Recalibration
I put this on Twitter (and therefore Facebook), but not in the one place I should have:On Sunday I rolled over 70,000 words on The Black Hour.Woot!Done? Nope. But getting [...]
Getting cozy
Lunch break. Not really that cozy. I'm at Cosí, but it's cold outside and, on the way over, I realized that I didn't actually feel that well. Tired, head sorta [...]
It’s time for bear devouring, clearly
Thanks to The (award-winning) Bloggess (who you should be reading) for this award.Thank you all for voting for me.Oh? You didn't? What about this one?Fine. I gave them to myself [...]
Blogroll
I need more good blogs to follow. I've tried a few new ones, but I'll tell you: If I post a thoughtful, legitimate comment on your blog and you don't [...]
Check up
A check-in, I mean. On the book.When last we spoke of it, I was flinging ambitious word count goals around. How am I doing?Drumrollllllll.60,860 words. That's less than 10,000 words [...]
A ring
If any of you called the house, left a message, but haven't heard from us, do not fear. We are alive. And we have lost our voicemail code.And by “we,” [...]
Crankypants
I don't feel like a grown-up anymore, because I have an earache and I can't think of anything interesting to say here.Try this. Alan Rickman could read the proverbial phone [...]
Making plans
I feel so grown up.I just submitted a proposal for a panel at next year's AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs, I know there's a W missing) conference.This is [...]
Ahoy, mateys
The caption I want to use:“What happens when I send my husband to the grocery.”The caption he said I was allowed to use:“Winter’s comin.’”
One in a million or so
Writing news that I shared in other social media places but forgot to post here: My story, "The Summer Ahead," is on the storySouth Million Writers Notable Stories of 2010 [...]