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8 Nov

They told me so

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, life, parenthood, sci-fi, walkabout, writing. Tagged: aliens, Asperger's, autism, fairies, NaNoWriMo, professional commitments, trophy wife, V, volleyball. 3 Comments

When I announced I was doing NaNoWriMo this year, one of my dear writer friends asked me whether I’d still keep up with the blog. Blithely I replied, “Of course!”
More the fool I.
In addition to my 15,000-plus words, however, I have kept up with life, which involved:

several court hearings, most of which went well, [...]

2 Nov

Off and running!

Posted by awalkabout in life, parenthood, walkabout, writing. Tagged: Great American Novel, NaNoWriMo, novel, vampire, writing. 5 Comments

Of all the corpses I’d seen in six years as a news reporter, Lily Kimball’s hit me the hardest.
This is the opening line of my 2009 NaNovel–like it?
Yes, National Novel Writing Month is ON! Sign-ups are still being taken on site, so if you’ve got a novel in you that you’ve always wanted to get [...]

16 Oct

Moving ahead, pen/keyboard in hand

Posted by awalkabout in divorce, life, walkabout, writing. Tagged: Lawson, Lyons, NaNoWriMo, novel, vampire, writer, writing. 6 Comments

Halfway through October, and I’ve finished a first draft of my newest novel manuscript, a women’s fiction story about a downsized lawyer who meets a younger man dying of cancer and how they change each other’s lives. It’s about the longest first draft I’ve ever had at more than 75,000 words. I’m very pleased with [...]

1 Sep

Writers aren’t old dogs

Posted by awalkabout in life, parenthood, sci-fi, travel, walkabout, writing. Tagged: writer, NaNoWriMo, Star Trek, Pennwriters, editor, manuscript, YA, Waggoner, Esaias, Klages, Connolly, Juno Books, Seton Hill, filk. 2 Comments

Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning.
–Gary Ryan Blair ( Mind Munchies: A Delicious Assortment of Brain Snacks!)
I spent the weekend at Context 22, a science fiction/horror/fantasy [...]

12 Nov

Another day, another what?

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: ADD, NaNoWriMo, plumber, team. 4 Comments

How many family members does it take to get water out of a faucet?
None! When the pump for the well bites the big one, you actually have to wait two days for the plumber to come!!
Okay, not so much a riddle, but sadly an accurate depiction of our week so far. We are, however, blessed [...]

3 Nov

Oh no! NaNo!

Posted by awalkabout in life, parenthood, sci-fi, writing. Tagged: author, Chris Baty, contest, Ivory Madison, NaNoWriMo, prize, publishing, Red Room, writer. 1 Comment

So the madness is spreading across the country and around the world. People (140,000 of them!!) have embarked on the adventure of a lifetime (sometimes for the second, fifth or even tenth time!) as they endeavour to create a novel of 50,000 words in the 30 days of November. National Novel Writing Month, in the [...]

14 Oct

Waiting, Take Two

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: auditory processing, Barber Center, evaluation, family, holiday visit, NaNoWriMo, office, publish, remodeling, therapy, TSS, writer. 5 Comments

Everything is in flux again, which of course means Momma is not a happy camper.
Most urgent is the impending office move, and the resulting house chaos as we clean and sort and put away things that have taken up that space previously for years. The new window is lovely! The new walls also smooth and [...]

5 Oct

Just write it

Posted by awalkabout in life, parenthood, sci-fi, walkabout, writing. Tagged: agent, caffeine, critique, edit, editor, NaNoWriMo, Pennwriters, red pen, sci-fi, support, Unitarian, writers group. 5 Comments

I’m a lucky writer.
I participate in two writing groups that are very supportive, both at meeting time and after. One is based in a Unitarian church, and the small group is well-meaning and cheerful, though the members aren’t regularly published; it’s mostly people who like to write for themselves. The other is part of the [...]