I made it! I crossed the NaNo finish line! Wooo-hoooo! I will be back soon to bore you all to tears with my trials and tribulations during this month of writing, but for now, I have to get my butt out of the chair and go work out. I spent waaaay too much time sitting…
1 – It’s my birthday this weekend! I am not ashamed to admit that I LOVE PRESENTS!!! I adore getting gifts. To my credit I also get a kick out of giving gifts as well. One of the neat things this year is all the birthday freebies I’m getting! So far, here is what I…
It’s noon on Halloween and I’m bichok in my bathrobe. It’s one of my nicer robes actually, and I had a wonderful hot shower this morning while the husband took care of the girls and emptied the dishwasher. (How’s THAT for a Halloween treat!?!?) The bathrobe thing isn’t a costume, though I suppose frazzled mom…
I have often heard writers refer to their novels as their “babies.” It’s a metaphor that may seem to skate the line of hyperbole, yet is one I recently came to appreciate. Completing a manuscript is labor intensive, but it is a labor of love. (And yes, I intentionally used the word labor…twice…my apologies). Like…
Or at least if I had it together better. Or would that be better together? Peanut butter and chocolate. That’s better together. Anyways. I have a to-do list a gazillion miles long, but the real problem is, I have a gazillion to-do lists. One for chores around the house. One for stuff to fix around…
Well, if I’m going to keep my promise to blog everyday in May, there’s no better excuse than to bring Monday Muse back! I can’t recall how I stumbled across blogger Amanda Del Buono’s website: MandaJuice – Blogging With the Safety Off, but I’m glad I did. Her writing style is open and honest and…
So said the late great Bernie Mac. Upon hearing those words, my husband decided that particular phrase must get marked down in his parental lexicon to be referenced for later use. Also included are Red Foreman’s ( That 70’s Show) variations on calling people a dumbass, and the one he currently employs regularly to the…
So, NaNoWriMo officially ends tomorrow,and for once I completed something with time to spare. Despite both my girls getting horribly (and disgustingly) ill over the last few days, while working and homeschooling and holiday shopping and making sure my house isn’t buried under a mountain of dirty laundry and dishes I managed to hit the…
Writing 50,ooo words in one month is certainly easier than lifitng an X-wing fighter out of a swamp with just my mind. So I gotta take that short little green Jedi Master’s advice and get to it it – not try to make my goal, but do it. It’s crunch time for NaNo writers everywhere,…
I’ve learned a few things along my NaNo 2009 journey, some of which I already knew: like trying to write when the kids are around is simply FFF: (Freakin’…or Flippin’…or the other less polite choice) Futile and Frustrating. I can blog with the kids afoot, literally. Lil G’ is pulling on my leg as I…
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