Archives: 2007 November
My November is complete
I have: Successfully completed NaNoWriMo Successfully completed my 2007 Markeroni Challenge Successfully written and published a guest post for the Blog Fairy Successfully submitted a freelance article to a Certain Travel Magazine (to be announced) Successfully acquired all family-in-the-UK Christmas presents Jolly good. It can be December now.
Getting organized — the ongoing saga
Getting organized — the ongoing saga
I’m revisiting that topic about efficiency from a week or so back, mostly because I’m progressing and trying to fix it into a habit by writing about it. For whatever reason, I’m just not getting the travel articles out there, which is stupid because the longer I wait the less fresh they are and that [...]
Thursday 13 #20: Thirteen Things I did today
Thursday 13 #20: Thirteen Things I did today
I am having one of those uninspired, headachey, blah kinds of days. I therefore have no inspiration. I’m sure I can come up with thirteen things I did today, though. Thirteen Things I did today Links to other Thursday Thirteens! I saw dawn, blearily, and briefly. It was gray. I did laundry. There was a [...]
Lodi sunset
We get the nicest sunsets around here. Almost every night it’s fiery: you hardly ever get an insipid one. It’s as though the sun is having a final fling before the very cold nights fall down.
NaNoWriMo redux
It was a lot harder this year. I’m told that this is quite normal for a second year. There was something inside me holding back–perhaps because I do so much other writing now. November has been a bit crowded with the three blogs and getting back into Markeroni and a magazine article and, actually, taking [...]
Scavenging on a grand scale
Scavenger hunts are fun. This one is on a global scale. Right now this site is recruiting world travelers to take part in a global treasure hunt. It’s open to the public–there will be 25 teams of two and anyone can apply. The actual event takes place next April. I’m unclear what format this will [...]
La la la. La la la. ;)
I did it! I just submitted my 2007 NaNoWriMo novel and it came back with a verified 50009 words. ;) It was much harder this year. I’ll write more about it later. But given that I’ve written quite a lot tonight, I think I’ll take a break now. Don is cooking me triumphal hamburgers. :: [...]
