May the Great Pumpkin brings you lots of candy and Hallowe'en cheer!

This week has been so crazy so I'm reduced to list format because my brain is about to overload.

1)  Zel's Tale (when I sit down and write) is writing itself.  This weekend will be all writing all the time to catch up and have a chance of reaching 50K for NaNoWriMo.

2) Robin McKinley's favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast, too.

3) I've been ( Read more... )

I didn't post last week, dear friends, for which I am very sorry, but I ran away on vacation for the Labor Day holiday and avoided the Internet for several days before, during, and after.  My email, Google reader, and LJ friend list were bulging with unread goodies when I returned, but it was worth it.  I spent four fantastic and restful days doing ( Read more... )

1)  August is here and apparently has been for several days now.  HOLY. CRAP.  Did anyone else not notice the end of July?  July is just as sneaky as March.  It's that whole equinox/solstice thing:  faerie courts and cunning plots and cavorting.  Not that anyone could cavort in this heat, but I suppose that's why man made air conditioning.  I ( Read more... )

Time to pull out the sweaters and gloves and hats and coats.  Time to start the knitting and crocheting.  Time to start Christmas shopping and birthday shopping.  (A large number of birthdays in my family fall in the next four months.)  Time to start baking and planning for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.  Time to figure out how to NOT gain ( Read more... )