I was rummaging through some old notebooks today, trying to find the lyrics to a song we loved as kids–”If everybody had a tail and chose its shape and size“… What I found instead was a pair of pages written about a decade ago, reflecting on the different personalities with which I seemed to write … Continue reading Wearing a Party-Tail
Tag: Freelancing
Breaking my own Rules: Observations from the NaNoWriMo Lab Notebook
So I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year—the Extreme Writing Event wherein crazed participants skip sleeping for the month of November and work to turn out a 50,000 word novel in 30 days… And those of you who have been reading here for a few weeks know that I pledged not to blog about the … Continue reading Breaking my own Rules: Observations from the NaNoWriMo Lab Notebook
Tweet Translations in the Pumpkin Patch: A Writer’s Life After Midnight
OR... Znalazłeś rozwiązanie? Let it not be said that reclusive writers have no social life. The world is at my fingertips these days, even when I'm curled up in bed. I will confess that my physical geography has been exceedingly limited since my seasonal summer-job ended last month. We live out in the country with … Continue reading Tweet Translations in the Pumpkin Patch: A Writer’s Life After Midnight
Versatile Blogger (Verbosity “R” Us)
It's a colorful week--yesterday I painted the web pink, and today I get to forward some green! (Sorry, guys--not money...) Better than money (right? right?)--today I am honored to bestow the Versatile Blogger Award on 15 fellow bloggers! First, my humble thanks to Lynette at Wordtabulous, who honored me with the award last night (just … Continue reading Versatile Blogger (Verbosity “R” Us)
You’ve been Flamingoed!
Imagine my perplexity the day I got home from high school to find our family's front yard overflowing with a flamboyance of pink plastic flamingos. (Yes, "flamboyance" really is a collective noun for a butt-load of flamingos. I looked it up.) This is way out of my mother's usual decorating-range. If SHE had put the … Continue reading You’ve been Flamingoed!
Living Richly
"Half the world knows not how the other half lives." ~George Herbert [Oct.16] Rats, I was doing so well with "PostaDay," till today. (Which will be "yesterday" by the time this is available to read.) The good news: my Miss isn't due to lack of writing. Here I am writing. The Other-news: our internet is … Continue reading Living Richly
Travel Writing: our “Pirate Code” for the Road
[This post is featured as a "guest blog" at Clan Elves of the Bitterroots. Please stop by to check out their other authors!] Surely I have the world’s best job: I get to Travel, and I get to Write about it. My Travel Sidekick (a.k.a. Husband) and I have sketched out some “road rules” for … Continue reading Travel Writing: our “Pirate Code” for the Road
Kana's Chronicles 