Category Archives: My Writing

Ideal Writing Day

It was fantastic to wake up at a normal hour, make myself breakfast, and go to Seed for a day of writing. I wrote in my journal and worked on short stories, editing one and starting drafts for two others. And for lunch? I had Tony Packo’s for the first time. And of course on …

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An Awesome Week…and it got better

This week was already awesome because I finished typing the third draft of my novel and printed it. I spent happy hours rereading and organizing. But it got so much better. I had lunch and The Cookie Jar with my pen pal Whitney from The Letter Project. The film Imaginaerum with Nightwish music was available for …

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Typing–Complete

I finished typing the third draft of my novel today. 150 pages in Microsoft Word. Now it’s time for revision and art as research continues.

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Novel notebook…finished!

I worked at Seed yesterday and finished the sketchbook I’ve been using for Charlotte’s novel. Now comes the typing. And revision. And art. I am so excited to take this draft to the next level.

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More Novel Progress

I went to Seed Coworking and for two hours, I worked on my novel and talked to fellows. In the process, I wrote 20 entries of my novel, which beats my record of 11. Yesterday I finished a research book, and I walked away with even more ideas for entries. Looks like I’ll be able …

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Finished Another Journal

Journal Eight is complete!

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Novel Progress

I am taking steps to finish the third draft of my April novel, aka Charlotte’s story. During my first work session at Seed Coworking, I wrote 12 entries and organized my recipes into sections. Awesome.

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Poetry Project #6

This year I started poetry projects. I pick a subject and then write several poems on it to explore the subject in-depth. This year I have explored the following. I love you, I know bracelets Hands Fear Fruits, vegetables, and mothers The Phoenix Project And now I’m working on taking song lyrics and cutting them …

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Finished Another Journal

In January 2011 I started writing in journals regularly. I am on volume eight.

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Artistic Fears

Two days ago, Charlie posted a video sharing his fears.   Then his friend Michael posted this video.   I am working on my fourth novel for NaNoWriMo, and there are points when my Inner Editor* says no one will want to read this novel, let alone publish it. The novel is so different from …

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