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Bragging Walls for Grownups… Or not.

Do you have a bragging wall? Or shelf? A place in your house where you show off your accomplishments? Or are you more the private type? Anyhoo, a friend of mine was talking about making a brag shelf. (When she gets around to it.) And that got me wondering… what exactly would that look like?

Twists and Turns

12MarchKaren1 Commentwritingreading, reading in other genres, scifi

I have been reading smut, which is to say I have been considering the socio-economic implications of a depressed fiat monetary system encountering an advanced, space-faring civilization that is still–somehow–building its economy based on barter. (Specifically, product x in exchange for women.) The primary plot thread is, of course, the romantic, but in general, I

Back to an Old Vice

8MarchKaren1 Commentwriting

Today, I am in search of a name. What’s a good name for a wife and mother? The only other thing I know about her is that she’s dead. She had a name for a while, but then I realized that it rhymes with her husband’s name. So, now I’m changing hers. The other one

Dutiful Typing and Thoughts on Process

4MarchKaren1 Commentwriting

I’ve been happily typing up some of my handwritten backlog, and keeping up with the current year’s typing. This is an accomplishment. So, I’m working my way through an old notebook. How old is it, exactly? Well, let’s just say that it’s well and truly been set aside for long enough that I can look

IWSG: Reading Genres

3MarchKaren3 Commentswriting

The awesome co-hosts for the March 3 posting of the IWSG are Sarah – The Faux Fountain Pen Jacqui Murray, Chemist Ken, Victoria Marie Lees, Natalie Aguirre, and JQ Rose! March 3 question – Everyone has a favorite genre or genres to write. But what about your reading preferences? Do you read widely

In Search of a Hobby

1MarchKaren6 Commentswriting

I mentioned in my last post that I had added a rest and relaxation spread to my bullet journal. What I didn’t mention is… I’m not exactly sure what that is, anymore. There’s a list of things that have been absorbed into things for my writing career. Reading. Writing. Okay, yes. There’s more pressure, when

March 2021 Bullet Journal Additions

26FebruaryKaren2 Commentswritingbujo, Bujo spreads, bullet journal, bullet journal for writers, BulletJournal, Butt-ugly bullet journal, Five things daily spread, five things for my writing career, writing spreads

I’m going to let you look, but I warn you… my bullet journal is ugly. The theme is somewhere between prison chic and ink splotch. If you are looking for pictures of the sun setting over mountains, this is the wrong place. I’m having trouble figuring out exactly where the five things idea came from.

Writing in a Winter Hammock

23FebruaryKarenwritingweather, winter, winter hammocking

So, a while back, I bought my mother a camping hammock as a gift. The hope was that I’d be able to talk her into a night or two in the great outdoors, if she wasn’t going to have to lie on the ground to sleep. It didn’t take–she hated it–and as a result, I

Cleaning Out The Desk

19FebruaryKaren2 CommentsRevising, writingamrevising, organization for writers, pandemic, revision, revision organization

This weekend, I did a nice long inventory of all the work I have in progress, going back to about 2019. It’s a good chunk. It’s also a very fragmented chunk. I have horrific write-to-type ratios (which we all knew) and even worse write to revise ratios. What I didn’t know is just how much

It’s Official

12FebruaryKaren2 Commentswritingamworking

In their defense, it has been a long year, but you might want to bring some hot dogs and marrow bones to distract them.

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Bragging Walls for Grownups… Or not.

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