Twenty-two years ago today I used Blogger to add a blogging section to my website*. The first post was truly profound. When I exported from Blogger, multiple posts on one day came over alphabetically instead of chronologically so even though…
Good and Meh 2024: Week 6
Good Things: BAYBEEEE. I went back to the gym for the first time in over a year. I went before work, meaning I woke up early and left the house! And I went back two more times! Can you believe…
NaNoWriMo winner!
I have now won three times in my six attempts. I am tired of writing. Words hurt. What’s next? Permanently Shelved goes away for a month so that I can rehabilitate my right brain and enjoy the holidays. Then, since…
Thanksgiving and NaNoWriMo
Happy Post-Thanksgiving! We drove to Michigan to spend the holiday with WM’s clan. Twelve and a half hours there and thirteen and a half hours back. Deep fried turkey was eaten, and Max and Ollie got to play with their…
NaNoWriMo update!
We’re slightly over the half-way mark, cookie crumbs, and it looks like I’m still ahead of the game by barely a day’s worth of writing. I’ve yet to fall behind on my word count – a first for the six…
Wordless Wednesday: Lunchtime novelling
NaNoWriMo update
(apologies to feedreader people…having WordPress issues for the first time EVER tonight.) Well gee whiz that election post was …fun … wasn’t it? Let’s get back to more…um…stupid things to talk about. NaNoWriMo update! My NaNoWriMo setup I cranked out…
Can't post…writing…
I have a plot. I have protagonists. I have a setting, 2 corpses, and even some motive! Now I just need to find coffee pods for my new good friend and I’ll be golden. Edited to add: I sketched out…
Legs!
From the PhoneCam! Legs! Originally uploaded by ladygypsy. Wore these tights to work today. Was a bit concerned but received many compliments. Which made feel all sexah. 🙂 am alive…playing WoW and doing some scribblings somewhere else…will fill you in…
NaNo NoMo!
WINNER!!!! 30 days 136 pages 1,966 paragraphs 6,191 lines 50,117 words iI’ve accomplished nothing of this magnitude before. This story isn’t fantastic at all. But it’s my novel. And it’s done. And it’s my very own. And it’s going to…
KiMeNowPl
That means, “Kill Me Now, Please.” My NaNo novel is at 44097 words, and I can’t write any more tonight. I’ve written over 7600 words in the last two days, and to finish by midnight 11/30, I’ll have to do…
Black Friday, 2004
We arrived at Sears at 5:45 for its 6:00am opening…the prize was a cherished $10 gift card given to the first 200 people. The line snaked around the corner of the building. We were hopeful, but alas, we arrived too…
