Okay, so... I wanted my main character to take an impulsive trip to Europe, but... he's refusing to go. Instead, he stormed out of his apartment and went to Book People, which is a totally cool, and bookworm friendly bookstore in Central Austin ( Read more... )

I am way behind on my NaNoWriMo novel. Of course, I suppose it is understandable that I haven't been able to work on it since last week, but now I am ready to get back to it... and... well ( Read more... )

Okay, so the Impossible Son and I are working our way through Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and as I'm reading out loud to him, I came across a line a few weeks ago that I have been meaning to ask about ( Read more... )

I was a grumbling, snarling, very cranky and bad-tempered Bear yesterday ( Read more... )

I'm going to do NaNoWriMo again this year, and maybe this time, I will actually finish!

*glares at any pneumonia bugs that are even considering landing on Auntie ( Read more... )

I wrote fifteen pages today. I mean, I was just flying, it was flowing, I was in this wonderful writing frenzy, and when I stopped, I read it over ( Read more... )

For those of you keeping track, I posted my word count for NaNoWriMo just a few minutes ago.



10757 / 50000 words. 22% done!

Let me tell you, this is a challenge, but you know, I'm working! These characters have been living in my head for so long, it's rather a relief to get them out! I've got the prologue, and chapters 1A, and 1B posted at http:// ( Read more... )

With everything else going on around here, I forgot to mention that I signed up for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, for those of you on my f-list who don't know). I figured perhaps that would give me the incentive to finish "An Extraordinary Girl," since I've been rather stalled on it. So, if you'd like to check my progress, my writing ( Read more... )