I am struggling with a decision. Do I continue working a difficult temporary job or quit and devote myself to a technical book I’m writing with David, a novel I need to send out again, one I need to finish, one I need to get going on, and a non-fiction …
Opened a bookstore… but haven’t posted the thousands of vintage books I adore. Deconstructed my bathroom… didn‘t put it back together yet. Released hundreds of ladybugs to police my garden…but the garden has fallen into disrepair. Moved my bookstore to a new location…still don’t have all the fixtures up after …
Since I last posted, I completed the house projects, (including tearing out a useless doorway), started revising my novel after receiving feedback, became a member of MWA, transported a few basset hounds, did several job interviews, and started a used bookstore. Well, in process, anyway. It happens that my niece …
Empty shelves are sad but enticing. I dislike the sensation of having completed a novel. Sure, I like it for the first day or two, but shortly I begin to obsess about my characters. I wonder if I have done all I can to make them happy. The feeling is …
I found this posted on the blog of a non-native English speaker, so I am not making fun of him/her. I am rolling because h/she is getting many offers to become a tech writer! Here’s a sample: I started getting lots of job offer from big companies for Technical Writer …
A writing fellow I know, Tom Wallace, has started a blog. It’s already more on point, more amusing, and much more erudite than mine, and the problem here is, I have no idea how to indicate that I am sticking my tongue out at him in print. (Blegh? Ffftt? Thwipppity?)Of …
