Wild Horses Statue, Providence, RIRight, so where was I? Ciaragh was back, I was done with GARF, and life was settling down so I could get ready for my inlaws to come for a visit.Yeah, that didn't happen. Not even close.For those that don't know, my mom had some sort of major neurological event around… Continue reading And another hot minute passes…
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Camp Nanowrimo, April 2019
Taking notes like a boss writerOh y'all.Somehow this month's nano has been so hard for me. I mean worse than that time that I wrote for two weeks and then completely changed my WIP and still came out a winner.Worse than last April when I almost abandoned what I was writing because in the aftermath… Continue reading Camp Nanowrimo, April 2019
Ongoing Scrivener Saga
So after many hours of struggling with my own lack of patience, I finally cracked the code and got my enormous work in progress into Scrivener. Seems that two things were working against me: 1. My laptop was trying to run the program in a compatibility mode with Windows 8, which -much like Windows Vista… Continue reading Ongoing Scrivener Saga
Crawling back out of the rabbit hole…
First, let me say that if that image there was my rabbit hole I would never come back out. Ever.Right, so back to the topic at hand - rabbit holes. I am using this term not to describe an underground warren, but a distraction one encounters while trying to be productive. For me, social media… Continue reading Crawling back out of the rabbit hole…
On Daylight Savings Time and Writing Workshops …
I hates it, precious. I HATES IT!For the record, it isn't Daylight Savings Time I necessarily hate. It is the tampering with time, both forward and back, that I hate. I especially hate it when it causes my alarm clock goes off at a time that my body thinks is TOO EARLY. (Though let's be honest… Continue reading On Daylight Savings Time and Writing Workshops …