I’m throwing in the towel. My novel is dead. I only managed to get 15,798 written, and it’s just not going to be finished. My biggest mistake: I was writing a novel that I would never read. Ever. It was, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2003
"What’s really undermining the sanctity of marriage?"
Dahlia Lithwick recently wrote a great article about “the sanctity of marriage”, in reference to the ruling in Massachusetts. She makes some of the same points a lot of my friends have been thinking for ages (Hats off to J’s … Continue reading
"Portrait of the Artist as a Non-Artist"
Check it out! When our little group of Twin Cities writers had our kick-off party for Nanowrimo, we had a local free-lance journalist with us, a writer for The Rake. The Rake is a local “alternative monthly”. They’re like a … Continue reading
Dead Bug Funeral Kit
This just made me think of my mother, champion of all the creepy crawlies that used to make her daughter cringe (and a few that still do…).
I am so petty…
I just found out that Sars, one of my favorite writer’s on-line and the genius behind Tomato Nation is doing Nanowrimo, too. Pretty cool, huh? Well, what’s the big deal? This is where the pettiness shows up. I have a … Continue reading
So many words…
So very little time. I am so behind on my novel, it’s just not funny. Of course, I can scrounge up some pretty good excuses, like havikng teeth torn out of my skull on Friday and existing in a Vicodin … Continue reading
The Political Compass
One Tim Lambert is putting together a chart of results from the Political Compass test. Pretty interesting to see what’s sorts of people blog. Results are pretty heavy on the leftist side of things. But as he pointed out, “At … Continue reading
Posting daily? Yeah, right!
OK, so I’m a failure when it comes to posting on a regular basis. But hear me out, I’ve got good excuses. I took Monday and Tuesday off because I had some sick time I had to take or I’d … Continue reading
Another one…
Found a new blog today, another convert to Nanowrimo. Check out livingtech, it’s got a link to me as well (which is how I found it). So I figured a shout-out, “back atcha”, would be in order. Good luck with … Continue reading
A novel idea…
Well, I have already written this post once, but lost it. So this most likely won’t be as good as the first time around (dang computer…). Nanowrimo has started! I’m already a little behind on my word counts, as it … Continue reading