Stayed in bed until about 2 in the afternoon. Just thinking and snoozing. Should have been cleaning or unpacking or anything according to my mother. But I didn't want to.

I'm not sick. Just bleh. Except I have gotten up everyday, washes my face and put makeup on, which does make me feel better. As a consequence maybe? The psoriasis patches on my ( Read more... )

Well it's rainy and cold and 3am.

And my brain is bringing out all my unfinished stories and waving them around with new plot threads and interweavings and oh yeah what about this and that and you could say this and remember writing that and....

I have no computer, my hand is no longer fast enough for my brain and I can't really focus on any one ( Read more... )

I'm trying it again ( Read more... )

So... Turned in my notice at the southern school.

It is heartbreaking to witness someone realize that their dream is dying.

The owner cried, though of course she understood. So sad! Told her to keep my name on file, gave her a few more ideas I had for the classroom, then let her go cry on her own.

After that devastating look into another person's ( Read more... )

Huh. Well, it's different. Basically hit the ground running. Other teachers, not so much. By the time I got there, they'd been working since 7/8 am.

The children are wild... The teachers aren't expected to interact with them on the playground except to intercede in a safety issue. I was the shiny new toy that they all wanted to play with. I'm used ( Read more... )

I just found out that if you 'win' Nanowrimo, you can get a free paperback copy of your manuscript from a self-publishing agency. Then you can start to market it, making it available on Amazon.com and other places. There's a whole community of resources on how to get your novel from its infant stage to being out there for public consumption. You ( Read more... )

I'm participating in NaNoWriMo again this year, and I'm determined to complete my novel this time.

I've been happier, more content, and just... Better in the last four days making time to write than I've felt in months.

I've broken the 10K on my word count. Less than 40,000 to go before I 'win'. I've shoved my inner editor into a deep dark hole with ( Read more... )

So, I watched the movie Serendipity today. Typical John Cuzack romantic comedy, but there was one line that stuck with me all day. The best friend writes obituaries and he pulls some quote out of the air, I'm not even sure if it's true, but he said,

"Ancient Greeks didn't write obits. They only asked one question when a person died. Did they live ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, the icon is in reference to the portrait in Harry Potter where students would tickle the pear and it would swing aside and let them into th kitchen. The Hufflepuff Common Room is near the kitchens. *giggles ( Read more... )

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