I've had a penpal since seventh grade. We've kept in contact, first writing letters then via email every few weeks. One summer, he even flew up from New York and we had one of our infamous Mom's-out-of-town parties. Yesterday, I emailed him to check-in and see how his wedding plans are going. He mentioned he…
Well, what started out as a pretty awful day has turned out pretty great! I spent I-don't-know-how-long at the computer trying to write. Just when I'd put on some music and gotten ready to just dig in and get something done – the fucking alarm clock went off. Between it continuing to sound for the…
I'm feeling irritable tonight. Mostly, I think it has to do with my not being able to come up with the right details to do work on all the story ideas I have. I'm distracted, my mind is spinning, filtering ideas, trying to come up with the right combinations. I don't know if I'm just…
I did OK today. I did some research for the two-story ideas that I came up with yesterday. But between exercising them working on jewelry orders, I had no time to do anymore planning. I'm really trying to stop the excuses. The more I make them, the deeper the rut seems to get. The bigger…
We rented Identity last night, with John Cusack and Ray Liotta. It was a great movie! It was another one of those movies the need anything, unmanned, why can't I come up with something like that? The answer to that could be because I don't try. For like a month now, I've been doing these…
DJR gave me a great idea! When reading a book, he analyzes which techniques the writer uses. It seems so simple, but could be invaluable. One thing I am looking forward to when we have a new place is not having the television in the same room as the computer. That way I can have…