Dawn Blair's Blog, page 114

Finding stories

There are so many stories. It depressed me a little. I went looking for the manuscripts I was planning on going to next and saw so many uncompleted stories, or stories that had been started but were in shreds for one reason or another. It makes me half wonder if I should triage and start … Continue reading Finding stories

New release coming

The goat above was just a cute, tiny thing and he’d fallen asleep on his feet with his face in the hay. Absolutely adorable creature. Then I was glad I could walk away. I use to have a goat. It wasn’t a pleasant experience, but I’m glad I had it. I was also glad when … Continue reading New release coming

Another alternate reality

Today , we watched Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. All I kept thinking was, “Yep, this is the blog post I wrote earlier in the week.” I don’t know. I think someone spent too much time at Einstein Bros. Bagels. Maybe for overworked people with no knowledge of alternate realities, then it could have deep … Continue reading Another alternate reality

The results of my experiment

How did it feel when I dropped 20,000+ words onto my spreadsheet? Okay, first, why only 20,000 on a book that ended up being almost 70,000 words long? I had already counted 48,000 words towards the book on my spreadsheet. Granted, I deleted off nearly 10,000, but that was one of the reasons for starting … Continue reading The results of my experiment

The book is over the finish line

Siva’s book is finished. Well, the first draft is. I still don’t even have a title for it yet. And, of course, my creative voice insisted that I go back into the story and touch a few things at the end after I’d crossed that finish line and was making notes on the last two … Continue reading The book is over the finish line

Tie a bow

Tonight, my WordPress editor looks like normal. Go figure. (grin) What is life without a little bit of strangeness every now and again? In other news, I started the final chapter of Siva’s book today. I need to loop back and take another look at the end of the previous chapter. I’m hoping that I … Continue reading Tie a bow

What’s up, WordPress?

We have many mysteries in the world. WordPress is one such thing. Every day, I start a post and some days there is pure randomness in how my post looks before I publish it. Some days the text is so small I can’t read it. It looks fine (I hope) when I publish it. Today, … Continue reading What’s up, WordPress?

Alternate reality mind games

I like to imagine the existence of alternate realities, especially in relation to my own life. Many times, it give me hope. I don’t like to think that alternate realities spin off of every decision, like a new reality coming into existence because I decided to have a grilled cheese sandwich with my cup of … Continue reading Alternate reality mind games

Art Matters

Two books I ordered came in today. I love it when books arrive. Hmmm, you couldn’t imagine that, could you? (grin) One of them was Art Matters by Neil Gaiman. Since I’d been watching Lucifer and The Sandman, when I discovered this book a couple of weekends ago, I had to order it. I’m excited … Continue reading Art Matters

Held back

Well, my subconscious was not a good place to be last night. I woke up from a terrible elevator/earthquake dream last night. Temmy came in then and tried to curl up with me (on my face). She kept trying to comfort me by sticking her paw up (in my face). I didn’t even sleep well … Continue reading Held back