Hi squiders! Happy Friday! School is out, so I hope everyone is up for two months of chaos. My youngest asked if she could give her teacher (the one who had me in for the outlining talk) a copy of
Let’s Do This (Around the Madness)
Hi-ho, squiders, hope you’re doing well! I finally finished my readthrough today, and it has worked–I am ready and willing to dive into the madness that is revision (though I will admit, since I feel like the draft is in
Productive Procrastination
Happy Friday, squiders. Hope you’ve had a good week! So, I did end up writing that short story for the submission call, and I submitted it before the deadline (though I have not gotten a confirmation, and they say to
Getting Distracted
Hello, squiders! As you can see, I have survived the children. (I called one poor child the wrong name like three times, and this will haunt me forever.) I think it went decently! I do like talking about outlining, and
Help, I’ve Been Asked to Talk to Children
Hidey-ho, squiders. Happy Thursday. I wrote 7K over the last week on side scenes (and also rewriting the climax, which still isn’t quite working, but it is better–but also I don’t tend to revise out of order and probably when
Distracted by the Very Thing I’m Supposed to be Working On
Howdy, squiders! I wish I could say I took a well-deserved and organized break while I waited for my critique group, but really I got nothing done at all, so alas. Oh well. On we traipse, through the mud. But
Weigh Anchor
Hello, squiders! Well, I’ve made it through the draft (again). I have made my maps, and they might actually be good. Well, they’ll at least be useful. (I do need to at least clean up the upper hold on the
NaNoWriMo is No More (NaNoWriMoNoMo)
Howdy, squiders. I have survived the first weekend of my leadership training, and I got everything ready and dropped off at the consignment sale. Phew. Of course, now I need to get back into everything I neglected while I was
Pondering Accomplished
Good evening, squiders! How are you doing? I’m a little overwhelmed around normal everyday things and this leadership course I’m staffing at the end of the month, and the consignment sale. (I think I’ve talked about both of those before.
Oh, the Wandering Brain
Happy Saturday Sunday, squiders! I’m having a great day, and I hope you are too! (My Saturday ended up being so great, I never finished the blog post.) Now that we’re actively submitting, we can go back to the revision



