Over the weekend, Meaghan gave my mom a "book" she wrote and illustrated:

( Keeping in mind that she's seven and still writes phonetically, I have provided translations )

I just sent two new books (one of which is Where the Red Fern Grows, a favorite childhood read of mine) over to the Saucier Children's Library in Saucier, Mississippi.

This is part of the Dewey Donation System, a fantastic charity run by the wonderful, funny and inspiringly-great folks over at TWOP. Basically what they're trying to do is restock ( Read more... )

So I finally did it.

Twenty minutes ago, I gave up and broke out the fan.

We're not even in the triple-digits yet, and already I feel like crap.

::sigh::

I really can't wait for this week to be over. 6am alarms are not my thing, although I've managed it by going to bed around 10pm (which is, for me, obscenely early) every night for the past ( Read more... )

I finished reading Outlander yesterday.

LOVED. IT.

Now I'm anxiously watching the mail for Dragonfly in Amber to arrive. Thank god I've already ordered it.

::looks at the calendar::

I'm terribly talkative on Sundays, aren't I?

Let's see. I don't bring this up a lot (and maybe I should, considering the title of my journal) but there was a time in my life, during the worst of my anxiety and depression, when I couldn't do anything creative. I couldn't write. I couldn't paint. I couldn't design. I ( Read more... )

"I think a mistake many young writers make is that they decide they will sit down and write a book. I don’t think anyone can do that. Instead, think that today you will write a scene, or describe a character or an event. That makes the task possible, and as each day goes by and you add another piece, it is just like stringing beads on a thread. ( Read more... )

Around 2am this morning, I became a seller on eBay.

I've been a buyer since '02, but until just recently I never had access to anything that I felt was really worth selling (or parting with). But over the years I've managed (mostly through luck) to get ahold of four out of the six books in the SUQ series. Today I finally decided to stick them up ( Read more... )

I've got several things to say today, but I'll hold off until after the holidays.

Instead I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays, however, whatever and wherever you celebrate ( Read more... )