Dawn Blair's Blog, page 31

The cover starts to come together

I set today as the deadline for making a decision on the cover for Beat of the Drum. I can’t proceed with the project until I have a cover. Fortunately for me, I woke the other day with an idea for it. I made a couple of attempts and didn’t really like the results, but … Continue reading The cover starts to come together

Writers! Take notice!

If you’re a writer and you want to advance your craft, I highly (did I mention HIGHLY!!!!) recommend that you take this WMG Workshop: The Kris and Dean Show — Die Hard. It is an incredible deal at only $50. Die Hard was the movie Dean used when I took his endings workshop. Okay, my … Continue reading Writers! Take notice!

What publishing goals?

I’ve had meetings this morning, so all I’ve gotten done is my writing. I just can’t believe we’re in December already. The December picture on my calendar just looks cold. I don’t even find it pretty though I’m sure some people would. To me, it’s just cold. I’m already tired of the cold. We haven’t … Continue reading What publishing goals?

Bringing forward an old project

I wrote a good amount of words today on a novel I started several years ago (pre-COVID actually). It’s been sitting because I didn’t feel ready to write it. Now, I don’t want to talk about the work in process too much, but I will say that I feel its time has come. What I’m … Continue reading Bringing forward an old project

Bikes up

I don’t have much to report again today. My youngest and I hung out today, and rearranged part of my house. My bikes are now on a stand where I hope it makes it easier for me to access them so I can ride more. Not sure how much I will be riding in the … Continue reading Bikes up

What a day

I didn’t get writing done today like I’d been expecting. I did, however, get some things done in my house that I wanted assistance for. Then, I hung out with family, played games, and just had fun being together. Now, my son and I are hanging out watching tv and I’m trying to write in-between … Continue reading What a day

Happy Thanksgiving 2024

Short post tonight. Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers who celebrate the holiday. That’s what I’ve been doing today. Hanging out with family, playing games, and eating too much food. Hoping to get in my word count tomorrow. It’s probably not happening tonight though. Cheers.

Daily consistency revisited

Started off the day with a wonderful session with my creativity coach. We worked on something I probably need to do a lot more work on and that is consistency in my publishing. After I got done with my session, I remembered my Kanban board that I’d set up several months ago. Remember that? Yeah, … Continue reading Daily consistency revisited

Finished and in process

I didn’t want to paint today, but I got to it anyway. I’m glad I did because I had fun playing with colors. I got more painted on my flower. Here’s a picture of where it had been last night when I got to painting: You can still see the quick charcoal sketch I did. … Continue reading Finished and in process

Sore arms

First thing this morning after getting all the pets fed, I added a glazing layer to the moon painting. I figured if I got it done, then by the time I was done writing, it would be dry enough for me to start painting. Well, good plan, but that’s not the way it went down. … Continue reading Sore arms