Am I the only one who finds the new NaNoWriMo site clunky, uncooperative, and downright annoying? Communication in forums is impossible (I find nothing when I click that link) and with buddies seems challenging (a message from a buddy waited to be read for a week because I didn't notice it was there). In fact, if this [...]
My husband and I both grew up with Velveeta, which is not really cheese at all. I remember my father loving blues and sharp cheddars, but my brother and I were fed toasted cheese sandwiches made with horrible pre-sliced white bread, Velveeta, and margarine. That "cheese product" melts like glue. I am embarrassed to admit [...]
Yes, it's true. I seem to be doing NaNoWriMo again. I am using the new site and not entirely happy with it. Not yet, anyway. I am a fan of statistics and they are not as clear and compressed as they were. The site finds that I have completed 4 projects or zero, 240k words [...]
I submit. There it is. That word again. Eighteen months after sending a query to an agent, I heard back yesterday. She doesn't want that book but would be willing to hear about my next project. Not that I am complaining. A few agents I queried failed to make any sort of response. (I had [...]
won’t you celebrate with me Lucille Clifton - 1936-2010 won’t you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my [...]
On the beach before dawn yesterday, rainclouds had moved off, and the sky was aqua over the ocean. My husband Gary and I followed the tideline until we met a friend and stood for a time admiring the cool air, the empty beach. We shared news of neighbors, and then said goodbye until tomorrow. We [...]
My brief essay appears on Monday's River Teeth Journal's "Beautiful Things." Please have a look or even comment: https://www.riverteethjournal.com/blog/2019/09/30/simplify-simplify “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your [...]
