Today I went on my second annual yarn buying spree, though I didn’t actually go to any yarn stores. Value Village has a huge sale on President’s Day — half off all clothing. And as spring is just around the corner, they bring out all their sweaters and mark them down in price. Then you […]
Constructive deconstruction Read More »
Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve updated. Things are good, but busy. One of the things I’ve been trying to do is get back into some healthy habits. To that end, I made food this weekend to eat over the week. I made a steak (it was on sale!) and chicken. The steak I
I wrote every day while I was in New Orleans. It was generally for an hour or so, though one day it was only 30 minutes. I’m not going to lie — it wasn’t easy to find that time, or the best work I’ve ever done. But. I did it. And that’s what counts. Without
The adventure continues! It was cold today. I mean, really cold for New Orleans. Went down to 37 last night. This is a place where palm trees grow wild. Seriously, seriously cold. Didn’t warm up all day. High was 45. I took the St. Charles street car all the way to Tulane today, walked around
I’ve had a wonderful day, but it isn’t over yet. I thought I’d post now, though.
Day 2 — the adventure continues! Read More »
Am here in New Orleans to scout out neighborhoods, figure out where I’m going to live come September when I move here. I ate dinner at The Alpine: a Louisiana Cajun Cafe. The food was amazing — fresh and perfectly seasoned. The cafe itself was very interesting. The patrons included a tableful of nuns, dressed
Because I’ve been writing every day since December 24th, it feels like I’ve been doing this rewrite for longer than I have, that I’ve been on the 100 day push for a much longer time. But in real time, it’s only been a week. I keep being amazed at both how much I’ve accomplished, as
I was cursing madly this morning while I drove out to write. But the 100 day push has been an incredibly effective strategy to get me off my butt and working on the rewrite, every single day. I’ve finished doing this character edit in the first novel, and have started doing it in the second.
I took some time this evening, while shopping, making dinner, deciding what I was going to work on first. There are so many edits that I need to do. It came down to a choice between these two: –Doing the “make it not broke” pass on the third novel. Which is mainly writing the missing