The one where we remember your flufflyness Note: I wrote this to and about Ed five days after he passed. There has only been a small amount of editing to make more sense sharing this15 months later. Memories have also been added. Hey buddy. I meant to share this a long time ago. You're a … Continue reading Dear Edward
Because writing a novel is a gift. Real-time updates from the final three days of NaNoWriMo This post is made up of the updates I posted on my writer's Facebook page and Twitter as I stopped to take breaks. I get real numbers crunchy in these posts. It was fun to post these updates. Monday, … Continue reading The Giftstretch // Day 28
Trying to write 50,000 when life doesn't go as envisioned Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the evening of 12/14/22 on Substack. I wrote it in real time during NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can … Continue reading Muddling Through the Middle
A post-NaNoWriMo Update of Sorts Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the evening of 12/11/22 on Substack. I wrote it in real time after NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can sign-up for "Postcards" here.) However, … Continue reading Best Laid Plans
The one where I re-discovered Harry Potter Word Crawls and Wrote 3,669 words today Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the morning of DATE on Substack. I wrote in real time during NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests … Continue reading NaNoWriMo // Day 3–er, Day 4 Update
Celebrating with imaginary confetti Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the evening of 11/2/22 on Substack. I wrote in real time during NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can sign-up for "Postcards" here.) However, in making … Continue reading NaNoWriMo // Day 2
Writing a novel or pulling teeth? Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the morning of 11/2/22 on Substack. I wrote in real time during NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can sign-up for "Postcards" here.) However, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo // Day 1 Update
All the things NaNoWriMo and My Leah Novel Writer's note: If this feels familiar, it's possible you read it way back in November 2022 when I wrote in real time during NaNoWriMo. The original post was on Substack. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can sign-up … Continue reading Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-NaWriMo and Leah
The one where I share my work-in-progresses that took time and space and a piece of my heart and soul and mind to create.
Upon writing this, Ant and I took a walk today in 60-something-degree weather. We wore t-shirts and opened our windows before we left...Upon returning home, the windows remained open and I walked around the house barefoot for the rest of the afternoon. When I first read through this month's inspiration for the theme, I had images of Ant and I playing in the snow (during our Bermuda Triangle week), the Christmas light glow, and wearing slippers and favorite pajama pants... As I write this, we've closed the windows and I've put my socks back on. I'm at the dining room table, soaking up the last of the light from the day. (I'm so thankful the light is still around at 5:36pm.) I do have a light blanket over my lap and I'm wearing a light cardigan that I bought at Goodwill a couple weeks back. But I don't' feel cozy, maybe just comfortable...The cats certainly have cozy figured out..."
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