Tess Gerritsen blogs about writer’s anemia. “Real anemia leaves you weak and exhausted and pale. Writer’s anemia is much the same — except that the pallor shows up on the page. Your writing loses all color. Your plot feels dead. Your characters wander through the story like ghosts of themselves.” … Continue reading →
I made the transition to WordPress one year ago yesterday. I’ve been very pleased with the quality of the blogware. According to Blog Stats on the Dashboard page, I’ve made 369 posts and have received 650 (legitimate) comments. SpamKarma2 has done a wonderful job of containing the illegitimate comments–better known … Continue reading →
If anyone has been following my MilBlogs subgroup in the sidebar, you’ve noticed most of the bloggers have rotated back to the States, and the blogs have either gone dormant or moved to new, Stateside-oriented, blogs. I will probably look around and find current in-theater bloggers; however, the DoD has … Continue reading →
I low-crawled through 600+ more words yesterday. Agreeably pathetic after so many 2k+ days, but monumental after weeks of struggling for less than one hundred words a day. I have an inkling about what’s paralyzed the story. Now I just need to set it free again. T&T is over 55k … Continue reading →
How much longer before USA Baseball realizes the rest of the world has embraced baseball and passed us by? As with USA Basketball, we need to realize we can no longer rest on our laurels, show up, and collect our win.
Continue reading →I’ve been roaming the pack ice with my friends and family. She has been focused on work and Her other writing projects and hasn’t had time for me. She also has the dog and cat, who take more of Her time. I’m still following the Spurs with my DirecTV hook-up. … Continue reading →
My workstation bi-focals arrived today. Just in time for the weekend. There’s always an adjustment period for new lenses, and these are no different. I hope this will eliminate the eyestrain I’ve been experiencing lately.
Continue reading →Twenty-one years ago today–at about this time, my life changed forever. It’s hard to believe it was really that long ago. I was teaching an evening shift, and my husband’s boss called to say my husband had fallen in Austin earlier that day, landed on his head, had driven back … Continue reading →
I think this update went well…if you notice anything strange, please let me know.
Continue reading →I tossed my PC Magazine aside when I got it a couple weeks ago. I’m procrastinating tonight, and I began browsing. In FutureWatch, there’s a picture of the next craze in ergonomic computing–the Nethrone. It has footpegs, an ergonomic keyboard shelf, an adjustable flatscreen holder, and a reclining, vibrating chair … Continue reading →