Hello, ElJays!

First: thank you, Expedia, for sending me an email that says "Book Holiday Fares From $103!"  Because I think, oooh!  A BOOK HOLIDAY!  THAT WOULD BE SO FUN!

And then it's all like, oh, wait.  Book as a verb.  Bah.

If you haven't given Write or Die a whirl, DO IT TODAY.  It's a kick in the pants to help you get your seat-of-your-pants ( Read more... )

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As we enter Round Five of this book, I know something I didn't know in previous rounds.

Notice how I'm calling it rounds rather than drafts?  Because now it's more like a sporting event in which at least one entity gets pummeled and bloody. And while the ms might have more than a few scratches and a bit of bruising, it's me who was down for the ( Read more... )

Today is supposed to be the last day of my vacation.  I'm extending it until October 1.  SO THERE, MANUSCRIPT!  You do not want to mess with me.

Yeah, I've been loving the vacay.  But I'm excited about working again!  So it was good!

It's been a mad two weeks.  Jam-packed.  Good stuff, for the most part.  V started school again, just one day a week ( Read more... )

Five glimpses at this process.


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Woke up at 7am, per my routine.  Ready to work.  But...nothing to work on today.

Because I "finished."


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You guys are awesome.  I will reply more fully tomorrow?  Sunday?  Soon ( Read more... )

My icon? It's pretty much a mirror image of the outside today. SOOOOO pretty. V is at lake (really, a swimmin' hole) for a few hours with cynthiamary and the second cousins.

BEFORE I FORGET!


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Monday, Verity and I had a read-in.  Mostly I did the reading and she watched TV, but she did some bookish things, too.  :-D


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