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Ok. Who let me loose in the library?
Oh. There I am…
I’m on a basket-for-Christmas kick. Like knitting then felting. Photos 1 and 2 are finished baskets (one already received and one not on social media) and the third is the only before-felting photo I’ve remembered to take!
Rug wool! (Yay for spinner neighbor-friends with giant stashes!) Finally getting started on Christmas presents. Any guesses what these will be?
My 4 year old has a winged unicorn piggy bank named Laura (previously named Snowman). Today she made her extra fancy!
I make a habit of not sharing kid photos but there’s something so perfect about this one ❤️

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Tag: how i write

July 22, 2012August 16, 2012

In Celebration Of A Rare Day Off

Posted in Writer Writing. Tagged awesome-er in my head, BOOM!, how i write, writing. 6 Comments
June 29, 2012August 16, 2012

When a Writer Doesn’t Write…

…Look out. A writer who’s not writing is in serious trouble. Like any type of artist, we writers are unstable creatures. We have to write. For us, our passion is not so much a choice as an imperative. I don’t have a therapist; I have writing. Any day I don’t write is a bad day. […]

Posted in Uncategorized. Tagged elevated opinion, how i write, manic madness, writing. 2 Comments
June 24, 2012August 16, 2012

Deconstructing a Block

I have writer’s block. Obviously, this block is not all-encompassing, or you wouldn’t be reading this. I don’t believe in that sort of block, anyway. I was zipping through this new story, until I reached the end of part two a week ago. As of right now, I have three pages written in part three, […]

Posted in Uncategorized. Tagged elevated opinion, how i write, writing. Leave a comment
June 21, 2012August 16, 2012

Time to Create

We have a system. Specifically, my husband and I have a system. Every night, we have something we call Creative Hours. He most often works on music. I usually work on writing. But the point is that we do something creative. Or we spend part of the time learning more about whatever we’re doing. I […]

Posted in It's a Start. Tagged creative hours, elevated opinion, how i write, writing. 1 Comment

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