I must admit, lately it seems I am becoming somewhat of a literary snob. I don’t want to be this way, yet I have the hardest time finishing a book, either due to the actual story not fulfilling up to its glowing reviews or because the actual writing is so poor, I get frustrated with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Personal’
Let the Madness Consume Me
Posted in Personal, writing, tagged exhaustion, insanity, madness, NaNoWriMo, novel, Personal, summaries, work, writing on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A little more than a week and the NaNo craziness begins!
Not only that, but November 1st is also my birthday (I’ll be the big 2-4 this year). What can be better than birthday cake, word counts and word wars?
I am hoping to get more of my chapter summaries done; the goal is to finish those [...]
Goodbye, dear Bailey
Posted in Personal, tagged Bailey, death, dog, family, life, love, Personal, sadness on October 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
My parents had to put their dog Bailey (and my dog too…) to sleep She was nine years old. I remember getting her as a 6 month old puppy at the pound when I was a freshman in high school.
The last time I saw her was on Labor Day….
Not sure what killed her [...]
Overcoming the Fear of Critique
Posted in writing, tagged Critic, Critique, Critique Group, novel, Personal, Self-Conscious, writing on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tonight’s my turn to be critiqued in my writer’s group. As much as I know this is necessary, I still dread it everytime
I always know it’s not a personal criticism of my ability to write…still, it’s always a bit painful to watch as your carefully planned and written chapter is dissected and analyzed [...]
