The phone rang
My heart picked up speed when I checked the caller ID and saw a number I didn’t recognize. It raced a little faster when I flipped open the phone. “Hello?” No, it
Every day should be ‘Free Pastry Day’
Normally, I sleep until at least 9 a.m. I have to, after working until midnight most nights and not getting to sleep until after 3 a.m. This morning, however, I wanted to take adva
Two R’s
The old saw says there are three R’s — readin’ ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic — but I gave up on that last one years ago. These days, I find myself strugg
Planning to be busy
I figure there’s one sure way to beat Golden Heart anxiety: By keeping myself too busy to think about the elusive Call that I could get sometime Thursday. That’s at lea
Inspired again
I love attending my NARWA meetings because I always come back inspired. Today, as a carpool of one, I even got to plot out a couple of scenes in my head. I missed the conversation
Marathon writing day
Thanks to inspiration that struck on the drive down to the Boyfriend’s, I ended up writing 2,595 words today. According to the Excel spreadsheet I’ve been keeping, that
In the home stretch
Getting in the habit of writing is really helping. I got another 1,000 words written today, bringing my total on Meg & Matt’s story to 44,090 — many of them written sin
Getting ready
The dialogue presentation I’m giving to NARWA on Saturday is almost ready. I’ve practiced it more than once (once in front of a human audience and twice for my cats, wh
Let’s talk about …
Get your mind out of the gutter. I was going to say “pens.” I spent an hour or so with the notebook and a pen this afternoon, hand-writing what turned out to be a good
Sneak peek
I’ve had a busy Friday. I not only wrote about 800 words on Meg & Matt’s story, but also finally readied the talk I’m doing on dialogue at next Saturday’