New week, fresh start.
deadline met,
copy edited,
The Grove grew by two
or possibly three poems,
the day bisected
with a walk to the mountain
and the river
where a kingfisher flew.

you can write two more poems.

A mini-section within what I am thinking of as chapter II is now finished. Two more mini-sections and all of chapter II will be finished and my aran isle pattern (link to the post where I first made that analogy) will be well established.

I am having so much fun with this project, even with computer glitches and ( Read more... )

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I did it! I met my goal to complete Chapter II of THE GROVE today, as I posted over on jonowrimo  this morning (it says I posted at 1:58 UTC). This is satisfying in a big way. Tomorrow--on to Chapter III, with whatever time I have.

Doin' a quick happy dance before I start supper in prep. for heading out to a meeting.

Any knitters out there will understand if I say that getting  "Chapter II" of THE GROVE in shape has been like knitting, pulling out, and re-knitting an Aran Isle sweater. It was a solid afternoon's work to write several poems and then make sure each poem was placed in the right order. But I think Sections 1 and 2 are in order and I know where to ( Read more... )

While the spaghetti cooks for my lunch so I can pack and get out the door to the fall League of Vermont Writers meeting, let's see if I can come up with Five Things.

1. jonowrimo is keeping me on task--Thanks, Jo!

2. halseanderson  's words about not volunteering give me the mental support I need--so many people think that because I am a writer and community reporter I ( Read more... )

After muddling around with my calendar pages some on Saturday, I left them alone yesterday and did outdoor stuff and an interview for an article due in November (more interviews to come). But before I fell asleep Sunday night, this thought rose to the surface: Set the calendar, then revise the poems to fit the calendar. Because that's how it would ( Read more... )

This was going on over at kidlit_central , and I was taking a break from jonowrimo clickety-clicking, so I gave it a whirl. Give the multi-voiced Grove, I could do this five more times. and maybe I will, if I don't get something figured out this afternoon.

10 questions about your character (please answer in complete sentences):

1. What is your character's name, ( Read more... )

Progress, although it was on the small side. But 2 new poems and some serious plotting, plus a trip to the library to grab a couple of reference sources to browse tonight (Field guides to the Trees ( Read more... )

You know the scene in Lord of the Rings when Gandalf into the flaming chasm with the Balrog? You know the expression on Frodo and Bilbo and Aragorn's faces--that's how I looked about four hours ago, when the chapter I had worked on yesterday and for several hours this afternoon somehow suddenly

DISAPPEARED

Gone. Zip. Nada. Bubkis. Null. 
Cyberspace ( Read more... )