I've been working away in the garden, work, writing, critiquing, watching shows, crocheting, and cleaning the house, which, I think that last one could translate to: bringing the place back from the brink of disaster, which also translates into cleaning and rearranging every cupboard, shelf, cubby, and nook so that it all doesn't quite look so much ( Read more... )

I am having the best time in Tucson! I met with an old boss; friend, really, my old writing group, my sister, went gambling, out to the Mission, lots of visiting and lots of restaurants. Of course, the other side of that coin is that as soon as we're back in Michigan, it's salads and lots of walking, but for now it's all been fab.

My little grand ( Read more... )

On Thursday, Writer's Digest is having a webinar with James Scott Bell, who wrote several how-to-writes, one I'm using with my madness project called "Plot & Structure." I'd love to attend! It's about $50.00, which I could maybe swing, but I'm not sure about my internet connection. They're talking about how you need a high speed internet connection ( Read more... )

This is a wonderful resource: http://thedarksalon.blogspot.com/    and she does a lovely job regarding how-to, process, suggestions, boosts, all sorts of things. I get a feed to my homepage, and feel that she's made a huge difference to my own writing. For the better, I hope *g*

Yesterday I read a whole thing about index cards and scenes, and even ( Read more... )

Hey, great news! Rod Santo's ( sacredmime 's) story, "To Slay with a Thousand Kisses" is up at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/story.php Coolness! Congratulations again, Rod!

That's so sad about Nodar K, the Olympian who died; his poor family. That looks like a sport that needs nets around it to help absorb shock and trauma from ( Read more... )

A blog I like very much is seanan_mcguire  's. She really has a nice way of talking about writing and sharing her views and enthusiasms, and isn't too hard on the 'lookit meeeee!' or the 'buy, buy, buy my boooooks!' thingies that get so tiresome.

I'll be so glad when I get the okay to workout again. It's so unsatisfying to just walk or work the lower half. I have ( Read more... )

Yd's (youngest daughter) is on the road again, and will either arrive in Chicago in twelve hours or will drive for six and arrive tomorrow, which I would rather she did. Last night, we got a call from Chicago's Art school that she was accepted--yes, she'd done this trip with everything in progress and nothing sure regarding acceptance, but had no ( Read more... )

 Computer's still out. I think my brother in law and sister are on a vaction somewhere, which, that's very cool. And at least I do have one available, so it's all right.  I'm completely rearranging my bedroom, and I took down Bob's velvet (omg, you cannot believe how ugly this thing is) art that I have lived with for 20+ years. He doesn't know, and ( Read more... )

I'd just been talking about my mom with ellen_datlow, and then went and read my Locus magazine, the article "Artist Rights" by Cory Doctorow ( Read more... )

I've been noodling around Wiki, finding out what the heck secular humanism is. I'm apparently 100% of that in my beliefs, but I'd never heard of it before ( Read more... )