You know you’ve been on the road a lot when you wake up and wonder, “Where am I?”
That’s followed by a light sniff (does it smell like hotel?), an awareness of the sheets (do they feel like MY sheets?)…all while keeping my eyes shut (I don’t wanna wake up!).
And then I open my eyes. Ah, [...]
Um. I didn’t really exercise this week. And I didn’t always follow the stop-eating-by-7pm rule, given my travel.
Will resume next week.
In Vegas! But don’t be too jealous. My life’s been work, sleep, work, sleep, work. This afternoon was our only afternoon off, and what did we do? We slept (just as we did in London).
In the spare moments, I’ve done my fair share of obsessing–for instance, obsessing about all my stories [...]
I have been thinking about voice in my writing. I have quite a few deficits in my creative writing, one of them being voice.
Voice is a critical factor–it’s the element that, if you get it right, can hook a reader right away and make him/her follow you for hundreds of pages, no matter what.
The [...]
I have had an unending desire for cigarettes since Sunday morning. I quit smoking about three years ago, cold turkey. I never smoked two packs a day (or even one), but I was definitely addicted, and I’d definitely formed a smoking habit. One day, it just didn’t make me feel good. [...]
Today is the year (at least by non-lunar calendar) anniversary of a death in the family. I didn’t think I’d be as affected by it as I am. I mean, it’s been a year. Right? But I am. I can’t seem to stop sleeping.
Perhaps it’s a coincidence–maybe I am sick [...]
Writing under a pseudonym has been great.
While some of you know who I am “irl,” I don’t have to worry about the masses connecting some of this personal information to a specific person and all the consequences that may bring. No more stalkers is a good thing. Still being able to blog is [...]
I put myself on a plan last week. I’ll be posting a report every Sunday, I think. Here’s the first report…
Wednesday: 2.18 miles on the elliptical trainer in 30 minutes. Ate dinner at 6:40pm. Stopped eating at 7pm. Did a light edit of two chapters of my novel.
Thursday: did [...]
I have two cute and affectionate, but at times extremely odd, wiener dogs. Today, I discovered my female dachshund eating the parsley plant in my herb planter outside. She did not eat the sage, the chervil, the dill, or the oregano. Just the parsley.
As soon as she saw me, she scurried away [...]
Did you know that there are 27 common faults in short stories, according to the Willesden Herald? The Willesden Herald is known for not awarding a short story prize to any of the entries because Zadie Smith found none of them fit for reward.
While that very move to not award a winner was very [...]
I have the doldrums. I feel like total doo-doo. I feel discouraged. I feel fat. Hell, I am gaining weight, so it’s more than a feeling. I’m not writing like I should.
These days, I feel like all my energy stems towards work, and then recuperation from work. Not so [...]
I’m behind on work, I’m behind on writing. I’m behind on a critique for my workshop. I’m just terribly behind.
Bleah.
And my literally (ack! my brain is melting) behind is getting bigger too. I keep mysteriously gaining weight–I say mysteriously because I’m actually eating LESS. I have a fantasy that I’m gaining all [...]
