So I'm reading this book about a woman who wakes up from a coma with amnesia, and it's got me thinking ( Read more... )

I must have been insane to think I could finish my book by the new year. Who in hell can get anything done this time of year ( Read more... )

Somewhere over 33,000 words now ...

Tummy trouble all week means I'm really behind :( I'm hoping to spend a few hours working today since I'm sitting here anyway, assuming that I can concentrate.

Not much else is really going on, at least that I want to talk about. Mostly just mundane life stuff, nothing earth-shattering.

So I sent the sample ... I spent days agonizing over the choice of what to send, and L was a huge help with that. But I got the outline written and everything sent off yesterday. Now, it's back to the waiting part ... I've been warned that she's backed up and it could be a week or two before she can even find time to read it, so I'm not holding my ( Read more... )

Well the query letter sold the sample ... she wants to see an outline and a few sample chapters ( Read more... )

I just sent my first query letter. Ever. I feel kinda nauseous ( Read more... )

It's your right and responsibility as an American.

Headed off to the polls, wish me luck!

I've made it all the way to the middle of September, 2005. It's amazing to me to read back over the re-meeting of C and L, to realize how lucky I am to have managed to hold onto them for so long, particularly in the face of everything that's come to pass over the years ( Read more... )

Or maybe not. But I went in this morning for the audiogram, and you have to answer these questions before they do it and it turns out that if you have symptoms of Meniere's, they don't do the hearing test without clearance from your doctor. So I wasn't able to have the test, and the earliest the doctor could reschedule me for was Tuesday, the 4th ( Read more... )

So this has been a topic of conversation for the past few weeks, and I'm still not sure how that happened ... anyway, my hearing loss ( Read more... )