Day two of the writing retreat. I feel so lucky, that I have a writer friend who can offer a serene retreat where I can put everything down for a day or two and just focus on writing in the midst of beauty. It makes a difference. Also, I got to try a Russian treat, […]
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I managed to squeeze out a day-and-a-half to come early to the Bay Area so I could do a writing retreat (or writing boot camp, as Alex Gurevich calls it), between the end of semester and the holidays. It was wildly productive — I drafted an entire story on the first day (with a consultation
An extra day for writing boot camp. Read More »
Jeez, the curse continues. Although I think this one may just be tiredness. Maybe travelling on 4 hours of sleep wasn’t the best idea — at age 52, I don’t bounce back nearly as fast as I used to. So what happened? Well, as I said earlier, I had a nicely productive stretch on the
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(I had a couple bites of the steak sandwich, which was only okay, but I mostly ordered that because I thought it would keep reasonably well for breakfast tomorrow.) The fries were delicious. The outdoor hotel pool (Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City) was lovely and heated enough for lap swimming (a little cool for just
(If you wander by, feel free to come say hi – I’m very interruptible right now. I’ll wear headphones if I don’t want to be disturbed.) And yes, that’s a drink – I’m not a heavy drinker, but I have a school board meeting later this evening that I’ll be attending remotely, so I figured
Have a really nice window in my room with a great view. I plan on spending a fair bit of time in that room over the next few days, working on some writing, so that will be nice. I haven’t settled down to writing yet, though. I made a new friend, Jeremy Lassen, and he
Arrived at the hotel. Read More »
Kansas City airport. Well, I guess a big piece of art. 15 seconds of video.
Subtle but effective little piece of art. Read More »
Subtle, simple, effective. (I mean, it’s not the B-to-C corridor in Chicago’s United terminal, but that’s hard to beat. It seems unfair to ask other airports to compete at that level…)
I liked this ceiling artwork in the Kansas City airport. Read More »
Happy to be on the road again; it’s been a few months, and I miss it. Itchy feet!
Waiting to board flight to World Fantasy Convention. Read More »
At Bradley now, waiting to board my flight home. I’d say we got about 1/8th of the work done that needs to be done to finish my parents’ estate planning, but some of the rest can be done remotely. I’m guessing I’ll have to come out at least one more time, maybe in mid-November, just
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