I adore Halloween. Halloween is my second favorite holiday (Christmas being the first). I love Halloween because it is the only time of the year people actually go all out for theme parties. Oh, yes, there are the die hards, but there’s always someone who shows up to the party in jeans because they’re too [...]
For those of you who follow me on Twitter you already know that around 6 am EST I finished the first complete draft of my novel. I started this project in January 2008 and it’s now October 2009. For nearly two years I have tried to construct a YA novel that is more JK Rowling [...]
In my attempts to post today I’ve actually cleared my entire google reader from 90- some items to 0. At least for the next few minutes. I’ve noticed many of my friends who blog (or have blogged in the past) have not posted lately. Or when they do, they post about how they haven’t posted [...]
Do you remember the days when I used to post every single day? I made a New Year’s resolution to do that and somehow completely got out of the habit. I’d really like to get back into that. For one, I need to write more. I love writing but when I don’t do it I [...]
I’ve officially signed up for National Novel Writing Month. I feel a little bit crazy for doing this, but I’m also very excited. The point is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. This begins November 1st and ends at midnight on November 30th. There are a million reasons to do this, but [...]
In my last post I mentioned having mixed feelings about living here. I am highly ambivalent about being here. In many ways, this area is wonderful. I know where everything is and there’s enough new mixed in with the old that it would be hard to run out of new things to try. In terms [...]
I read a lot of blogs. A lot. Mostly, I don’t comment on them. I know, it’s a terrible policy. But sometimes I’m just too late to add anything meaningful to the conversation other than “I agree with becky, karen, kim, sarah, stacey, heather, (and so forth and so on).” Sometimes I’m too intimidated by [...]
It’s raining here (again) and I feel like leftover death-on-a-stick. It’s just a cold, so I’ll be trying to lay low for the next two days (today and tomorrow). Still, things have been lovely lately and I wanted to share. After several failed attempts I finally had marginal success at curling my hair with my [...]
I won this award today: Everything has its price, however. The price of this award is that I now have to answer these questions and then bestow the award on 6 other bloggers who must answer the questions and pass it along to 6 more bloggers. This is the cross you have to bear for [...]
