What’s your week been like? I’d set up a goal for myself to write a new short story per week. How did I do? Not bad! Although, to be fair, the goal should have been expressed as “finish one short story per week” as I…
Month: March 2019
I realized that this blog promised dog photos and I have been failing that duty. Here’s a dose of Bowie sleeping in the sun.
We’ve had a really interesting week for weather here in Southern California. The joke, of course, is that LA is invariably 72 and sunny. But not this year! This year, we get a sunny day followed by a rainy one. Yesterday morning I went for…
It’s done! Over Spring Break last week, I began my first historical sewing project, a Regency shift (or chemise if you’re French). And I am amazed at how well it came out! Because I wanted to explore the historical aspects of sewing, it’s all hand-sewn.…
This week was Spring Break for me so naturally I got sloshed on wine coolers. No wait! I wrote and brainstormed A LOT. (And then got sloshed.) There’s something both so wonderful and also so upsetting about the blank page. Because I turned in my…
My thoughts on POV! Check out the Genre Hustle episode 2.02 I reference. Love to my GH peeps, you are all smarty pants, and I learn so much from you every day! The craft books I mention here are: John Gardner, The Art of Fiction;…
Well this week was A WEEK. Luckily, it’s spring break now for my Day Job! A whole week off! I have lots of plans: I’m going to work through some edits on a novel I submitted for beta reading last summer (ugh, so long ago!);…
I came to California as a kid during a drought. When the drought finally broke and the rains came, we used to run outside at recess and dance in all the wet water. I loved splashing in the puddles and getting wet hair in my…
Wow, what a week. My university job is super busy right now and I had foolishly signed up to be on three committees, all of which had deadlines in the past month, pretty much back to back. Today is the final deadline for this round,…