We moved into this house when my daughter was three years old, just the three of us back then. The HVAC had been updated in the 1980s so it wasn’t original to the house, which was built in 1949, but it was still pretty old. When the heat came on, the house “talked.” I’d be lying in bed in the dark and I could hear whispers and whole conversations as the furnace went on and Read more…
Remember my stance against NaNoWriMo? Oh come on, sure you do. To refresh your memories, here’s the link: Writing a Novel? Don’t do NaNoWriMo. For the full effect, read the comments. Good stuff there. So my question to you who took part in NaNo last year, how did it go? Especially if you were first-timers, did you think you learned something, produced good work, realized something about this novel writing gig, or all (or none) Read more…
I’m in the throes of procrastination and have been for about a week. Ironically, a recent New Yorker has an article on the topic, which helped me identify what I’m going through and why, but also ironically, I haven’t actually read the article yet because I’ve been putting it off. So why am I procrastinating? Not just on writing GWIII, even though I am so close I can see the end from here. I’m also Read more…