Why do I always have to be nervous?
I’m here in the hotel room on the last day of Ad Astra, charging my phone and enjoying the solitude. My two roomies never came back last night, which you would think would make for sound sleeping but in truth I just spent half the night waiting [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ad Astra’
29 Mar
Bleary-Eyed, Nauseous, and Geeky
Posted by Steph in Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, workshops, Writing. Leave a Comment
28 Mar
In The Middle
Posted by Steph in Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, tired, wired. Leave a Comment
Tried to catch some a few zzz’s between panels at Ad Astra but my brain just won’t shut off – in the good way. As someone with a mind that can latch on to bad things and spend the the night just turning them around and around, having my brain hamster-wheel something interesting is, [...]
25 Mar
Prepping for Ad Astra
Posted by Steph in Life, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, Books, wordcount, Writing. 1 Comment
This is my last ‘free’ day to get ready for my three-day vacation to Toronto for Ad Astra. We’ve gotten most of the large details taken care of, like where the cat and dog are staying, but it’s the little details that are still elusive, things like exactly when we are leaving, what nights [...]
9 Mar
When A Plan Falls Through
Posted by Steph in Life, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, vacation, wordcount, Writing. Leave a Comment
I started the day sleepy, still working off the effects of Daylight Savings, but upbeat. At work it’s been cheese-arific, with lots of downtime in between calls which let me journal like mad one day, read about 100 pages of a new book, and write some of another short fiction piece. It was [...]
16 Feb
To The Stars in 2009!
Posted by Steph in Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, hotel, wordcount, Writing. Leave a Comment
I’ve committed to Ad Astra now. I put the reservation in for the hotel at Ad Astra for a party of three, me, Todd and a girl from the Sudbury Hypergraphics. I didn’t call and use the discount code – its weirdly more expensive by a couple of dollars and I wanted to [...]
18 Jan
To The Stars!
Posted by Steph in Life, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, draft, paper, productivity, wordcount. Leave a Comment
That would sound a heck of a lot more convincing if the Ad Astra website wasn’t sitting there refusing to load, but the sentiment remains. This link should be working shortly: Ad Astra, this March 27-29th! I will be going to Ad Astra this year! And with a posse of writing buddies to boot! We’ll [...]
15 Jan
Writing Around a Wedge of Cat
Posted by Steph in Computers, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, cat, Scrivener, wordcount. Leave a Comment
I suppose I should interpret Greyson’s medicine-balling on my lap between me and my Macbook as some sort of sign of affection but I’m too jaded – I stole the ottoman he was curled up on, the one normally near one of the heating vents, for my own nefarious purpose, writing. This isn’t love curled [...]
7 Jan
Skull Scarves
Posted by Steph in Life, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, goals, routine, work. Leave a Comment
I’m wearing it now, black with cute little pirate skulls. I can say cute because the graphic is all rounded, inoffensive. I wear it and I think not only of goths but of little old ladies with delicate scarves flapping in the wind as they peal out of town on a big black Harley. It’s [...]
4 Mar
Under Boughs of Holly
Posted by Steph in Life, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, Lisle. Leave a Comment
Listening to Holly Lisle’s “How To Beat Writer’s Block.”
I had waffled on it, wondering whether writer’s block was really real, whether that was my problem in the first place (block or laziness or wannabe?), and whether it would be worth the $60 asking price. I’ve enjoyed her e-books, good value for their money (only $15 [...]
2 Mar
Coming To Terms
Posted by Steph in Life, Writing. Tagged: Ad Astra, Lisle, plotting. Leave a Comment
Not going to Ad Astra. Which, fine. After being told “We’ll find a way,” the first time I brought it up with my supervisor, the reception I got when bringing it up when told to was decidedly cooler, with “Well…” and “You could try…” and “Talk to so-and-so to see if…” peppering the ragu of [...]
