I'm not really sure that you can call it writer's block when you're not lacking in ideas or directions to go. It's more like writer's distraction? writer's ADD? I dunno, it's damned annoying I know that for sure. Perhaps it's just an overabundance of distraction coupled with my family's complete inability to leave me alone for 10 consecutive ( Read more... )

So, I've got a conference in a little over a month, I've got a deadline for the novel of just less than 2 weeks. Have I touched 'the book'? No. Do I have a decent reason? Actually, sorta. So between a nasty bout of bronchitis, well, less nasty and more just lingering, and day to day other stuff, Grandma's in the hospital and apparently nobody ( Read more... )

I'm finally, blessedly, on my very last antibiotic for what turned out to be a nasty, repeat NASTY abscessed tooth. 2 wks of 1 course, followed by a dr visit and another 2 wks of a 2nd course. Blah. My stomach has been turned inside out, in the end not even yogurt balanced everything out. Anyway, the tooth is gone and the bone underneath ( Read more... )

Well, life certainly has a way of evolving ( Read more... )

I got a raise... :-D A really big one. Plus an additional monthly stipend. And a corporate credit card, one with a $20,000 limit. That's just for business, but still. How truly odd.

Ok, so I'm trying to force myself to write... or rather I'm actually trying to avoid writing and in so doing prolonging agony of the terrible drivel I'm spitting out into my newest novel. :-P If I could just get the damn thing done and move onto my other projects. It's not so much like giving birth as it is false labor... starting, stopping, ( Read more... )

It has been eons, hasn't it ( Read more... )

Hunger

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I got a few updates last night from wayyyyyyy long ago, we're talking practically a decade ago. God where did the time go? I feel very old being able to speak about my past in decades, plural ( Read more... )

Well, has it already been a decade since my last post? Seems like it ( Read more... )