All hail Katie. I sent her the first 50 pages from this latest draft and she unlocked it. She asked exactly the right question to get to the root of why it’s not quite there yet, not quite measuring up …
Why writing a novel sometimes feels like a prolonged heart attack Read more »
Blame it on the ratio of gray to sunny days this early in the season. Blame it on my failure to put something reflective behind the seed trays to augment the light from the southern window. Blame it on Heather’s …
Working on revisions today. Revisions are going pretty well, though I’ve changed my approach. Donigan was right that using the retyping method again and going back over and over and over each paragraph was overkill. The book doesn’t need that …
In the usual Sunday place, doing the usual Sunday thing Read more »
Ah, the urban farmyard. Thumper and I had some damn fine timing today when we headed out to play. Our chicken-keeping neighbor was just about to gather the eggs from his coop and invited Thumper in to help him. This …
Eggs so fresh there’s still chicken shit on them Read more »
…the silence since my March 6th post and today, really… My mother-in-law visited. I heard back from Gail, and she wants more revisions. I had either a very brief flu or a very rare cold-with-fever/chills/cold sweat. I jacked up my …
What the discerning toddler is watching on YouTube this week. “I wanna hear the clapping song.” This CD is in heavy rotation in our car, and Thumper especially likes to clap along to this song. “Why she is in a …
Last year’s garden was a big, not entirely successful experiment. I hadn’t had a vegetable garden since I was a kid (when the adults did all the planning and most of the work, and in a very different growing climate …
A walk in Forest Park Behold, a robin! Spring! Spring! Spring! (I love Spring) (Though now that I’ve typed it four times in quick succession, it’s starting to look really funny to me. Spring. SPRIIIIIINGGGGGGUH. Hunh.) Cooing over the chicks …
A weekend in pictures (and a few words, because I like words) Read more »