I haven’t written a word in A Miss For Mark since last week. I refuse to feel guilty about it. Alice Who is ON VACATION
1,376 words. It was a rough week and promises to get rougher. Too many distractions. I’ve been AWOL from my muse long enough to start feeling like I need to get back to work, but I know I won’t get much done in the next few days. Maybe I can make up for it in the week after. Alice
Thirteen Fractured Christmas Carols 1. We three kings of porridge and tar. 2. On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me 3. Good tidings we bring to you and your kid 4. O come, froggy faithful 5. Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly 6. Later on we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire. 7. He’s makin’ a list, chicken and rice. 8. Noel. Noel, Barney’s the king of Israel. 9. Olive, the other reindeer. 10. Frosty the Snowman […]
2070 words, all on Monday. As soon as I realized I wasn’t going to be able to finishe the book in two weeks I totally lost it. Maybe it’ll be better next week. How much longer did you say we had? Alice
13 things I should be doing right now.1. Writing a new Thursday Thirteen because I’m second guessing what I was originally going to put here. 2. Cook supper for everyone, and not just stick leftover in the microwave. Oh well. 3. Run my son’s laundry because apparently 13 is too young to do it for yourself. 4. Write my FanLit Forever Holiday story. 5. Write the episode of Suzie I’ll be posting tomorrow night. 6. Write something, anything, in my […]
Clever octopus I’ve been thinking about writing a book from and octopus’s point of view. Maybe someday.
A good week! 9,336 words. Still not up to full speed, but it’s a lot closer. Only problem is I have to do 10,000 each week for the next two to make my goal. I’m not sure if I call pull it off or not. Worth a try. Alice
1 – A book I’m currently reading. 2 – Speakers attached to the computer 3 – One of those “egg timers” that doubles as an office toy 4 – Various programs on CD 5 – A couple of data back up CD’s 6 – A sticky note pad 7 – A pair of erasers shaped like Santa 8 – A mouse pad 9 – The mouse to go with it 10 – Several coasters 11 – My kid’s report […]
5,356 words. Not as good as I’d planned on, but better than before. I’m going to have to really haul it if I’m going to finish this puppy by Christmas. Boy, I hate to go into January, but I suppose it’s possible. Alice
13 More things on my desk 1 – A recipe file with no recipes in it. 2 – A Q-tip stuck in a balloon. Don’t ask, I don’t know. 3 – A stack of envelopes 4 – A stack of scratch paper 5 – A dirty cup. Soup? Nah, looks more like yogurt. 6 – A glass of water 7 – A stack of accounting text books 8 – A special cloth used to clean eye glasses 9 – […]
I knew it was going to be a bad week because I never managed to get diddly squat done during holidays. So I put in extra effort Monday and Tuesday and came up with 3,164 words. Good thing too, because sure enough it was the only writing I got done all week. Alice
1 – I’m alive. Always a good thing. 2 – I live in a country where it IS possible to improve your lot with a bit of work and intelligence, and no one can force you to give up your dream. 3 – Romance is a huge section of the novel industry with plenty of diversity. 4 – I love my family – not the given most people assume. 5 – There is always something great to read out there […]
I did 3001 words for the week. I’d planned on doing that much every two days. This is particularly bad because I know this coming week will be worse and I was trying to play catch up since I have yet to reach the 7,000 a week goal. Boy, I’m going to have to be very fast in December if I’m going to finish this thing before Christmas. Alice
Adelle Laudan Savannah Chase Jen Jennifer Shirk Fairiegreen Tempest Knight Paige Tyler Placed here because wordpress wouldn’t let me edit the original entry.
Thirteen Things about Alice Audrey 1 – A computer. Actually, just he keyboard and the monitor, but that’s close enough. 2 – A cup full of pens. 3 – A cup full of pencils. 4 – A tall stack of in baskets so full you can hardly see the black plastic they are made from. 5 – A spool of thread. 6 – A one dollar coin that appears to be Canadian, but might not be. It’s too worn to […]