Welcome to Philosophical Meanderings’ unofficial entry into the the April A-Z Blogging challenge. This blog isn’t searched by search engines, so I didn’t figure I needed to try to attract a large audience to it with an official participation, so I haven’t signed up at the A-Z site for this … Continue reading →
Welcome to this month’s edition of the Merry Go Round Blog Tour where we’ll discuss blocks. I personally prefer the different colored and shaped wooden building blocks we used to give kids. My dad found a new take on the old blocks for his great grand-daughter — they’re made from … Continue reading →
This month’s Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour focuses on our first work. I know I must have written a story in the second grade. I think we all do, and I’m sure my mother saved it, and I have it now. I have a box of that stuff — as soon as … Continue reading →
Sign ups for the April A-Z Blogging Challenge opened today. If you want to play or just see what it’s all about, go here. This website (Philosophical Meanderings, where you’re reading now) will be an unofficial participant. My official participation (#398 on the sign up list) will be at Rantings … Continue reading →
It’s a new year, there must be a lot of new projects, right? Not really. I have two writing goals for this year: Finish revisions of Polar Bear on the Loose (which includes finishing the How To Revise Your Novel class) and win National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. … Continue reading →
Welcome to my final installment of the Merry Go Round Blog Tour for 2012. We get to end on a light note by talking about my favorite books for 2012. For some reason, 2012 has been my worse year for reading since I began tracking what I was reading several … Continue reading →
Yes, I managed to cross the 50k finish line tonight. Once again, I am a NaNo winner.
Continue reading →I spent some time talking to a third character today. I thought her story was going pretty well, but she had some things she wanted me to understand. I appreciate her taking the time to discuss them with me. Maybe I should talk to the other three characters, even though … Continue reading →
I’m in a tough spot for the last two days. I have a couple of characters who just aren’t “writing well.” I’ve written most of the book, and it’s coming up short. That’s far from saying the book is complete. I have a few characters who are coming across pretty … Continue reading →
Still on track. It’s been a good day, except I caught Pretty Boy Floyd, the little orange kitty who is too small to neuter, last night in a trap. I successfully transferred him to a travel crate this morning, got him to the vet for shots, and brought him back … Continue reading →