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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
This could be my Sapphire!
I know, I don't blog for ages and then I post a LOLcat. But this picture is SO just like my cat Sapphire that I couldn't resist!
While I've never seen her fanging on a church, she does like to do that along the edge of our shopping cart. (When you live in a condo, it's way easier to get groceries upstairs when you own one of those senior-citizen-type white wire shopping carts. Yet again, I am old before my time. :)
Anyhoo, here's my Sapphire lookalike! And I plan to blog about all the 101 tasks I've finished - I've been busy! Shortly. :)
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While I've never seen her fanging on a church, she does like to do that along the edge of our shopping cart. (When you live in a condo, it's way easier to get groceries upstairs when you own one of those senior-citizen-type white wire shopping carts. Yet again, I am old before my time. :)
Anyhoo, here's my Sapphire lookalike! And I plan to blog about all the 101 tasks I've finished - I've been busy! Shortly. :)
see more Lolcats and funny pictures
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Quote from a lululemon bag
I don't know who said it, but I'm feelin' it.
To rise out of mediocrity you must not be afraid to fail
Heather
To rise out of mediocrity you must not be afraid to fail
Heather
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Courage
My cat Ninja, who's been with me for over 12 years and is over 18 years old, is nearing the end of his life. I can't imagine what it'll be like not having him around. I'm still writing but my energy is focused on Ninja at the moment.
A FABULOUS older post on Lynn Viehl's blog about the courage it takes to be a writer.
http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2005/01/courage.html
Well worth re-reading!
A FABULOUS older post on Lynn Viehl's blog about the courage it takes to be a writer.
http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2005/01/courage.html
Well worth re-reading!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
One step forward, three back, two to the side...
I spent about four hours yesterday editing the fifth scene in my novel. At the end of that time, I realized something.
The scene doesn't belong in the book.
At least, not as it stands. It's about half backstory and half conflict, and the reason it took me four hours to do was because I was trying to meld them together. And they refused to meld.
The two beautiful things?
a) I RECOGNIZED that the scene doesn't belong in the book.
b) I am not upset with myself for putting in the four hours, thereby not getting any other scenes finished.
This is revolutionary for me. I usually do find that "waste of time" very frustrating. Not this time, and I think it's because I'm learning to look at my own work from a bit of a distance. They're great words, and there are some great moments in the scene, but it doesn't further the cause of the book itself and so it must go.
And I wrote its replacement today and I love it. :)
The scene doesn't belong in the book.
At least, not as it stands. It's about half backstory and half conflict, and the reason it took me four hours to do was because I was trying to meld them together. And they refused to meld.
The two beautiful things?
a) I RECOGNIZED that the scene doesn't belong in the book.
b) I am not upset with myself for putting in the four hours, thereby not getting any other scenes finished.
This is revolutionary for me. I usually do find that "waste of time" very frustrating. Not this time, and I think it's because I'm learning to look at my own work from a bit of a distance. They're great words, and there are some great moments in the scene, but it doesn't further the cause of the book itself and so it must go.
And I wrote its replacement today and I love it. :)
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