I don't know if I'm being affected by the impending storm, but I'm getting really wound up about writing this story. It's not going to be fictional for once, and it's supposed to be enlightening. Boo! Unknown territory! Yuk! Why Why WHY am I doing this to myself????
Anyone else have pre-Nano tremors? how do you do character outlines for REAL people?
The twistings and vagaries of my sometimes writerly mind...
Monday, October 29, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
nano..what? NaNoWriMo!
It's almost November, folks; and, for writers, that means nano time.. where we each try to write 50,000 words between Nov 1 and Nov 30. (Yes, of the same year - silly rabbit!) Head over to nanowrimo.org for more info.
I have entered 4 times and completed the challenge 3 times. It has actually been a few years since I've completed a challenge, so it's about time I got back down to business. My handle is crazynance if you want to look me up. Comment below and I will add you to my friends list. Got to go, there are plots to be hatched!
I have entered 4 times and completed the challenge 3 times. It has actually been a few years since I've completed a challenge, so it's about time I got back down to business. My handle is crazynance if you want to look me up. Comment below and I will add you to my friends list. Got to go, there are plots to be hatched!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
and I'm back
Been a long time since I wrote my blog, yeeeeahhhh~
Ok, so the appeasing rock'n'roll intro should have taken the edge off the lack of posts around here.
The rain has started again. In the fall, it rains and rains, and slowly the days get colder. One day you wake up, and the rain is now snow. But for now, we are still oooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the beautiful colours of the turning leaves, and scuffling through the fallen leaves on the sidewalk as they crunch underfoot. My neighbours have Hallowe'en (All Hallows Eve- Oct 31, as Nov 1 is All Saints Day) decorations up. There are mock gravestones, and ghosts and monsters in many porches. On the evening of Oct 31, as it gets dark, the children start coming around door to door for candy. They say 'trick or treat' but they mean 'Please give me candy'.
Ok, so the appeasing rock'n'roll intro should have taken the edge off the lack of posts around here.
The rain has started again. In the fall, it rains and rains, and slowly the days get colder. One day you wake up, and the rain is now snow. But for now, we are still oooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the beautiful colours of the turning leaves, and scuffling through the fallen leaves on the sidewalk as they crunch underfoot. My neighbours have Hallowe'en (All Hallows Eve- Oct 31, as Nov 1 is All Saints Day) decorations up. There are mock gravestones, and ghosts and monsters in many porches. On the evening of Oct 31, as it gets dark, the children start coming around door to door for candy. They say 'trick or treat' but they mean 'Please give me candy'.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Updating my goals
September already? Where has the time gone? What have I accomplished in 2/3's of a year?
I have decided to use this time to discover what my goals are and to take care of things like refreshing my budget etc. Budget refresher because one of our big events has been accomplished, so it's time to revise where the payments were going. Due to some circumstances that I keep expecting to change very soon, there appears to be a downward spiral in my finances! This is obviously not a good thing. As I said, I expect it to be redressed shortly.
The goals part is really hard. I know it's valuable and necessary to have goals, I'm just really bad at writing them down. If you don't write them down, you don't move towards them, and you don't take specific steps to make them happen.
Here's what I've got so far: I want to be more fluent in French. I should be completely bilingual by now.
I want to take another trip to England, and one to New Hampshire. I'd like to edit my manuscript and see about getting it published. And, uh.... that's it for now. :) What about you?
I have decided to use this time to discover what my goals are and to take care of things like refreshing my budget etc. Budget refresher because one of our big events has been accomplished, so it's time to revise where the payments were going. Due to some circumstances that I keep expecting to change very soon, there appears to be a downward spiral in my finances! This is obviously not a good thing. As I said, I expect it to be redressed shortly.
The goals part is really hard. I know it's valuable and necessary to have goals, I'm just really bad at writing them down. If you don't write them down, you don't move towards them, and you don't take specific steps to make them happen.
Here's what I've got so far: I want to be more fluent in French. I should be completely bilingual by now.
I want to take another trip to England, and one to New Hampshire. I'd like to edit my manuscript and see about getting it published. And, uh.... that's it for now. :) What about you?
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
God's protection
After reading an fb post about my friend receiving a call from her daughter's cell (mum in UK, daughter in Thailand) from a Thai man [naturally this completely freaked mum out, imagining her daughter had been kidnapped or whatnot- is not the case, daughter is fine],
and then this: Identity of woman's body parts
could you imagine being a parent who did not know precisely where their daughter was? Terrifying.
If we've raised healthy happy exuberant kids, they have no problem wandering off into potentially dangerous situations - I thank God everyday for His protection of my children.
and then this: Identity of woman's body parts
could you imagine being a parent who did not know precisely where their daughter was? Terrifying.
If we've raised healthy happy exuberant kids, they have no problem wandering off into potentially dangerous situations - I thank God everyday for His protection of my children.
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