At one point, I remember, I used to really like rewriting. I enjoyed that wordsmithing act, finding just exactly the right word, the right phrase or metaphor or simile, and polishing the text. I lost some of that, quite frankly, it’s been missing for a couple of years now. The important thing though is that […]
When I’m busy, I get more things done. Wait — let me explain. When I have all the time in the world, I find that I’m pretty lazy, and that I spend a lot of my time sitting on the couch, knitting or doing handwork. When I’m busy, that is, when I have a lot
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I didn’t write a lot this weekend — too busy being social. But I have been slogging away, a little bit at a time, since the start of the year. I just got to the end of chapter five. And I realized that I have four characters interacting in a certain way because I’d defined
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Continuing our series of posts This one possibly should have been the first post, but I don’t always do things in order. The lovely pen in this icon is what I call my Katana pen. It’s shaped like a curved Japanese blade when it’s closed. It’s the first of the Waterman Serenite series. Mine is
The last time I was in San Francisco for the day job, we went to Kitchen on Fire for a team building experience. Basically, these two chefs help your group cook something delicious. We had a great time and about a dozen bottles of wine between 20 of us didn’t hurt. One of the recipes
Subtitled: Pens I would own if money were no object. As ya’ll may or may not know, I write everything out by hand, first, before I type it up. I own five fountain pens that I cycle between. When I’m doing a lot of writing I tend to keep three filled. Right now, I’m not
Not really doing the year in review thing — that tends to be a very personal thing for me. This year wasn’t the best on record, though, and I’m sincerely hoping that 2009 is better.
I hope that those of you who celebrate have had a wonderful holiday season, or at the very least as stress free as it can be. Me — I’m so very, very lucky. I have a wonderful family and have had such a fabulous time here. We’ve had two days of lots of people around
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I was one of the lucky ones — I got to the airport and I managed to fly out of Seattle on time. I’m at my brother’s house for the holidays. I spent the day working, then went with my brother and his wife to see “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at the