If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
I've made dozens of quilts in the last 25 years, so when I decided to make a baby quilt last spring, I figured it would be a cinch. Silly me. I forgot that being out of practice would mean a lower skill level than I remembered having. Trip Around the World quilt under construction. This... Continue Reading →
One week into NaNoWriMo, and I am reminded that if I want to write more, I need to write more. OK. That sounds crazy. William Hazlitt said it (somewhat) better: The more a man writes, the more he can write. My word count for the last week shows this. Not only did I write more... Continue Reading →
This is a re-post of a blog I wrote in 2010. November is coming and this seemed like a good time to revisit the value of NaNoWriMo and practice. Any labor honestly rendered is sacred. -- Kurt Fristrup I've been reading a lot of blog posts and comments about NaNoWriMo and I've found some of... Continue Reading →
Any labor honestly rendered is sacred. -- Kurt Fristrup I've been reading a lot of blog posts and comments about NaNoWriMo and I've found some of them disheartening. Many people seem to think that, if they are going to spend enough time writing to generate 50,000 words, they better have something of value when they... Continue Reading →
