Being Grateful
Sometimes bad years happen to good people. Sometimes good years happen and everything seems to fall into place in just the right way at just the right time. At the start of a new year, you never know how it’s going to pan out. The key, I think, to surviving both is being grateful for the good you have, even if it doesn’t seem as plentiful as you’d like. Chances are, if you start thinking about it, you’ll find you have more to be grateful for than you realize.
A Funny Thing Happened…
…during my Official Year of Revisions.
I got ambushed by a Shiny New Idea and wrote a new novel in six weeks during September and October.
Revisions? What revisions? 
November Reads — 2011
This was month #11 in my continuing mission to READ MOAR. This month I read 1 adult novel and 3 young adult books.
NaNoWriMo 2011, Week #4: In Which NaNo is Lost But Not a Total Failure
So, here I am, the morning of November 30, 2011 and forced to admit defeat. I’m at 34,114 words on my NaNoWriMo project with a full day at work ahead of me. Clearly, that 16K I need to finish isn’t going to happen. However, I did win the last two years so I know I can do it (and will do it again next year!).
NaNoWriMo 2011, Week #3: In Which NaNo Becomes a Yo-Yo
I’m beginning to think the month of November is out to get me. First a giant snowstorm and week-long blackout to kick off the month. Then a crazy week of trying to wrap up my former contracting job. Now this week starting a new job and commute and thus having to do a 180 on […]
About Me
I’m a writer and arts administrator living in New England with my husband and pugs. I’m also a coffee addict, voracious reader, and recurring commuter. I occasionally blog at From the Write Angle and volunteer as a moderator at AgentQueryConnect.com. Represented by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media. My debut novel MONSTROUS will be out from HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2014!
(photo credit: Cheryl Colombo © 2012)Works-In-Progress
Ravenous
Precious
What I’m Reading
