Category Archives: Writing

Generic posts about writing.

Belated Goals

On October 2, I posted about what was keeping me from writing that day. The idea, though, is not to justify the lack of writing, but to identify the issues and figure out how to avoid them. I grew up … Continue reading

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Writing Time

Last night our  houseguest (College student living with us for the semester) announced that she could entertain the 4yo this morning and afternoon. Huzzah! Writing Time! Right? Well… this is what it’s looked like so far. Both the 4yo and … Continue reading

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And in the In Between Time…

The end of this Round of Words in 80 Days took me by surprise. What started and ended in early August as a bad cold turned into a month of coughing, medications, and four trips to the doctor for me … Continue reading

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Precipice

Life is getting better. At least, my being sick is. I said last week (or was it two weeks ago?) that I was planning to post “I’m not sick anymore” but the truth is, I am. Fortunately though, I’m not … Continue reading

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Piled Higher and Deeper

Although I’m still sick, I am feeling much better than I was. I was even able to not only get words into the WIP while my littlest was in Preschool on Monday, but I was actually getting into the story … Continue reading

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This is Getting Old

My last few #ROW80 updates have said something along the lines of “I’m sick. I’m not writing much, but I’m here.” Well, today is no different. The biggest change is that my littlest is now in Pre-School a few days … Continue reading

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This Is The Day

This is the day I’ve been waiting for since NaNoWriMo 2010 when I finally decided that I was going to be a real writer. Today, my youngest went to PreSchool! It’s only three days a week for three hours at … Continue reading

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Who Moved My Cheese?

ROW80 Update: I have a perforated ear drum and Bronchitis. I’m on antibiotics and pain meds, have very little concentration, so I’ve simply let myself have a series of sick days. A little writing-related stuff has been accomplished here and … Continue reading

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Sick Schedule

This has been another acceptable week in writing. Not good, but acceptable. There was one day that I didn’t get any writing done at all because we had real-life stuff going on. Monday and Tuesday I actually got almost 2k … Continue reading

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Nailing Jello to a Tree

This has been an acceptable week in #ROW80. Not a good week. I did have one day where my word count was “Great!” but most days it was “Just Acceptable.” I’ve only been doing the regular weekly blog posts. I’ve … Continue reading

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