In November, I completed a decade of participation in National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known at NaNo. In my first attempt, in 2003, I wrote my first novel, Polar Bear on the Loose. I finished the first draft while deployed to Bahrain in the summer of 2004. Here’s a brief … Continue reading →
I think I mentioned Lady has been sequestered in the cage to keep her from hunting and attacking Rossie. First. Lady does get out of the cage a couple of times a day, but I close the parlor door, and she’s limited to the parlor and kitchen area. She wants … Continue reading →
It’s been a cold, dismal, rainy, glorious week here in Central Texas. I’m sure I’m wrong to enjoy the dreariness and rain, but I do. Here’s a photo of the rain along our north foundation skirt (the house is pier and beam construction about three feet above ground level). We … Continue reading →
Daphne has a clean bill of health and has been free run of all areas of the house the other cats have access to. She’s a delightful kitten. We left her cage up for Lady. When Daphne went for her second kitten shots and her rabies shot, I took Lady … Continue reading →
The adoption gap between Apple and Microsoft seems to be narrowing. Microsoft is the clear winner on entry price alone. Or is it? Apple makes a tremendous little computer called the Mini. It’s designed for people leery of Apple’s higher cost iMacs and MacBooks — Pro or otherwise, with a … Continue reading →
Things got a little slow tonight working on NaNo, so I decided to try a little “conflict” exercise. Too often, I avoid conflict at all costs, and it weakens my fiction. Tonight, I made up two characters on the fly who were told to remain on the couch by their … Continue reading →
I skipped last month’s update, because we were mostly traveling and hadn’t gotten much done. I don’t know what the excuse is for this month. The San Antonio House: We got basic yard work completed. We trimmed the alley hedge. We trimmed the front hedges. We downed a tree by … 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 →
Sunday afternoon, while I was trying to entice Sneaky to come talk to me, this creature perched on the power pole to the house and began raising a ruckus. I thought it best Sneaky was feeling a little nervous. ‘Twas a beautiful hawk, but I figure it may have been … Continue reading →
Kitten has been named Daphne. Of Apollo and Daphne fame from Bullfinch’s Mythology. She’s a wonderful little cat. Well-mannered, friendly to feline and human alike. Outgoing. Lady is baffled and fascinated by her. She has supervised run of the kitchen and parlor for much of the day. Floyd lays down … Continue reading →