How many days will there be? Well, I’m not sure yet. I have three hanging projects that I’d like to finish up, and I *think* a week or so will take care of that. I’m stopping back at the house 2-3 times / day — I stopped back yesterday to sign a bunch of copies […]
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A little snippet of writing from today. New start to a story that never quite worked before, but I am hopeful that my brilliant new approach (it’s going to be an interstitial, tying together several other stories) will snap it into focus. Fingers crossed. It’s still pretty rough and first draft-y, but I think it’s
I stopped at home to do a few chores and shower and change before going back to the writing mines, and Kavi said my outfit was cute and she particularly liked my earrings, so here you go. Weird being out in the world again, wearing earrings and such. (Don’t worry, I put my mask on
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I am very fond of you folks, but you are very distracting. I think I have to start using apps to keep myself off again, at least on my laptop, for stretches when I hope to be writing. So here we go — I’m going to set SelfControl for 8 hrs now. (SelfControl is a
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I’m counting this as Day 1 of the writing retreat — I started it at dinnertime yesterday, technically, but that was really more pre-writing; trying to wind down a little bit from my everyday life, which is full of to-do list items. I didn’t try to write yesterday; I finished reading SB Divya’s terrific novel
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Doing a little vacation / writing retreat at a friend’s empty apartment in next suburb over (literally four blocks from my house). It is so quiet here. Kicked it off with indulgent dinner at Caffe de Luca; a little chilly to eat outside, but manageable with a jacket. One can’t expect to always be perfectly
I’m delighted to announce that with Victor Raymond’s help, the SLF will now officially be hosting regular Saturday cowriting sessions from 11am to 2pm Central time. This is a session for writers who would like support for their writing, and is currently open to SLF members, staff, and my writing students. (We may open it
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I’m delighted to announce that with Victor Raymond’s help, the SLF will now officially be hosting regular Saturday co-writing sessions from 11am to 2pm Central time. This is a session for writers who would like support for their writing, and is currently open to SLF members, staff, and my writing students. (We may open it
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Finished U+ board meeting (we meet at 7 a.m. my time because it’s an international group). Heading towards our next general assembly, prepping for sequence of narratopias workshops, looking forward to November 5-6 Other Futures festival in the Netherlands — I don’t know if I’ll be able to attend in person this year, but I’d
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I thought y’all might enjoy the opening to my story, “Moon Maid”! ***** 1948 Aarti ducked into the Bird and Babe, hoping that she wasn’t too late to snag her favorite corner for lunch. Thankfully, it was free – the Inklings hadn’t descended on it yet with their smeared manuscripts and typical high spirits. They’d
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