Done. Finally, finally, done. I just sent off the last batch. I'm done. Now, since I spent all day at work writing, I have to hurry my ass up and get this deadline finished by 8pm. At least I should start getting to have real weekends again ( Read more... )

So, I'm finishing up the last of the National Parks articles. Yes, they're very, very, very late. Very late. Grand Tetons article is on Jedediah Smith, one of the beaver trappers who explored the west when it was uncharted and full of Indians who wanted his blood ( Read more... )

I'M GOING TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL! I'M GOING TO BE A HOOSIER! WOOOOOOO!!!

Ugh. 47 50 down. 11 8 left (single digits! ahahahahahaaha!). Going has gotten slow and painful again, now two weeks after I swore that I would be finished for good. I also swore that I'd be done tomorrow morning, so you know...It's so weird how I hit these points of gung-ho awesomeness and how at other times it's a painful slog. I guess it's ( Read more... )

Wanted: time machine DESPARATE ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm making great progress. The switch in my brain finally flipped again. Feels great! I do, however, have to break for Awesome. I'm doing a story on the ghost towns of Death Valley. I gotta say, the wild west really does have the coolest history of all of these parks. This is my favorite story so far, about the town of Skidoo (yes, ( Read more... )

So this is what it feels like, huh?

Ok.

Back to work.

What do you do when everything in the world seems so very big and scary

and you feel so small and stupid?

I just want to hide under the covers and read Harry Potter and pretend that I'm not me.

It's a good thing, too. My publishers are probably going to hate me for this one ( Read more... )

15 17 20 39 articles down. 43 41 38 19 to go. Sometimes I get on these great kicks where everything clicks. Sometimes I feel like writing but am too tired. Sometimes I'm wired and really just want a fucking break. Sometimes I'm so ADD I can't concentrate on anything. Sometimes I can't tell if I'm actually writing a condensed version of ( Read more... )