I should be writing.
Today I printed out my materials and made my way to the post office. Over a month’s worth of work – gone! It seemed like I wasn’t really sending that much work in at all, but it was about 75 pages in total, plus a 10-book annotated bibliography that I sent via email. I’ve written…
I just finished reading Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, and wow, was it good. It was good for so many reasons. The characters were written well. The book was action-packed. It carried a lot of emotional weight. It’s one of those books, like The Book Thief, that I won’t be able to stop thinking about for…
My daughter Callie spiked a fever in the middle of the night last night. Normally, we wouldn’t be that concerned about such an event. Been there done that. But last night it came out of nowhere. She was fine all day, and then in the middle of the night, she started coughing terribly and she…
It’s not great. But it’s done. I wrote chapter four of my novel today. It’s only about ten pages long, and those ten pages were hard fought. I have to step away from it for a little while, and revisit it with a mind to revise/rewrite the whole thing. This was the first time that…
Today is Saturday, which means that I had to write like nobody’s business. I’m finding that Saturday is the key day – I don’t really have time during the work week to write. Fortunately, my dad was available to watch the girls while Bromleigh and I ventured off to the library. We found a…
