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‘Nuff said. Or perhaps it’s that there is little to say when I’m in hand to hand combat with a manuscript. THE DAY OTOH, a bunch of us Egmont Last Listers chewed the fat and caught up. All I can…
THE DAY Spent writing, but it sure went fast and I somehow feel as if I’ve nothing to show for it. That’s not true in a literal sense. There are words, though they’ll probably all die tomorrow, and I see…
THE DAY I have a confession to make. I know why this particular beginning is tough (although, really, they all are): because I’m not doing the book I spent the last month (before the novella) outlining. Don’t ask me why….
They just are. THE DAY One thing about beginnings: sometimes you don’t really find them until you’re well through the book or even at the end. This has happened to me more than once. (Actually, it happened with the novella…
Sorta. So the early part of the week was all taken up with life maintenance, and that all just trickled into the rest of the week, pretty much. By Wednesday night, I was kinda caught up–talk for Thursday night done,…
Literally. THE DAY Yet another life maintenance day, mostly spent dealing with the bats–yes, that was a plural–and then updating the website (a garden that must also be planted) and potting tomatoes that just MUST be potted already. Completely stressed…
Which means, in a word: boring and yet strangely frenzied. THE DAY Nothing much going on today, and yet there was a lot, all the tasks and errands and bills I’ve let go for the last ten days while writing…
THE DAY Okay, so here’s the thing. Let’s break this all down because this is important. Here are the stats re: that very LONG short story I just shot off to the editor. (Yes, I made my deadline. I always…
But I did it: 7400 words today. Of course, it’s all a shapeless mess that I have to nip, trim, and tuck tomorrow, but shaping something is much easier than fretting over a blank page. It really is late, though (almost tomorrow,…
THE DAY You might notice that I’ve published twice today. That’s because I neglected to post Going Batty yesterday. Yes, I was that frazzled. Today, I’m simply grinding. I started working as soon as I got up, took a break to do…