Watched an episode of the new season of Queer Eye, took a little nap, then wrote another 700 words. One more big scene to write, I think, then I’d like to do a revision pass filling in the bits I’d only sketched out before. Getting there. Time for another little break, rest my fingers. Me […]
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Slow start this morning at the retreat after last night’s late dinner party (finished partying at 1, couldn’t sleep after until close to 4, frustrating), but finally writing did get going. Finished a scene, 985 words. Like a door opening to a quiet place in my mind, little whispers of thought that get drowned out
Well, writing retreat is off to a bit of a rocky start — I think I managed to leave all my meds at home, argh. I had them all packed and out on the kitchen table, but I think I left the case there. Now I have to figure out if I can get Kev
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Have settled in, in Santa Fe. They got a recent heavy snow, which has been steadily melting in the bright sunshine. But it’s rather lovely at the moment, creating snow and ice effects all around. I’m not really a Southwest girl generally, but the composition of sunny bright blue sky, dark evergreens, adobe buildings and
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It won’t be warm, but warmer than Chicago. More importantly, six days of writing. Eep. Huge thanks to Kevin for agreeing to solo parent duty for a week; the kids are bigger now, but it’s still extra work and responsibility. I’m going to try to mostly be offline and write eight hours a day, hopefully
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I didn’t actually do that much writing this morning, but I opened the file and edited the first scene, and came up with a structural change that I think will improve the story a lot, so that’s all good. I’ll come back to it tomorrow. I did post all the trip photos so far, so
Working on a story this morning (yay), and have a quick research question for my science peeps. I need radiation levels to be climbing in a manufacturing plant, and I don’t have a good sense of what levels are: – relatively safe – relatively dangerous – clearly critical, and – fatal (for humans) If I
I arrived exhausted at Alex and Christa‘s, just bone-weary, and for the first two days we were there, I think I mostly rested and recovered. It was a LONG semester. But by yesterday I was feeling mostly like myself again, and by today, I actually felt like I could write, for the first time in
Done? DONE! I wrote a book, peoples! Read More »
Gritty black ash. This year closes in exhaustion. We try to breathe behind masks, watching Omicron’s line climb precipitously, seemingly out of control. Governments fail our scientists and healthcare heroes, who would desperately prefer to stop being heroes, catch their breaths, rest a little. So many failures have led to this all being so much
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Event scheduled for Santa Fe! Friday, Jan. 7th 5:00p-6:00p Happy Hour at Jean Cocteau Cinema 6:00p-7:00p Author Event on JCC stage 7:00p-8:00p Author signing and mixer at Beastly Books More details as they get finalized.
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