I’m so near the end of this revision. I’m two chapters away and just received the okay to send my novel to my wonderful sister-in-law Leeann Berry, who has agreed to be my critical reader for this critical revision. I’m hoping to go through the novel one more time and begin my search for an [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Fair win, hamster loss makes for week of highs and lows
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged 4-H, county fair, novel, writing on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Fun with Photoshop
Posted in art, family, life, photography, tagged art, camping, kids, life, photography on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
These are my little peeps. I’ve been having fun with Photoshop lately, giving myself a brief respite from writing. Actually, there really has been no respite from writing. I did a good chunk of work on my novel this morning and plan on doing more. I just wanted to do something else creative. I think [...]
The glamorous life of a writer part 2
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged life, writing on July 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
With a day off from my day job as a community newspaper journalist, I looked forward to a long weekend of rest. It wasn’t without work. I had one assignment; the assignment I have every year on the Fourth of July. Each year, for nine years, I’ve gotten up early on the Fourth to photograph [...]
What I learned about writing from my vacation
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged books, camping, characters, dogs, fiction, life, tent camping, vacation, writing on July 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Okay, so I didn’t bring work on vacation. That is, I didn’t bring my computer, but I brought a summer read that I could tell everyone I was reading for pleasure, while I worked at dissecting it…well sort of dissecting it. I was, after all, on vacation. The book was The Art of Racing in [...]
