Tag: writing life
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A Quiet Anniversary
Fifteen years and a few days ago, I published my first blog post. It was unashamedly a Mommy blog, because it was before any social media I knew of (I’m sure Myspace was a thing, I had no idea of it) and I wanted to share the quiet joys of my small family with…
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Writing Marathon
Ready, set, go! I have a week(ish) of vacation. Other than possibly a couple of days down to visit my mother and sister with all the kids (during which I plan to get no writing done other than daily minimums, and that because Mom will encourage me into it), I have a full seven…
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State of the Writer: Drained
I haven’t been writing. I need to be editing, I haven’t been doing that, either. I’ve just been tired. Which is ok. I’m not beating myself up over this. Yes, I wanted to be writing every day this year. But writing is on the back burner for the duration, so I refuse to set myself…
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LTUE AAR: Day 2 and 3
My friend and fellow troub…. er, author, James Young, challenged me a bit to finish this up in his look back at LTUE. It’s been, in my defense, a very busy couple of weeks. And in many ways I am still digesting everything I crammed into my head over the course of three short but…
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Brain Fuel
I’m beginning the last day of being in the north of Texas with my friends. I’m both looking forward to home, my husband, my children, and my bed, in that order. Of course, hearing the news from home yesterday that schools were closed, the First Reader was working from home, there was a half-inch of…
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Professional Daydreamer
I’m stressed – nothing big, just life transitioning again – and normally when I’m stressed, I stop being creative. This time? The creativity has kicked into a whole new level. I’m confused. I’m not complaining, but still, I wish my brain were a little more predictable. Especially because what’s popping into my head isn’t terribly…
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Progress Report
I meant to write first thing this morning. I mean, I meant to blog first thing this morning. I wrote, instead. I’ve been working on a short story and I’m nearing the climax of that. So I’m excited about it and wanting to finish it off so I can send it to the editor of…
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Gone Astray
It’s the first of November. I find myself, on this chilly morning, watching all my friends make plans to write extra hard this month, and I have to make myself write some things down. But those things are the reasons I cannot, absolutely cannot, write fiction this month. I want to. I want to so…