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THE DAY So, as I said, I’m on the road and I spent the day at the Cavalcade of Authors 2016 talking to kids about various writerly things. Having not done this for awhile, I’ve forgotten how much fun connecting with…
So, no words, and I’m too tired to write much of anything. Been up since 3 this morning. Going to bed. Zero words. Zero tomorrow, most likely: at a conference. OTOH, had a WONDERFUL conversation with another author, Colleen Houck….
For real. I got a plane to catch tomorrow. THE DAY Spent most of the day either thinking about or actively writing and then tearing apart and rewriting the new plot, characters, and direction. This much is true: writers spend most…
Thank heavens, I have a husband who knows how to a) hold his tongue and b) not gloat. But he did tell me so. THE DAY So it was back to the drawing board. I wish that writing that didn’t…
Some days…you just have to. THE DAY So I jolted awake this morning from a really upsetting dream. Not scary at all, just upsetting: a close friend of mine from Wisconsin had decided to kill herself. All I remember was…
Literally. THE DAY Title says it all. I did the taxes. I didn’t write. I didn’t do a cake. I barely stirred from my chair except to go swim, pick up a few groceries, grab a couple books from the…
THE DAY Productive and not productive at the same time. No, I spent virtually no time at all looking at politics or the papers but spent time working this morning before the husband announced that we should do something fun,…
THE DAY You’d think I spend the entire day looking into this stuff, but this was actually brought to my attention by someone else: the case of a black woman who’s being essentially harassed, stalked, and threatened on Facebook by a white…
THE DAY Sort of. Woke up with a migraine and couldn’t figure out if it’s meds or stress or both. Whatever. Had a serious talk with the husband today about the move here, how rough it’s been for me, the…
THE DAY You know, I’m just too tired out and disheartened by the people in this country who think that intolerance, megalomania, bigotry, and unbridled narcissism are acceptable and desirable qualities in any statesman. I can understand frustration; I understand…
