First I futzed around with Pintrest, then I futzed around with Facebook (I know, right?), then I futzed for a good long time on Tumblr. In between times, I futzed with my email. And then my other email. Then I went back to Tumblr. By the time I should be relaxing for the day, I realized I’d […]
My Dark Shadows Screenplay
During the summer when I was 12, I was obsessed with Dark Shadows, the original TV show that ran from 1966 to 1971. It was a soap opera, the first of its kind, with a Gothic theme and spooky but unspecified happenings. It is the only soap opera to have two MGM movies (House of […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Seventeen
Making a new habit is a struggle, and I’m feeling every bit of it. Yesterday, writing was easier because I had all that time; today, coming home from work and writing, was hard! But no one said this would be easy, right? Here’s the current word count: Day One – 1,998 Day Two – 2,122 […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Sixteen
I have more time on Sundays than most other days, so it was nice to have that extra time both before and after writing. Of course, I took some time to chat with my friend Wendy, who is working on her next novel as well. That made for some nice interludes, and it always energizes […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Fourteen and Fifteen
Already I’ve complained about the cold weather, and how its easier for me to write when it’s hot, so I won’t do that. What I will do is announce that I’m getting to the end of Oliver’s POV, and I mean, it’s really close. Which means that by the end of November, I’ll be able […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Thirteen
While the blast of wintery cold weather makes me want to do nothing but sleep, the fact that I’ve written for 13 straight days makes me want to keep going! I’ve got a lot done on the Oliver POV part of the story, and expect that at the end of November I can at long […]