What is happening to me–? I can feel myself seal off from the world. And strangely, I rather like it, in an “I am so relieved” kind of way. One of my writing mentors said that friends were the biggest enemy of writing, and I did not quite understand her at the [...]
I have a limited amount of energy now–I have long been aware of this physical limit, and yet this fact surprises me at regular moments. I can do one big activity a day; for instance an outing with a friend of lunch out with a friend or going to work, or writing for a [...]
WTF. These people are stealing a bunch of my blog posts on their website (link removed)…in their ENTIRETY, without my permission.
I’ve already emailed them and asked them to remove my posts, as on their website they write:
“This site is part of the collection on the Internet, if your rights violations invited email. We will [...]
It is heartbreaking to read my writing now. I discover writing errors that I would never have made before the stroke–random misspellings/misusage of homonyms and weird missplaced diction. It’s not rampant, but there they are, sprinkled throughout the manuscript. That’s not how I had phrased things in my head, but that’s how [...]
Oh I promised myself I would not blog, eat, or even shower, before I got some fiction writing done today!
But I looked out the window and realized–my garden needs watering. So I obliged. I should have waited. For my mind is now filled with distraught thoughts about my French tarragon plant!
The gopher/mole [...]
Remember that black notebook, my beloved moleskine?
I’ve been writing in it–neglecting this blog. These days, I’ve just wanted lots of privacy. There’s just something to writing my thoughts down on paper these days, and pondering my life in privacy. I feel great solace in that act…but at the same time, I am [...]
All is set aside to read the latest Harry Potter book. I finished my last book, Etgar Keret’s fantastic collection of short stories, The Nimrod Flip Out, in a hurry a couple nights ago so that the reading schedule would be clear of obstacles.
I went on an outing with friends this morning, berry picking [...]
Still trying to write–the key word being “trying,” because I’m not getting all that much done. I’m tired. Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve had trouble sleeping. Then I had trouble sleeping coupled with nausea. Now I can sleep, but only have the nausea. Regardless, these aren’t conditions that are [...]
Environment
There’s a gopher, or mole, in my vegetable garden, rooting up the soil, and in one case, killing a dill plant. I have no idea what to do–only that I don’t want to kill the animal, despite commentary pushing death as the better option. I’ve looked up alternative ways to repel the animals–castor [...]
Found via Susan at ReadingWritingLiving…and duly snarfed. Who and where are you in the world?
I don’t remember if I did this meme/took this quiz (found via Charlotte’s Web) already…but I took it anyway! It’s something to do late at night.
And I’m Watership Down! I love that book.
You’re Watership Down!
by Richard Adams
Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you’re
actually incredibly deep and complex. [...]
