writer at play
Posted in news on Nov 24th, 2008
Or at least the part of it that publishes books. An editorial assistant explains why October was such a terrible month for publishers. Personally, I’ve never understood why books are returnable in the first place. Shouldn’t bookstores take on more risk? Do grocery stores return unsold cans of spam and jars of molasses and rolls [...]
On Friday, I came down with the cold that was being passed around my family. Friday night was horrible, with the baby (probably because of his sniffle) waking up several times. At one point, I woke up so tired and disoriented, it took me a while to get him and start calming him down. While [...]
Posted in motivation, short stories, writing process on Nov 19th, 2008
I admit it, I’m one of those moms who gets twitchy every time one of my kids colors outside the lines or decides that orange lettuce and purple tomatoes make an appetizing-looking salad. I was very uptight about the whole “place your sticker correctly in the space, properly aligned” and “follow directions to a T” [...]
Posted in inspiration, random on Nov 17th, 2008
I may not be writing these days (baby has become very picky about how he wants to sleep–ie: in my arms, as much as posssible, as often as possible), but I have been enjoying other people’s creativity on YouTube. So, here is my all-time YouTube favorite video: a duo miming a marital spat to Beethoven’s [...]
Posted in website tinkering on Nov 13th, 2008
Sorry for the gi-normous pictures that you’ve been suffering through! I think I’ve fixed the problem. Here, have a puppy–see post below!
Posted in website tinkering on Nov 13th, 2008
Posted in creativity, kids at play, reviews on Nov 12th, 2008
You may have already noticed that we do a lot of messy art projects around here, involving glue (sticky!), paint (staining!) and scissors (risky!). I am also far too ready to display the kids’ creations on the blog and on my walls (you should see my living room–it displays everything from the Husband’s cross-stitch, to [...]
Posted in season of rains, short stories on Nov 9th, 2008
I love Plans! And now I have one! So, here is my writing Plan for the rest of the year: Write short stories. These may or may not include: an Elinor story; a story set in the Out of Shape world; a retelling of Beauty and the Beast; something to submit to Beneath Ceaseless Skies; [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2008
The Firstborn’s latest passion is castles (and knights and crowns and kings and all those sorts of castle accessories). Yesterday, the Husband dropped by the library and picked up a castle-themed tote bag (I love our library!) filled with books, puppets and activity ideas. One of those books was a retelling of The Princess and [...]
Posted in season of rains on Nov 6th, 2008
SoR progress: 249/249 pages. So, this revision is done and sent to two trusty beta readers. There are still some minor details I need to take care of (fixing the astrological system, coming up with an alternate to rather lame minor plot point, for examples) but I’d rather hold off on the cosmetic parts until [...]