Some days, Phil earns his bread as a writer's spouse. Today, there was brainstorming on how to fix a beginning--where "brainstorming" equals "pointing out the horrible flaws in my first three ideas for a fix." And, I suppose, helping figure out what the final beginning is ( Read more... )

07/06/10, Tuesday* Posted freewriting, writing log ( Read more... )

04/28/10, Wednesday
* Processed Flash Me's personal rejection of "Road of Dreams" with editorial feedback.
* Read WritersDigest, Critters, and WritersWeekly newsletters.

04/27/10, Tuesday* Processed Lightspeed Magazine's form rejection of "Alien/Whore/Mother ( Read more... )

02/27/10, Saturday

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02/26/10, Friday
* Posted writing log, freewriting
* Finished read-aloud final draft of "Ekaterina and the Firebird," had Phil read, fixed Phil's hunting-deer-with-dogs problem, and submitted to Scheherazade's Facade.
* Wrote 1 pg. of Alien/Whore/Mother.

02/25/10, Thursday
* Posted writing log, freewriting, NanoWri
* Made editing changes to "Ekaterina and the Firebird," and rewrote the 2 scenes that were needed. Got halfway through the read-aloud final draft (feels like a waste to print out another copy, but that's what works for me), and it was incredibly frustrating to have to stop to go to the day ( Read more... )

02/24/10, Wednesday* Posted writing log, freewriting ( Read more... )

02/23/10, Tuesday* Processed 2 more "Ekaterina and the Firebird" crits ( Read more... )

02/22/10, Monday, some work on day job project in the AM, plus standard PM day job.* Posted writing log, freewriting ( Read more... )

I finished my day job project already, jerk chicken will soon be cooking in the slow cooker (the first recipe I'm trying from >Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook), I turned a scribbled impression from a Hearing Voices episode into a story idea, and I'm about to dig into writing work--processing "Ekaterina and the Firebird" critiques and ( Read more... )