As Good As I Can Get It

Sunday, 2 August 2009, 13:10 | Category : Reflection, Writing process
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Today I finished the last revisions on the second draft of le livre. The final three chapters were particularly hard to do, since I had never really felt that I got the climax and denouement just right in the story. But I feel really good about them today, and so happy to have reached a [...]

Sigh of relief

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 16:10 | Category : Reflection
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June was a quiet writing month, as evidenced by my sheer lack of posting. I took my vacation (very lovely, thank you), watched my beloved Penguins win the Stanley Cup, and worked outside in the yard.
I also gave le livre to three people to read. When I handed it over to the first person, I [...]

Back to the garden

Sunday, 31 May 2009, 20:03 | Category : Reflection
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I changed the quote in the sidebar to some lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s song “Woodstock.” They really sum up how I’ve been feeling lately. I’ve been reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for my book club and gardening and doing work in my backyard, and maybe it’s very tree-huggerish of me, but I really feel a renewed [...]