I don't make hay, but I do get me to my local CSA:

Here's what I found:


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Kristy Dempsey's post today inspired me--

For National Poetry Month, why not a poem a day?

I've been reading a lot: Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words (Susan D. Wooldridge) , The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz, and Memory (Keith Flynn), and The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within (Stephen Fry), because of "The Grove" and another project I' ( Read more... )

This week was scheduled to be "lost," because of standing deadlines on Monday, plus an additional one that day due to jury duty. Tuesday-Friday were supposed to be jury duty from 9-4:30 ( Read more... )

While the squash soup simmers, (For those who want to know, it's onion, carrot, potato, apple, squash, cider and water, seasoned with salt, pepper and a hint of cinnamon.), let me share this morning's revelation ( Read more... )

Yesterday I felt it building. I was fidgety, restless. My mind elsewhere. Finally, around suppertime I knew ( Read more... )

This was one of those mornings we writers live for. I bypassed LJ and all distractions except for a quick check of email and started clickety-clacking. The words that just didn't want to rise to the surface yesterday were there ( Read more... )

Since I'm not going to be around to do "Five Things on Friday" this will be a combination--5 things I'm thankful for ( Read more... )

The jonowrimo  goals? Can you say unrealistic?

Yup. November is not a good month to write a novel, even with extra weeks added.

But I'm now on Chapter/Section 4 of 10 for The Grove. My goal for this week is to get at least two pages down for five of the seven days.

On the plus side, I now have 86 pages drafted, far more than I would have had without this ( Read more... )

Whew! I am ever so happy  to announce (and cross-post to jonowrimo ) that I not only met my twice monthly deadline and finished drafting my syllabus, but (making this a red letter day ;}) I wrote 1.8 poems for THE GROVE. I didn't even hope to accomplish anything on it this week, so that is the cherry on top of the ice (well, snow) cream of the day.

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I'm where I'd hoped to be at the end of last week. The second section of The Grove is complete. It's long enough that it may turn into the third section, but that's something I'll deal with in revisions ( Read more... )