Posted in musings, tagged family, musings on July 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday was the memorial service for my Aunt Sue. The service was held in a church near Chicago, as she is buried near here (she’d been living in California for the last 20 years or so, but before that she lived here for over 60 years).
Since she was not a member of the [...]
Posted in musings, tagged family, musings, mystery SOLVED, Silly Stuff, what's up with that?, work on July 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Well, another mystery solved here on Trying To Do the Write Thing.
A couple of days ago, we received a UPS tag on our front door that they had attempted a delivery.
Neither my husband nor I had ordered anything. It isn’t our birthdays/anniversary. No friends or relations admitted to sending us surprises. We [...]
Posted in musings, tagged family, musings on July 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I got word today that my great-aunt Isabelle “Sue” Dyer passed away last night.
It wasn’t unexpected; her health had been in decline for quite some time. I haven’t seen her since before my husband and I got married, but I still miss her.
Never married, she lived with my great-uncle (my godfather) until he passed [...]
Posted in musings, tagged family, musings, sheer terror, what's up with that?, work on June 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last night I officially had the crap scared out of me. I was working a shift when I received a call from my father.
“Your mother’s been in an accident,” he said. “She hit a deer. She’s bleeding but she doesn’t know from where.”
Needless to say, I was careening towards full-blown panic. I [...]
Posted in musings, tagged dream car, family, music, musings on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
So, virtually every car has some sort of glitch. Our old minivan had a transmission that was prone to crapping out without warning.
And my luck dictates that if a glitch is possible, it is probable.
So, recently I was driving home from work in my dream car. The weather was fabulous, and, inhibitions removed by lack [...]
Posted in musings, tagged family, musings, words, work on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, my husband and I had dinner out. As we perused the menu, we took in the evening’s entertainment, which was provided by two child-sized diners.
A little girl, about 3, in overalls, and her 5-year-old brother were careening in reckless circles from the dining room, through the bar and back again.
During the fourth lap, a [...]
Posted in novel, tagged Clara, family, titles on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, no worries, Clara. My romance with “Tied to the Tracks” turned out to be a one-night stand.
I’ve got a few other new options. A long list anyway. My husband’s current favorite is:
Forgotten, Not Forgiven
We’ll see if I hate myself in the morning.
Posted in musings, tagged family, music, nirvana, sushi, words on February 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Today, as I drove to pick up California rolls for dinner, I was rocking out to Nirvana.
I remembered the first time I ever heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. I was in high school, cruising with my sister. She had already mainlined the song after taping it off the radio and knew all the [...]
Posted in novel, tagged critique circle, editing, family, nano, test readers, titles on January 9, 2008 | No Comments »
So a few little things to report.
First of all, I’ve joined a critiquing website that was recommended by someone I did NaNoWriMo with a couple of months ago. And I have my first chapter up for review this week. I already have had 4 lovely reviews written– the most so far of anyone [...]
Posted in novel, tagged family, pen names, publishing, work on December 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been thinking a lot in the last few days about pen names.
I had planned that if my book were to be published, it would be under my professional name. I am starting to doubt that decision.
Given the subject matter of my novel, it is conceivable that I may generate some angry responses. [...]
Posted in novel, tagged dark, family, novel on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »
I spoke to my mother today, who is nearing the end of her first reading of my draft.
When I first handed the copy to her, I warned her. “This is a dark book.”
“Really?” she asked as she put it next to her purse.
Today she says, “Your book is dark.”
“I warned you.”
“You did?” She sounded [...]
Posted in novel, tagged family, nano, procrastinating, words, writing on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
I am learning lots of things as I continue in this quest to finish a novel.
For one thing, I have learned what a “word war” is. Essentially, it is a contest for a group of people like myself who are writing novels to compete on who can write the most words for their story [...]
