We went to a funeral yesterday... sadder than usual as the man was only 44 and had passed very suddenly from a heart attack. The complete shock of it made it so hard to assimilate as our new reality. It underscored the shortness of life - whether it's things we need to say, or apologize for saying, or things we need to get done - the phrase "no time like the present" really hangs around the mind at a time like this.
We wonder what things Trevor left undone and unsaid, and what things he was glad he had 'gotten around to'.
The twistings and vagaries of my sometimes writerly mind...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Thursday, October 27, 2011
No Nano for Nan
It turns out that I will NOT be nano-ing this year, despite the lead up and hype... sorry fans.
After putting my family through this torture for 3 of the last 4 years, I will spend this year editing at least 1, and possibly all 3, of my previous manuscripts - for which my darlings were forced to suffer through Novembers of no supper, laundry, housework, contact, interaction, well - you get the picture.
If there's no follow-through, then why spend the time in the first place? It's time to get those manuscripts into an actionable state, and get some queries out! After all, I've been learning a lot about the technical parts of writing in the last few years. I have grown as an author and a person. It's time to light the kindling and get to work!
I will NOT be adding to my pile of unfinished projects. :) Love to all!
After putting my family through this torture for 3 of the last 4 years, I will spend this year editing at least 1, and possibly all 3, of my previous manuscripts - for which my darlings were forced to suffer through Novembers of no supper, laundry, housework, contact, interaction, well - you get the picture.
If there's no follow-through, then why spend the time in the first place? It's time to get those manuscripts into an actionable state, and get some queries out! After all, I've been learning a lot about the technical parts of writing in the last few years. I have grown as an author and a person. It's time to light the kindling and get to work!
I will NOT be adding to my pile of unfinished projects. :) Love to all!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
No Wonder People Elope and other wedding woes
If I actually list all the stupid micro-drama incidents that have happened in the last two weeks, you would cry. You would, because it's ludicrous the kinds of weird things that wind us up. Apparently being a complex individual leaves us wide open for emotional pitfalls etc. Who knew? I got married 29 years ago and had forgotten.
Hopefully I will find a tactful, gentle way to tell my bestest buddy since we were 10 years old that she isn't invited even though she volunteered to do hair and makeup. *sad face*
Hopefully the groom's family will not all stop speaking to each other.
Hopefully any tactless blunders I have made/ continue to make will be forgiven.
*LE SIGH*
Thank God that He forgives us, not because we deserve it, but because of what Jesus has done at the Cross.
*trying to remember that patience is a virtue*
Hopefully I will find a tactful, gentle way to tell my bestest buddy since we were 10 years old that she isn't invited even though she volunteered to do hair and makeup. *sad face*
Hopefully the groom's family will not all stop speaking to each other.
Hopefully any tactless blunders I have made/ continue to make will be forgiven.
*LE SIGH*
Thank God that He forgives us, not because we deserve it, but because of what Jesus has done at the Cross.
*trying to remember that patience is a virtue*
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