And when I began to write…I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading. All my characters were white and blue-eyed. They played in the snow. They ate apples. And they talked a lot about the weather, how lovely it was that the sun had come out. Now, this despite the fact that I …
Monthly Archive: October 2011
A Semi-Triumphant Return
My new laptop showed up last week, and that means I’m back to writing. My schedule hasn’t been very consistent, sadly, but that’s what happens when you have a sudden and extended hiatus. (I did read several books while I waited for a new computer, and that was rather nice.) All told I scraped up …
Reevaluation
You ever have one of those weeks where you think you’ve accomplished more than you actually have? Apparently that was this week for me. I was very excited to tell you all about the writing I had done. And then I realized I hadn’t even cleared a thousand words. This was an unexpected blow to …