And, since this is too long to post in anyone person's message for individual's to read, here it is on my LJ.

My untitled, as of yet, NaNoWriMo novel from last November 2009, still in the editing process:

Chapter Two

The Merle University campus was buzzing with excitement in the sticky heat of the afternoon sun. Sure, my small town had recently ( Read more... )

Here I am again.  Half past eleven.  Thirty minutes to midnight.  Six hours until my alarm goes off.

Jiggs.

He's my horse.  I have had him since the summer of 2003.  Kristen, my mom, and I drove from Stanwood, Washington to Shelton - south, and west of Olympia, then curving north around the sound on Highway 101.  We pulled the trailer along behind ( Read more... )

After weeks of editing, I finally completed my chapter one overhaul.  I feel that posting my chapters here as I re-work and make them presentable might actually encourage me to keep at it.  Especially if anyone takes interest.  It would be wonderful to take this book, written in a NaNo frenzy, and make it something worth publishing!

The Prologue can ( Read more... )

I just really don't know who I would be without a horse.  It doesn't seem like our passions should define who we are, but since horses have been a part of me for more than half my life, I just don't see being the same person with them absent.  Who am I without a horse?  Would I be the same person?

There's something about climbing up onto Indian John Hill on the I-90, looking west over the line of white-capped mountains, and east into the Kittitas Valley that stirs a mix of emotions within me.  When I'm headed east, this is where my heart skips a beat and an abundance of joy bounces in my nerves.  I am close to home!  The countryside looks ( Read more... )

This is the prologue to my National Novel Writing Month book that I slapped together in 30 satisfying days.  Although it's missing a piece to the ending, it's still basically complete.  Lately, I have been going back over it re-writing it as an editing technique.  It's based on a short story I wrote years, and years ago.  It did win the Scholastic ( Read more... )

Saige is 5 weeks old today and I have yet to write how her birth went!  She's the most beautiful thing that I had and have ever seen in my life.  I didn't think I could love a person so much as I love Saige.  At the moment, she is sound asleep on my chest as I jab away at the keyboard, wishing I could get up for another cup of coffee, but not ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Saige's due date.  I had a midwife appointment yesterday, which didn't exactly go all too well.  It was rather stressful.  I found that my blood pressure was high, so Carolee took some blood and urine samples to send to the lab to make sure I wasn't developing pregnancy induced hypertension.  In the case of that occurrence, I would ( Read more... )

I had my 38 week midwife appointment today.  Baby is presenting a little posterior, meaning that she is slightly in the wrong position.  So no more lounging on the couch!  I have to do a lot of sitting forward and upright to help align the baby so that she is facing more towards my back, not my front.  ...It's hard to describe...but it's not ( Read more... )

Well, Jack has an interview for tomorrow morning with the City of Everett!  He was very excited about it, as was everyone else in the household...except maybe Emma.   I don't think she could have cared less, but that's six for you.  Staci was talking about how if we move up there, she won't get to see Saige very often, but was hoping to use Jiggs ( Read more... )