what else can i talk about with five more days to go? nothing! nanowrimo is just about over. november is just about spent and so am i. as quick as i can get this post up, i will be going back to the task at hand. a friend that i went to grad school with described perfectly how i feel … Continue reading
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inspirationsays’what’?
i can not tell a lie. i have been struggling with this whole remixed nanowrimo challenge. it’s work, y’all. and lately it’s been pretty fruitless. by that i mean, hours of sitting and staring at already written material for far too long, adding a sentence here or there, throwing in some punk ass line edits. you know how it … Continue reading
22 days to go!
with 22 days to go, i am organized. a book must be completed by the end of november. it has to be. and just this minute while i was typing this, i decided that i am gonna reward myself with something amazing when it’s all over and i have reached my goal. i’m organized now. i know what my book is about…kinda. well, … Continue reading
happy nanowrimo!
yep, it’s a thing. november is national novel writing month. a fiction-writing friend hipped me to it and apparently it’s a pretty big deal. the point of nanowrimo is to finish a novel in thirty days. check out their website at nanowrimo.org. i don’t write fiction. in fact, i find it really intimidating. creating EVERYTHING (characters, setting, plot, … Continue reading
i got something to say, damn it!
yesterday, on Halloween night, something scary happened. for the first time since i started blogging, i panicked. i had nothing to write about. nothing. i could have rambled on about the terrible commute i had both to and from work in the aftermath of Sandy (which was a minor inconvenience compared to what so many others went through, and are currently … Continue reading
dear rejection letters…
i’ve been seeing more of you lately. and there are exactly two ways i feel about that: (1) i am immediately, and momentarily, disappointed when i read those often remixed words that basically state my work is not a fit for the respective publication is; and then there is (2) a feeling of accomplishment, a little pride, that comes … Continue reading
sethe is my homegirl
sethe is one of the main characters in my favorite novel in existence: Beloved. in order to explain the name of my blog, i’ll have to give you a sketch of who she is. i don’t want to ruin anything (not that my simple description could tackle all that she is) for those of you who will eventually … Continue reading
i gave myself a blog for my birthday.
this time last year on my way to work, what i thought was a fabulous idea for a blog smacked me upside the head. it just came from nowhere. i sat down in my cube, at my desk, wrote it down on a yellow sticky note and smiled at it like a crazy person. i don’t remember what the idea was but … Continue reading
Hello world!
i’m blogging! so is just about everyone else. yes, but this is a BIG deal. (sn: to me.) i’ve been putting it off for over a year now. out of fear mostly. of what? i’ll keep it short and just say: every damn thing. it’s complicated but also how i operate. i am strangely attracted to the things that scare me most. What … Continue reading
my best thing 