The Fifty-Two Week Challenge Continued.

Today, I printed out all of the short stories that I haven’t been reviewing, editing, and submitting over the past year. All in all, that’s about two hundred pages of pure genius, just waiting for me to remember how to spell, how to format, and how to uhm… well, write. I was vaguely shocked that

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The Planning Continues

I actually put together an hour-by hour planner for Nano, this year. It was about the most control-freak thing I could think of.  One line for sixteen hours per day. I can add my own times to it. later. I have problems finding pre-made planners that fit my odd-ball schedule. (or fitness waterbottles or… well,

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And The Revision Is Going Well

I added this nifty doodle to the revision insert for my composite notebook. No, it really has nothing to do with the content of the book.

Without Remorse…

I seem to be killing things off today. I retired a bunch of short stories. I had my reasons. Have you ever noticed how few markets there are for young adult short stories? I’m not talking about paying markets… just markets in general.  I’m not all the way down the list; I just hit the

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Today, I have established that cats do not like coffee. That’s the scientific result of a brief survey of cats–uhm, cat–specifically, my cat… Well a quasi-psuedoscientific study, anyway. There’s not a lot of difference between the sound of a packet of instant coffee being opened, and the sound of a packet of cat treats being

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Off to an October Start

I’m starting October, if not with a bang, at least with a blank slate. I made my bullet journal layouts for the month, and got a couple hundred words in, at least. I’m hauling around a tiny little notebook–about a hundred words to the page–and working out of it, right now. So much for all

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The neighbor’s dog came over for a long afternoon in my back yard, the other day. She’s a friendly animal, and since we live all too close to the busy streets, we decided it would be best for her to stay with us until her “real” family came home. She really is a good dog.

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An Update before I sleep…

I’m genuinely exhausted, but I’m stretching the day just a little further to get a blog post out. Isn’t that responsible of me? Someday, I’m going to do an hour-by-hour comparison of what my current schedule looks like next to a normal, 9-5 schedule, and realize that I’m staying up til my midnight every day.

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