I redid the opening and have been adding more context to my latest story. Yes, I started editing before I finished it. Lie I said, feeling like a real writer these days. Anyway, my editor has been fighting the stomach flu all week. Hopefully, we can get together this weekend. If not, the May Chelsea […]

I am ignoring deadlines. I hate the beginning of the story, which is not the one I should be writing. But I’m trying to finish it before adding more. I’m 12k in and no end in sight. I’m walking around the house, running dialogue under my breath (Yes, I act out scenes, especially dialogue.). For […]

My new “lost” Pittsburgh story is almost 10k, and I really feel like a writer again. Mostly because I hate the beginning, need to add in more fight scenes, and I’m completely avoiding what I actually need to be working on to meet my deadline. I’m back!

Following the drama that was getting this blog up and running again, I forgot to mention that my middle had a birthday this weekend.So I spent most of my free time prepping for that, and then my poor husband got sick on top of it. So not a lot of writing got done this weekend […]

Okay, got the blog up and running again (Don’t ask. Seriously, please just don’t). And I’m writing! Not Chelsea, but I’m 10k into this story, and I’m thinking I’ll hit 50k or better. I’ll take it. Hopefully, I get some editing in this weekend, but at the moment, I’m just happy to be writing.

I had to go back to Pittsburgh (again), but it means I got some writing done. 4000+ words of it. And I remember doing this very thing years ago. When I had deadlines for Pittsburgh stories, I would often find myself writing Chelsea stories. It’s part of how I ended up with such a deep […]

While I had the time to write at work yesterday, I just couldn’t seem to find the right mind set. So I went home and did an old exercise of rereading past stories. And I hated them. The descriptions sucked, the dialogue: all forced, and the char– That was when I shut it all down […]

As much fun as I had in San Francisco, it wrecked my newly fledged writing habit. Nice weather here didn’t help.Still I was determined to read to my editor last night. Then my back acted up. The good news, I was able to sleep it off, for the first time ever. And as sleeping is […]

I was not expecting two very busy days in a row, but quite a few folks are coming back to town now that winter is over. I’m talking about our regulars and folks who contribute to the museum. So I was busy glad-handing and welcoming people back as well as my usual duties. Nothing onerous […]

Yesterday was a busy one at work. New vendor and lots of visitors. I may have to start writing when I get home as we are getting into our busy season. That being said, I’m anticipating getting some editing done this weekend. I want to read through the two other finished stories and get them […]