I love that magazines send gratis copies when you have an article writen in a particular issue. Today, I received 6 copies from American Fitness magazine, with my article, “The Top 10 Least Effective Exercises . . . and Their Better Alternatives” spanning pages 14 & 15. Yay! It’s such validation to see your words in print, you know? NaNo is going fairly well, despite the atrociously slow site. I finally got to log my word count, which was 9750 this morning. I haven’t... Continue to Full Post →
NaNo’s website is driving me batty! I am Mentor to 6 people, and I haven’t been able to get the site to stay loaded long enough to even check in with them! Forget about getting a word count submitted! Head, meet desk. Read More →
Since the lovely Linda was kind enough to meme-tag me, here’s your treat of the night: Seven answers to seven questions… 1. It is your lucky day what are you going to do? Sit on the beige shores of Grand Turk with my husband, sipping an outstanding piña colada, munching nachos from Margaritaville (hey, you don’t have to be a Jimmy Buffet fan to enjoy the food! Thank goodness…) and then snorkeling. With a full belly. So I can sink to the bottom to gather shells easier. 2.... Continue to Full Post →
3 days to go, and the rush of frenzied adrenaline is beginning to kick in. Lovely Kahlee asked how I am preparing for NaNo, so here’s a bit of my current process: I’m Bubbling like mad! I also downloaded Q10, a full-screen freeware word processor, because as we all know, this little girl tends to get distracted in a big way by all the pretty colors and lights of the internet (eye roll here). So, with Q10 up, I can’t see ANYTHING else, and it helps me to focus better. I’m... Continue to Full Post →
I’ve noticed that as I prepare more and more for NaNo, I’ve been talking a lot less. Normally, my husband can’t shut me up. I’m talking to him, talking to the dog, talking to the cats, yelling at the computer, etc etc etc. Over the last couple of days, though, he has asked me at least eight times, “Are you okay? You’re so quiet! Are you upset? Sad? What’s up?” or some variation of the same. So I’ve figured out that the more words I dispense into... Continue to Full Post →
I am in love with the weather right now. It’s 9pm, beautifully dark, a light rain falling against concrete, grass, tin roofs, and cars. I have almost every house light off, no television on, just the sound of the rain falling and my furbabies playing. My outdoor Halloween decorations are plugged in, so an orange glow is beautifying our front porch. This really may be the most relaxing environment I’ve been in since lying on a beach in the Caribbean. Read More →
Two weeks to go! Anyone else NaNoing this year? My dog chewed a hole in my Wonder Woman mojo-writing hat, so I’m going to have to find a new “uniform” for this year’s festivities. This year, I’ll actually be able to get my official “NaNo Winner” title, since they’ve decided to allow “scrambled” texts in the word-count verifier. Up until now, you’ve had to copy/paste your work in full on the site, in order to prove your 50,000... Continue to Full Post →
Did you miss me? The cruise was phenomenal. The ship, magnificent. The waters, breathtaking. The islands, little dollops of heaven. Naturally, I kept a journal while we were traveling (you can take the writer away from the computer, but dang it, most of us remember how to use pens!) and I’ll definitely be bringing some entries here. For now, I’m recovering. Lucky me managed to get sick while on vacation (of course) and am now battling walking pneumonia, sinusitis, bronchitis,... Continue to Full Post →
Well, tonight is the night! We will be creeping out during the witching hours to make a hellacious drive to the airport, flying around for a while, and then boarding a cruise ship destined for the Caribbean. If preparing for this trip has taught me anything, it’s this: shopping for summery clothes in September is fantastic. Linen pants for $5, countless lovely blouses ranging from $1.50 to $10, shorts for $3.50… I love 75% off sales! Shopping-induced adrenaline high aside, I’m... Continue to Full Post →
There are few things worse than having a passion for a craft that requires internet access, only to have your router(s) completely fall apart on you. Seriously, it sounds like an upgraded version of “the dog ate my homework” excuse. “I haven’t been shirking my work, I swear. My router just died.” Hrmph. Read More →
