Merton quote on love
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. ~Thomas Merton
NaNo update – moving along better today
18778 / 50000 words. 38% done! At this point I really need someone whose read what I have to discuss this stuff with, and slightlyjillian doesn’t seem to be home and astraea36 is probably not around since Ray is OMGhomeYAY!!! I have been lucky in that _lore is great for…
Spring Mill State Park: Memories and Some Photos
The last time I was at Spring Mill, I was about 10 and we were camping there. We did a LOT of camping when I was younger. We only had one car, and Mom didn’t work until I was in fifth grade, so a lot of times we would take…
NaNo: Complaints and widgets
I love my parents dearly, but I am looking forward to their week of vacation being over. Coming home and finding them both already here, wanting to do something, and then having the past two days off myself (as I am officially done at FL) has absolutely killed my word…
OMG READ THIS BOOK!
You guys! I just finished megburden’s book Northlander! It arrived in themail today, and I immediately sat down on the front porch and started reading. And I didn’t stop for three hours except for the ten minutes while I ate supper. Now, I’d already been lucky enough to read the…
Really need to get on this
It’s driving me crazy that I have done no submissions all summer. To do list: Finish the edits on The-novel-formerly-known-as-FTGGI. Find an agent to submit to. In the meantime find places to send “Inheritance” and “The Ruiner” and “A Delicate Balance” and the short story about Fin, the name of…
What Do You Have To Say? – Writing: Makes Me A Better Writer
The biggest influence in making me a better writer has been finding people to partner with. I have a group of friends on LiveJournal who are all writers, and we formed a closed, friends-only community to share our work with each other, provide critiques, share inspiration, and challenge each other. …
Lunar Eclipse
Watched the lunar eclipse this morning – got up at 5:15 to see the partial, and again at 5:50 to see the totality. It was really neat. Unfortunately at 7:09, when both the sun and moon were supposed to be in the sky together, the moon had vanished. Today I…
Book rec – The Privilege of the Sword
In a fit of depression over the end of HP I went to Barnes & Noble with my parents, and Dad, feeling bad for me, bought me two books. Haven’t started the Roberson book, because the cover and concept of The Privilege of the Sword intrigued me too much. I…
Klutz Attack
Today I was lying in bed around 8 am, asleep and dreaming. In my dream, my mother had just said, “Will you get that?” of the telephone. In the real world, our telephone began ringing. (cue spooky music) I jumped out of bed, startled from sleep, and ran smack into…
