Taking a small break to crow a bit, as all the preparatory work that I’d written long hand is finally, fantastically entered into Scrivener and with the help of Pages has also been printed into a to-go file for when I’m writing away from home. Even got all nerdy for way too long and [...]
Archive for June, 2009
28 Jun
No More Mags
Recently I listened to a podcast by Mur Lafferty where she reviewed the big two mags, Writer’s Digest and The Writer, and reversed her opinions on which she felt more valuable. But she also talked about the plateau that writers hit when it comes to advice – eventually you’ve read it all and now [...]
23 Jun
Is Coffee Supposed to be Loud?
The coffee shop ended up being a terrible idea. I managed to get a couple of pages typed in before a crowd of patrons raised the noise level to un-ignorable heights. In the end, I packed up my bag, drove home and treated the dog to an early walk since weather reports hinted [...]
23 Jun
Note Typing a.k.a. Uninspiring Blog Post Titles
I am out and about.
First day of my weekend and I have the car. The goal this morning is to sit, sipping Chai tea latte and typing in all my notes from the manuscript build that I’ve been working on these last weeks. I have two days to get it all in and [...]
20 Jun
Plum Crazy
Playing on the computer and sipping some Japanese plum wine. It was an impulse purchase while we were in Niagara, something I’d always wanted to try, and now I’ve gotten into the bad habit of treating myself with a half glass of the sweet and sour wine in the evening. Todd’s practicing his [...]
12 Jun
Writing On The Sly
I sit under the hot lights and warm air of the upstairs room at the Laughing Buddha. There are 10 of us tonight, ejected from our regular hangout at La Fromagerie for the week, and we are melting as we eat our specialty pizzas and sandwiches. But good food, nice to have [...]
10 Jun
No, no, no . . .
No words typed in.
No work done on the short story.
No progress on the manuscript build.
I did journal today – extensively. And it lulled me into a false sense of productivity. Still, it needed to get out and it couldn’t be done here and I feel a little better in that regard. It [...]
8 Jun
Test, Travolta, Physics, Tales — and Writing!
For my weekend upcoming:
A teeny bit of blood work, the last of all my tests. Results are forthcoming in July and after that … well, we’ll see, won’t we? if I get the clean bill of health then I can worry about my potential knee troubles. So far, though, so good. [...]
6 Jun
Calling it a Night
I’m trying to self-medicate with a stiff rum-and-coke after a day that tested the very limits of my patience.
So while I sip the luke-warm beverage, the tinkle-tonk noise of Boom Blox 2 plays on the Wii while Todd and his buddy amuse themselves and the early night’s breeze brings with it the strange but intoxicating [...]
