I came into my office early this morning. Had to run a defrag and scan on the external hard drive I use in my payjob. It’s been dragging and slowing progress. So, I decided to write for a little while since the kids are still asleep and it’s quiet. These defrags/scans take forever! Apparently, I write…
Month: July 2008
Sharp-Edged Juggling
Started my official daily word goal last night. Had a heck of a time turning off the internal editor and had to wrestle her to just let the shitty first draft flow. But I did. Writing on a set schedule is important if you want to slam through deadlines and goals. Plus, the drafts may start shitty…
Was Tired of Lime Green
The pastel options in my last WordPress theme drove me nuts. I like pastels… in some things, but I prefer deeper, jewel tones. I also like dark blogs, but I don’t like white words on a dark background. This theme offered hard colors, the grittier, darker feel that fits my writing more and the actual posts are on a…
Theme’s a’Changing
I will be messing around with the theme here for a couple of days. No, my big face will not be staying up there, but I need to find the right sized photo to purchase and I’m about to head out for a bridal shower. It’s also too busy and there isn’t a way to…
Desperately Need to Change Channel
So. My husband has been watching this show lately. I don’t know if it’s new or not–it’s new to us. Desperate Landscapes. I can’t handle the hours of HGTV, DIYand Food Network he likes (Can we please, please, please have a new Star Trek series? A good one? Or better yet, start the Charlain Harris…
Music Just Works
Ever have a project and you spend two very, very long days fighting a computer that just can’t handle that project? I finally finished the project, but there are three more I’m supposed to get done this week! Two days for only one is such bad time. My poor computer crashed over and over and no,…
A Bit of Celephais
But some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun, of golden cliffs overhanging murmuring seas, of plains that stretch down to sleeping cities of bronze and stone, and of shadowy companies of heroes that ride caparisoned white horses along the…
Saying No to the Wrong Main Character
It’s weird being home on the computer so much during a holiday weekend. Kind of feel like I’m the only one, but I’m pretty sure a lot of writers feel this way. This particular weekend, it’s more about letting the tummy heal, but it’s not that far out of the norm really. I started finishing books when…
Chillin’ on a Saturday
Did a little too much yesterday. Our bodies need recovery time for a reason it seems. I ended up crashing early only to be roused by people trying to blow up the neighborhood. Yeah, the annual culdesac firework war was a go. I skipped this year, watched Mary Reilly, and listened to the sounds of battle from…
Writing Under the Influence…
Been a bit distracted lately, so I do apologize for the sort of bland posting of late. Had more medical stuff to deal with, but all is well now. I’m home from the second and hopefully, last, surgery. Seems there might have been a slight miscalculation made during the first surgery, so I had to have another…