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Working from Home – Week 3

Hopefully youre in a groove now. I know I am even though there are moments where I just want to curl up on the couch for a nap.

I find mid-afternoons are the hardest. My husband turns on the TV for his afternoon fix. Dr,Phil, Ellen and then Dr. Oz. He is a huge sports fan but since there isnt anything happening with any team, hes made Dr. Phil his plan B.

I can work through Dr. Phil without any problem but I enjoy Ellen. I find myself paying attention to her even though Im not in the same...

Working From Home – Day 3

When my husband retired I told him to find a schedule. Find something to do and someplace to go, even if its just to the Tim Hortons on the corner. Always give yourself a goal for each day.

Yes, for now I am working from home, so I have plenty to do. But as this pandemic spreads and more people get sick, I will have fewer daily tasks to keep me occupied. I work for a construction company and once the job sites close down, the paper work will dwindle and they wont need the same level of...

Life and the Pandemic

Ive been away from writing for a while as you can probably see by my lack of posts. Life, in all of its glory, got in the way.

I got married, lived happily ever after until recently. I was already in the process of transitioning away from my full time job to look after my husband as he declines. Yup Im staring widowhood square in the face and its not a pretty sight.

Then along came the Covid19 pandemic which threatens to take my husband sooner rather than later.

Life can be a bitch!!

So...

oops

As I sat at my desk this morning trying to avoid housework, I realized it’s been a while since I blogged. I actually blogged about my almost failed trip to Banff last month, but it’s still sitting in draft mode. Probably a good thing, since the story is about to become a novel (don’t want to give too much away).

Yeah, I’ve carved out some time to write for myself. This new novel is the battle of wills between a moderately successful writer such as myself and the great writer in the sky. A deit...

Good-bye 2011, Hello 2012

This has been a good year. I'm glad because 2010, as a good friend of mine would say, 'sucked ass'.

2011 started off with me dating a great guy, getting a new job, and uploading my second novel, Hiding in Plain Sight for sale. The year got better as royalties started coming in and my new job went from good, to great to fantastic. Sadly, the great guy faded to barely good, and then to me saying, "Yeah, this isn't working out anymore."

My trip home this year was for a happy reason. My middle...

and we’re off – NaNo 2011

NaNoWroMo.org 2011 has begin and I’m already behind. It’s a little disconcerting, but I’ve been here before and haven’t failed yet.

This years story is a bit more serious than my usual light and fluffy fare. I’m basing it on a video from Live Leaks about a man found dead in a hotel room. He has ID but no one steps forward to claim him. When I heard about the video, I decided I had to tell his story. How come he had no one to miss him?

While I was pondering this, I talked to some of my writer f...

and we're off – NaNo 2011

NaNoWroMo.org 2011 has begin and I'm already behind. It's a little disconcerting, but I've been here before and haven't failed yet.

This years story is a bit more serious than my usual light and fluffy fare. I'm basing it on a video from Live Leaks about a man found dead in a hotel room. He has ID but no one steps forward to claim him. When I heard about the video, I decided I had to tell his story. How come he had no one to miss him?

While I was pondering this, I talked to some of my writer f...

VCON, SIWC and NaNoWriMo

I've been a bad blogger. I was reminded this over the weekend at the Surrey International Writers Conference. I attended a lot of the social media sessions because I've been out of the 'what's happening in Social Media' loop over this past year. Happily, I'm not as out of sync as I feared, but I was slacking just the same.

Mysterious Ages, my fellow ML for NaNoWriMo.org and I spoke at the beginning of the month at VCON. It was awesome, although, according to Myst, I was a bit of a...

Writing Stuff

It's September already and Marc and I are starting to frantically put together the events for NaNoWriMo.org 2011. This will be my 5th year participating and my 2nd year as ML (Municipal Liaison = organizer).

We're getting an added boost this year from VCON. We've been asked to speak on a panel Saturday, October 1st all about NaNo. We're very excited about it. NaNo is such a great way to get your first draft done. The camaraderie, community and cheer-leading is incredible. I can't wait to...

*sigh*

Realized last night just how long it's been since I blogged. After this stunning realization what did I do? closed the window and did something else…. Bad Buckley.

Lots has happened over the past few months.

New job, new books (mine and our author's). In July, I went home for my brother's wedding and a mini road-trip with one of my best friends, Tim.

The wedding rocked. I'm glad to welcome my new sister and her two children into our family and to be accepted into theirs too. Tim and I had a g...