Popping in quickly to say I'm still pushing through the story, and right now, this quote is so very spot on:

"When writing a novel, that’s pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.'" ~ Neil GaimanFor example-- tomorrow, my mother-in-law is ( Read more... )

"I try to work every day because you have no refuge but writing. When you're going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair, the death of someone you love, or some other disorder in your life, then you have no refuge but writing." ~ Tennessee WilliamsI'll probably be quiet around here for a few days ( Read more... )

The world lost a wonderful man yesterday. Dr. J. D. Stahl, a professor of Children's Literature at both Virginia Tech and Hollins, passed away after a long battle with leukemia ( Read more... )

Just realized I haven't posted in a while & wanted to pop in and say I'm still here and reading posts, I've just been kinda busy & in my own head. I've got some posts brewing, though, so look for those soon.

For now I'm just being Dory & keeping swimming.

1) I'm posting this between moving pavers with the hubby. Dad left this morning, so now I'm in charge of making sure hubby takes breaks & doesn't kill himself building the patio. We'll see how this goes ( Read more... )

All right... I've got to get off the internet for a few days. Not completely, (cause I'm totally addicted and can't quit) I'll definitely be checking email and will probably post a couple random Twitter/Facebook updates, but no more of this getting stuck online for hours on end shtuff. I have too much cutting/editing/revising to do and six books ( Read more... )

So, my posting has been rather spotty lately, and I figured I should probably explain why: I'm getting married in 13 days. (In case anyone cares, our first date was exactly 6 years ago today ( Read more... )