Random Bullets ala Parts-n-Pieces

I’ve been neglecting the blog in favor of writing on my manuscript.  But I really miss you all, so I’m throwing together some random stuff from my random state of mind. Happy thing: Making progress on the novel. Made my 10 page a week goal 2 weeks in a row, plus wrote a synopsis.  Small [...]

Rogue’s got a baby

Rogue has finally accepted Moxie as her own.  The kitten now has the cleanest ears around.

You know you spend too much time at the computer when …

…you look at the lower right corner of the book you’re reading to see what time it is.

I have an alma mater!

I got my first alumni magazine today!  I really and truly did graduate.  Wow.

Color me cynical – or is that jaded?

After Sherry Chandler’s fabulous post on irony this morning, I’ve been contemplating a comment I got on a critique from my instructor at Wildacres earlier this month.  The passage in question: “Where you find food, you find drummers.  Where you find drummers, you find pop-tarts.  Take drummers and pop-tarts, toss in a few shots of [...]

Security

I frequently have trouble with the TSA while flying, so coming back from Asheville, NC I opted to pack my knee brace rather than deal with the hassle of wearing it through security. But apparently that wasn’t good enough: I set off the metal detector anyway. I took off my watch and my rings. The [...]

Hasn’t this farce gone on long enough?

Shut up and confirm her already.

A character I couldn’t have created

Seen at the Post Office: A nun in full length habit, wimple and sneakers, with a cell phone holster on her rope belt, getting out of a white minivan, carrying a paper shopping bag from Macy’s.

The Calico Commando Strikes Again

Moxie falls off the back of the couch while stalking Edgar.

Home again

After a wonderful two weeks in North Carolina, I’m back home and trying to re-acclimate to the Real World.  It was absolute heaven — no cell phone, no cooking, cleaning or responsibilities other than to sit in a rocking chair and write. And write I did, for 8 hours a day.  I rewrote the first [...]