Nobody likes psych wards unless you work in one. Getting pink-slipped to one (aka a 72-hour hold) is another matter. Let's discuss ways to avoid this, shall we ( Read more... )

1. TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP!

Yes, that's the sound of all my friends steadily banging away.

2. How about this one? E. L. Doctorow: Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

2. Beyond creepy. I just saw some chick on the ( Read more... )

Diet: Eeugh!! I want to dive face first into a box of Krispy Kremes (and those aren't even my "favorite" donuts).

Work: Last night set a new record for the number of times in 8 hours the F word was aimed personally at ME.

WIP: Maybe 50 pages left to revise. Yeah, I can tell I was in a hurry to finish. Lots of details to add, scenes to wrap up, and ( Read more... )

1. Finally got back to revisions, though for various reasons I may not submit it this year. Don't ask. But I still plan to finished it by the end of the summer ( Read more... )

Today I ( Read more... )

Oh, great. Lindsay's mom gets the chance screw up another one of her kids.

Why is it when I hear the phrase on the radio, "We'd like to hear your analysis..." all I really hear is "urinalysis ( Read more... )

1. Good news: congrats to marypearson for her fabulous FILM OPTION NEWS!

2. WIP=16k. 10k of this was written at one sitting. I done broke my own record.

3. Still waiting for a contract.

4. Still in cell phone withdrawal.

5. For lack of anything else to do today, I baked a cake. Whoopee. Open a box, throw in some water and eggs and ...


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Inspired by carriejones and spurred on by sookie06: Google your name followed by the word "needs" and see what you come up with:

Voila!

1) Jenny needs a job (yeah, something that doesn't involve other people's body fluids)

2) Jenny needs to find herself a baller (I am not even going to ask what that is ( Read more... )

10 Things on a Friday1. In spite of the fact that all my cable equipment was replaced yesterday (“Um, ma’am, this stuff is pretty outdated.” Duh, really? You mean like everything else in the house?) I am back on dialup this morning because I can’t get on...which means I’m even more hopelessly behind on reading your blogs. And commenting is nearly ( Read more... )

Well, I’ve gone about as far as I can go with my current chunk of revisions and I’m expecting another pile tomorrow, via FedEx. I was in a mild state of mourning for several days because I had to kill off a much-beloved character. OK, he wasn't all that beloved, and I technically didn’t “kill” him off--I just combined him with another character to ( Read more... )