Well I am now officially getting harassed by my friends who are reading my blog only to find out…nothing. (Except, of course, for the fact that I am not very good at maintaining a blog.) So, here are some of the highlights of my week: 1. I joined a writing critique group. A friend from Stonecoast,… Read More Writing Updates
Once upon a time I started this blog to talk about my writing… I’m not sure what happened with that, but somewhere between Shoeless Joe and my rant on home improvement I’ve clearly lost my focus. So, let’s catch up. On our last episode of “Tales of the Sad and Unpublished”: I finished… Read More Focus Back on Writing
Last night I went to see the movie Traitor with Don Cheadle, and planned to post a review of the movie on my blog today. After several drafts of a review, though, I realized it couldn’t be done. At least not by me. Giving my opinion of the movie was easy enough – it was… Read More Traitor
Last week I celebrated four years of owning my home. When I bought it, it was desperately in need of a little TLC. (Think of the house purchased by George & Mary Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life” for a suitable comparison.) It only took 3 gallons of industrial strength cleanser, 60 coats of paint… Read More Home Improvements
I am the worst blogger in the universe. It’s not like I don’t have things to write about… The list is pretty long, actually: · Despite my pledge to the contrary, I was completely hooked on the Olympics. I was in the audience for every one of Michael Phelps’ eight winning races. I also saw… Read More Random Musings
The top ten reasons I am too cranky to update my blog: 1. It has been raining for weeks. The sun came out briefly this weekend, but the temperature barely got above 70. We have approximately eight weeks of summer as it is where I live, and I would like one more beach day before… Read More Top 10 Cranky List
In celebration of baseball season, my bookclub chose the book, “Shoeless Joe” by W.P. Kinsella as our August selection, and I can sum up my feelings for this book in one word. Eh. I wanted to love this book. I really did. After all, I love the movie “Field of Dreams” on which this book… Read More Shoeless Joe
One week out from Stonecoast. You wouldn’t know it from the amount I (haven’t) updated my blog, but I’m actually doing pretty well on my resolutions. I’ve almost finished rewriting the first chapter that I presented at the workshop, I’ve only got a chapter left in the book I’m reading and last night I went to a… Read More Focus on Writing
Well, my week at Stonecoast Writers’ Conference has ended and I have to go back to work tomorrow. I briefly toyed with the idea of quitting my job and ensconcing myself in the upstairs den to do nothing more than read, write and e-mail all of the new friends I’ve made as I contemplate Very… Read More Back to the Real World
I am having an AMAZING time at the Writers’ Conference this week. I am in a group with others who are writing novels and we each brought our first chapter to “workshop” with each other. To those who haven’t heard this term, it basically means that you take something personal and intimate that you have spent a great… Read More Stonecoast Writers’ Conference
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