Déjà vu

by | Feb 24, 2010 | about me, editing, etsy, Germany, i AM alive, photography, writing

I feel the way I did when I graduated college: completely lost. At that time I was looking for a job because I had gotten married the day after my graduation, and my husband was still in school. My parents were lovely and let us live in their mother-in-law suite. But...

Read, Read, Read

by | Feb 17, 2010 | about me, books, reading, story, writing

The Language of God by Francis S Collins – 4A very good book about the mix of God and science.The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James – 3I’m rating it a three just because I have a lot of respect for people who have the guts and the patience...

To Keep Writing…

by | Jan 31, 2010 | writing

All right, I’m starting another month of serious writing tomorrow. It’s kind of an unhashed idea, and I’m going to let it lead me where it will. I really enjoyed participating in NaNoWriMo, and I think that process is the only way I can actually get...

The Book

by | Dec 2, 2009 | editing, Her Daughter, i AM alive, writing

I’m through the first edit of the book I wrote in November. It’s all situated and in the right order. I just have to fill a few holes and finish the ending. It’s really coming together nicely. Now I just have to worry about finding an agent. Anybody...

I finished!

by | Nov 29, 2009 | about me, Her Daughter, writing

I got to 50,000 words tonight on my very first novel. I think ever since I was about eight years old I’ve wanted to write a book, and this is the first time I’ve been so close. Now I get to spend the next few weeks looking back through it and deleting,...