Update on my novel (no, I haven’t forgotten about it)
I say I haven’t forgotten about my book that I have written, but I have regrettably put it on the back burner this year – but it’s not to stay there for long! My intent was to go through an edit on...
View ArticleThis weather makes me want to write …
Ah, autumn. It’s that time of year again. The days get shorter, the leaves get colorful. There’s a bite in the air and the sun gets a little kinder. It’s bittersweet, welcoming the end of summer but...
View ArticleI’m writing a book and I have no idea what it’s about
Well, that’s only sort of true. I am writing a book, for National Novel Writing Month, and this will be my second time doing this. Last year, I had it all figured out – plot outlines, character...
View ArticleBring it on, November
Today is the 13th, which means November is almost over. I’ve got 2 more long Saturday runs before tapering starts before my marathon (tapering is running lesser distances to give my muscles a chance to...
View ArticleWriting designing running hiking traveling – let’s just all move to New York...
Time to update my bucket list. I wrote this a little more than a year ago. Here’s what the list was then, and how it’s going (items in green are in-progress or done!): 1. Write a novel. How it’s going:...
View ArticleThank you.
Today I am about to run 4 miles (I love tapering!) in my preparation to run 26.2 in a couple of weeks. I will attempt to write 7,000 words in a last-ditch effort to write a novel for this year’s...
View ArticleThe shortest blog post I’ve ever written (but there’s a good reason!)
National Novel Writing Month update: 34,885 words. I have less than 16,000 to write by Monday, and I am determined to “win” this year. For the record, I am happy with how the book is going, too – it...
View ArticleSomething you hope to do in your life
Note: I’m writing the 30 Days of Truth topics, not necessarily in the next 30 days, but in at some point, eventually, I will get all 30 days done. Write with me! On your blog if you have one, in the...
View ArticleSuch a rebel …
Not a day goes by that I don’t think about her, wish I could talk to her, want to see her. I miss my grandmother, Mia, like crazy, since she passed away in June. If there was anything she taught me,...
View ArticleI lied.
Not intentionally. I just changed my mind. A couple of weeks ago, I told you about my plan to write Mia’s memoirs as a part of NaNoWriMo. My grandmother and I worked on them for years, and she died...
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