Hello, hello! Hope everyone is doing well. I am pretty much recovered from surgery now, though not quite back to 100%. My neck is still stiff--though that is from wearing the brace for so long--but it's getting better every day. Still no pain, though, so overall I'm still feeling so much better than pre-surgery. Yay! Thank you so much for all the ( Read more... )

I finished the rough draft for chapter five of Between the Sand and Stone!!!

*happy dance happy dance happy dance*

Now, off to the betas and pre-readers. Then hopefully to the Brit picker, if all goes well. I am so relieved!

An interesting weekend at our house. On Saturday, hubby and were sitting in the living room when he jumped up and ... well, I wouldn't call it a shriek, exactly. More of an irritated scream? Hmm. Anyway, I asked him what was going on, and he said, "Either I just saw a gigantic bug or we have a mouse."

( Eek! )

For the last few weeks I've felt a bit blah about writing. I was still doing it (mostly because of the 5_for_five challenge) but I was in the midst of one of those "I suck at this" kind of moments ( Read more... )

In last night’s thread about my writing frustrations, several people gave some excellent tips for ways to jumpstart the Muse, especially for those like me who are easily distracted by new shiny bunnies. They were so helpful, I thought I’d compile them in a list to make them easier for people to find. Not everyone will find every single thing ( Read more... )

... that when I should be writing one thing, my brain immediately goes for something else? I'm trying to figure out a way to trick myself into writing what I'm supposed to be.

Hm.

Anyway, the urge to write today is strong, but the Muse seems drawn to SSHG rather than the fic for the twi_exchange. ginny_weasley31 is gonna come beat the holy crap out of my Muse. *gulps ( Read more... )

Sort of. The rough draft is done, but that counts, right? I'm going to let it sit for a few days and then revisit it on Sunday so I can tweak a bit and polish it up before shipping it off to the betas. Should be up on Monday!

YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I'm off to MOA with the kids.

*happy dance*

Sorry I'm still not around much. I'm trying to finish up Heart and Soul and Luna is finally cooperating, so yay! I've also been feeling a bit blah lately. I think I might have SAD since moving up north where there is less sunshine in the winter. I am ready for SPRING. Sigh ( Read more... )

So. Um. Yeah. Not been around much. Sorry! I'm way behind now on the exchange fics. Somewhere around ten, I think. *headdesk* But I will catch up! *is determined* I've been leaving the longer ones for the last two or three weeks, thinking I would save them for later ... which is how I've ended up behind. Sigh. I've really enjoyed this ( Read more... )

Someone on the f-list was talking about this a while back, and I can't remember who it was. Sorry! Anyway, I found this today and thought it might be helpful. It has some good examples of how to show not tell. And whoops! I've been doing some of the no-nos listed here. *cringes* I found it very helpful and will be sure to use some of these ( Read more... )