So first things first: no post on Thursday night because I got back to my hotel around 4pm, laid down on the bed to stretch before going out to dinner, and of course fell asleep until midnight, at which point it made sense to just stay in bed because I had to be up early to head to the airport to fly home from Naperville.

The flight home was fine, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I managed 2200 words on the novella-in-progress, thanks largely to doing word-sprint challenges throughout the day with my new online writing group, Words Are In Order. This brings the total word count up to about 20k, and I think it's time to wrap this thing up, connect the two different timeframes (flashbacks into the MC's life and her ( Read more... )

I got so caught up in packing for tonight's trip home, and then watching AWAKE, that I completely forgot to post. Thankfully, the person who challenged me to post every day is not a stickler and is willing to extend forgiveness (and thus not take away their donation) as long as I don't make a habit of missed posts ( Read more... )

Not a single post here in November, not even a book review. And I haven't signed in to lurk on others' pages either. I really need to work on this. I always enjoyed being here on LJ. Facebook, Twitter and my own website have someone taken over my online time so completely that I don't even sign in here anymore.

It's December. How did that happen?

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