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Archive for December, 2007

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, December 7th, 2007

The school visit yesterday was the BEST. I have to post a few pictures this weekend, because you won’t believe what librarian Melanie Callahan put together for the visit. It was all so delightful I didn’t want to leave.
But as for the list: This week’s crowning achievement was getting back to my [...]

Progress report

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Off to Phoenix today for a school presentation and a meeting or two, but I thought I’d check in before I left and report that I’m actually getting some work done, and it feels GREAT. I had some flaccid writing muscles there, which only builds the fear that whatever skill I had is [...]

Tuesday Book Club–one last embarrassing post

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Re-read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice this week. And I swear this is the last time I will subject you to this, but it just so happens that I read both P & P and Wuthering Heights the summer I was 15, and somehow got it into my head that I should write my [...]

November chocolate winners!!

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Hi, everyone! A little bit late here–sorry. Without further delay, last month’s winners are:
KATHY L.!
PAMELA C.!
CARLY S.!
SUSAN G.!
Congratulations! Your chocolate is on its way!
And for everyone else, it’s a new month, so try again!
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Not that kind of girl

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

I blame my niece for turning me on to AOL Music. Now I have yet another distraction to turn to whenever I want to avoid that tricky scene that I still can’t figure out how to fix. But the truth is, I think I’ve been a little too music-deprived these past few years. [...]

Shut up, shut up, shut up

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

I’ll blog if I want to.
Doing without is like that dreaded South Beach Diet. I just don’t think it’s healthy to eliminate whole food groups.
My writing diet: reading, blogging, writing novels.
Sorry I couldn’t set a better example for everyone who wants to cut back on their blogging hours. Although I think I [...]