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Best Part of My Job

THE DAY No words today, but that’s fine. I expected as much because I had reading to do, a cake to bake, and some bonus material to get ready for the upcoming YA Scavenger Hunt set to run March 29-April 3….

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Where They Got It Right

THE DAY Let’s start with the good news.  This evening, The New Yorker came out with a really great piece about Oscar Underwood, an Alabama senator who was a Democratic candidate at a brokered convention back in 1924. There were a mind-boggling…

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Sick

THE DAY Title says it all.  So this will be short, but being ill does explain, a bit, why I was in such a black humor yesterday.  Spent most of the night awake with a sore throat.  Very tired this…

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Worries and History

THE DAY I am in a black mood. Yeah, I wrote.  Let’s get that out of the way.  Worked on the SF outline most of the day, though it wasn’t my choice to do so; it’s the way the day…

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A Novel Approach

Blame the husband. THE DAY So, in the course of gluing together a family member yesterday, that person also expressed disappointment over not being able to read the book I was working on. Which got me to thinking. It helps…

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Family Matters

It really does.  Everything is secondary. THE DAY Spent most of the day on the phone, gluing a family member back together.  I even got taken on several walks: i.e., the relative went here and there, phone in hand, and…

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Fresh Start

THE DAY A very brief entry today, mainly because I’ve gotten sidetracked this evening taking care of doctorly stuff.  But started a new outline today and it almost immediately went sideways (in a good, richer way, I think).  The downside…

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Leaping Forward

Sorta. THE DAY I don’t know what it is about losing that hour to daylight savings time (curse you, Ben Franklin), but I’m always discombobulated and behind the day after.  Understanding the science behind that doesn’t make it better either….

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Coming Back to Earth

THE DAY Pretty much spent traveling.  I was tired after all the events yesterday but pumped, too, because the kids were so enthusiastic and a few have already gotten in touch.  Still. Spent much of the night awake, though.  I…

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Cavalcade of Authors 2016

THE DAY So, as I said, I’m on the road and I spent the day at the Cavalcade of Authors 2016 talking to kids about various writerly things.  Having not done this for awhile, I’ve forgotten how much fun connecting with…

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