,000 words of novel. In 30 days. I’m doing a modified challenge and talk about the details over at Anxiety Ink. The […]
When Things Don’t Go According To Plan
If you’ve been following along over on Anxiety Ink, you know I tried to do a Thing that didn’t go anywhere near the way I hoped. I set a date and time for a writing workshop on worldbuilding. I reserved the space at the library. A few people told me they would definitely-for-sure be there. […]
Social Magic of Storytelling
Let me tell you a story. (that’s why you’re here, after all.) I went to a party. It was a Friday after a long, crazy day at work that joined two weeks’ worth of long, crazy days. I went alone. I went with nerves and doubts. See, I was afraid I wouldn’t know anyone at […]
Why I Write
I’m currently savoring my way through Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook and came across a section that made me question why I write. Telling stories seems to have always been a fact of life. Somewhere, I still have notebooks filled with a toddler’s illiterate scrawl in crayon rainbows. My grandmother still tells me I can stop breathing […]
Distractions
This week’s distractions: Signing up for a master class in acting, put on by a local professional theater company. Working on my Halloween costume, which requires sewing lessons with my grandmother. The program (tentative) for the World Fantasy Convention next month. This year’s focus is on epic fantasy, which is much more my flavor than […]
New Play Festival
In addition to the overflow of ideas in September, some bizarre part of me thought it would be an excellent idea to sign up for the 24 Hour New Play Festival. As a writer. This is how it works: a group of awesomely insane people get together on a Friday night and split into teams […]
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