Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Things I didn't know. The Bobness of songwriting...

I saw an interview on CBS's "Sunday Morning" a few minutes ago. Came in late, I'd been fixing breakfast, and there was Tom Petty, pushing 60 and talking philosophy. "If you ain't gettin' older, you're dead," he said when the interviewer asked how he felt about being that old. Now, Tom Petty and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Would it have an inhibiting effect?

My daughter said she wants to read my blogs, and I offered to clip and email a few. But she said she thought she'd sign up for Blogit. "Would that change the way you blog, Mother? I wouldn't want you to change the way you write because you knew I might read it." Of course I said no, it wouldn't make... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

After I cracked through the 50K finish line yesterday...

I went back and added a thing or two to something I thought was "finished." There was a scene after Louise's rape where Herb faces some facts and goes through some changes. He turns out to be a quiet hero by the time I got to the end of the book. He's steady, calm, and gifted with a steady... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

10:07 a.m. Tue., Nov. 24th, 2009 NANOWRIMO UPDATE!

My word count is officially 50,891! Tah Dah! Sign in to see full entry.

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Turkey Day is almost here!

I'm flummoxed. Seriously. Started a couple days ago when son Guy and his Boss Lady (girlfriend) dropped by while I was smack dab in the middle of the scene where my good guy cop is about to lower the boom on the creep who done his mother wrong eleven years earlier. Thing is, they each had a latte in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Getting organized for the big write...

TAPS just asked a question about how I keep organized so I know what's going on in a story this long. BTW I'm at 45,500 and counting... First -- in this case -- I copied this photo from Corbin Dallas's blog of my cast of characters. If you don't remember it, it's a family photo from the 70s. Tall... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Things are getting interesting

The NaNoWriMo project is moving along. I'm at 43,000 words plus. This writing project is an excellent diversion from some worrisome things going on in the world around me. I'm thinking of doing a flashback where Herb has a secret of his own, something to give him a little more substance as a man, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Essence of it all.

"What do you know about this Essence thing?" June asked. It was my shift at the library and I had finished turning on the lights, stocking the pastry cabinet, getting the coffee machine ready to serve. There were no customers for me in the little used bookshop, so I had taken a minute to sit with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I work better outside the spotlight.

It's safer there than center stage. Maybe it's one more aspect of the writing personality. June, you remember her, 91, still crazy after all these years, published children's writer: she says there's a distinct writing personality, but I don't fit it. She declares all writers are neurotic, they have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Houston, we have a problem...

OK, so I'm not an astronaut hanging by a thread in outer space, but yesterday it felt like it. I couldn't get online. No email. It was like the world had erased itself overnight. I clicked my mouse, I tapped the usual keys. Nothing. The first couple times I tried, early in the morning, I thought... Sign in to see full entry.

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