Posted in Writing on Aug 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Periodically a journalist comes out with an interview or story about the romance industry or about a specific author, and within about 20 minutes of the story hitting the internet, a busload of romance authors gets bent out of shape about it.
The latest case involves a Jacksonville, Florida paper whose journalist, Diana Middleton, talked to […]
Posted in Living on Aug 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
The quote that came up for me today in my Franklin-Covey was:
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
and I have to agree.
I’ve recently been thinking and practicing silence when engaged in one-on-one conversations, and it’s pretty eye-opening. When I’m silent — when I’m not thinking about what I’ll say in response to whatever […]
Posted in Writing on Aug 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
Last week, the dSO and I closed on our new home. I was a little sad to leave the boat, but as he pointed out to me, our new house sits on an island, so it’s kind of like living on a really big boat.
The actual closing and furniture-getting and moving in went quite smoothly. […]
Posted in Writing, Athena Force on Aug 5th, 2007 4 Comments »
In the past I had trouble writing while listening to music, but since I’ve been listening to music at work (mainly to avoid hearing my coworkers in the next cube do their customer support thing), I’ve discovered it easier than it used to be.
So here’s the “soundtrack” for Without A Trace:
Shake Ya Boogie, Mocean Worker
Caramel, […]
Posted in Writing on Aug 2nd, 2007 4 Comments »
Okay, let me make one thing clear from the get-go: I suck at learning to do something new on a daily basis. This habit-making thing has never been my strong point.
So I joined this 100 words for 100 days group. The idea is that we write at least 100 words each day for 100 days. […]