Somehow the month of October just passed me by.  I can’t believe I only posted two blog entries during the entire month.  Shameful!  In all fairness, though, it was a very busy time: I had to travel out of state for work on three separate occasions; I had my wonderful vacation to Nantucket; and I turned… Read More Agents and Writers

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    On our last episode of “Tales of the Sad and Unpublished”:   I finished… Read More Focus Back on Writing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 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

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

Laura’s To Do List: 1.       Create blog.  (Check!) 2.       Discipline yourself to update the blog regularly.  (Yea, yea, I’m working on it…) 3.       Make your blog updates interesting enough so that people want to check in regularly. 4.       Find out how to promote blogs so that people outside of my immediate circle gain interest in… Read More Gotta Getta Gimmick