Dear Diary, I apologize for spilling that gin and tonic ... errr ... glass of Kool-Aid on you the other day. I'm glad you are now dry enough to write in so that I can chronicle the most recent events of this year's July Camp! It has truly been a great Camp so far! I'm happy to report that I, as well as the rest of my bunk mates, have largely stayed on track for the entirety of these past two weeks! There have been bad days, of course, but there have also been great days! In the past seven ... View Post
Camp NaNoWriMo Diaries: Day Seven – Saved By The Cabin-Mates!
Dear Diary, Yesterday was Day Seven of Camp. And things got a little hairy. The day job duties piled up while the work phone rang off the hook, house-sitting tasks had to be done, extra errands ran, the hound dog wandered off for 24 hours and the sister's toy Pomeranian, which I'm also dog-sitting for the next two weeks, vanished from the yard. Travel plans for this weekend's journey to Nebraska for a wedding still had to be made. There was certainly no time for lunch, much less for working ... View Post
Camp NaNoWriMo Diaries: Day Three – When Tired Brains are Tired
Dear Diary, Yesterday was Day Three of Camp. Sure feels like I'm settling into the routine now. And my bunkmates are doing superbly. I'm so proud of all of them! We are rockin' this thing this year! We are awesome, if I do say so myself! But yesterday was difficult. It was pre-Independence Day, you see. So it's a short work week. And that means the same amount of work has to be crammed into fewer days. Not so much fun. Also, my plan to write over lunch hour was demolished by the ... View Post
Camp NaNoWriMo Diaries: Day One – People, Plot Plathways, and Panic
Dear Diary, Yesterday was the first day of camp. I like all my bunkmates this time, and I'm pretty sure they're all going to actually participate and speak to me. That should be a plus. All of them are my friends, you see, so this camp is going to rock! All but two of us were able to meet up last night, and we made some good progress. Almost all of us reached our daily word quota. I've tried something different this camp. I tried to not be quite so ambitious. Sure, I've met the 50k ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: A snippet from Chapter 20 of "The Good Thing", the WIP novel.
So I worked on the novel seriously today for the first time since about the end of February. Wrote about 1100 words in one sitting. I think that's the most I've written at once since the end of NaNoWriMo in November! Yikes. But to celebrate, I present to you a piece of Chapter 20, a chapter I've been working on since the end of February as well, and have FINALLY, finally finished! HOORAY! As usual, please keep in mind this is unedited, and names of organizations are merely placeholders and ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: An excerpt from Chapter 20 of "The Good Thing", the WIP novel.
I wasn't really going to post any more snippets of the novel, but I recently had a rather nice request for more, and because I'm a softie, I have relented. Lol. This piece is from Chapter 20, the chapter I am currently writing. However, I actually wrote this back in November, and it's still one of my favorite scenes of the entire project to date. When I went back to reread and decide what to post today, I had to share this one. And honestly, seriously... I don't remember writing this AT ALL! Ha! ... View Post
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