The legend that characters run away from their authors-taking up drugs, having sex operations and becoming president-implies that the writer is a fool with no knowledge or mastery of his craft. The idea of authors running around helplessly behind their cretinous inventions is contemptible. -John Cheever
“So, I hear you’re involved in this WORD challenge,” […]

Well, at least I didn’t come out as Hades on this one. Thanks Sasha!

I am The Hermit
The Hermit often suggests a need for time alone - a period of reflection when distractions are limited. In times of action and high energy, he stands for the still center that must be created for balance. He can […]

pages written yesterday = maybe 3? (I know, I know - I must find a better system before November 1st)
We already know how not talented I am in the whole html department. It took me an hour to figure out how to get that great participant button for the Write OR Die challange […]

Since Larissa was writing about words this morning, albeit on a much more sophisticated level, I figured I’d join in. I just thought this ‘test’ was really cool (and explains why, when I taught, that I could read my eighth graders essays, riddled with errors with no problem):
from NavySEALs.com Blacknet Weekly Report - Humor:
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Pages written over last two days = about seven (yeah, the keeping track is really working well. Must. Crack. Whip.)
Anyway, I’m still having website problems, specifically with an excerpt page. I’ve decided just not to think about it, which is very Scarlett O’Hara of me. If this works, I’ll let you know, […]

pages written: seven and a half
Okay - the pages I just wrote technically count for Monday since I finished them before midnight. I wrote nothing at all on Sunday, but I figured since I took up the unofficial, but still very official challenge on Sylvia’s message board, I need to get into practice. […]

As promised:
pages written yesterday: about ten, but they were random scenes and fillers. However, I did semi-edits/chops of the first 40 or so pages on the current WIP, A DATE WITH DESTINY. (I’ll have an excerpt up soon, when webstudio and my computer decide to cooperate.)
Found this over at the name site. […]

I was all set to respond here yesterday to the comments on RWC about blogging, specifically those who claimed blogging was entirely too time consuming and that they’d rather be writing their novel than writing in their blog.
All I can say to that is: Where is your sense of procrastination?
Seriously, […]

I was reminded about the whole - are you really a writer if you’re not published yet - dilemma the other day when my husband and I had to sign papers for something. My husband’s job was listed and the man who was running the show turned to me and said, “You’re just a […]

I thought this was so cool!

This is my husband’s cousin, Jason, with his potential world record grouper of 400+ lbs. Jason’s a professional sport fisherman, lives in Tanzania, Africa, which is where my husband was born, and holds many continent fishing records. In fact, one morning, we were watching ESPN fishing […]

I felt like a quiz tonight. I’m not so sure I like being desribed as a raving madwoman, but I’m sure I could pull it off if I had to.
Cassandra-My favorite! Cassandra, daughter of Priamand Hecuba of Troy, was Agamemnon’s war prizewhom he brought back home with him. Cassandrawas given the gift […]

Ah - the wonderful world of women. Alison blogged about it, and I just wonder if we’re all on some sort of weird cosmic plane together, since I’ve been thinking about this one since yesterday. A good friend/writing buddy had emailed me with a question about a recent submission after someone on another […]

I’m loving my new laptop and I’ve actually been able to hook up and work my MP3 player, which was a huge goal of mine. Since all the software is loaded already, all I had to do was plug it in and download it after I made my playlists. Now I have no […]

It’s soooo good to be back home! My daughter’s surgery was a big success, so thanks to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers - I know they helped. Now, if they could just help my back, which is in very bad condition after sleeping in chairs for two weeks. The eight […]