Saturday Writers


Archive for October, 2009

Three Things I Learned from NaNoWriMo

Three things I’ve learned from participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Who’s Driving This Thing Anyway?

Whoa, back up the bus. A writer who doesn’t know how to put her needs and thoughts into words, that’s a scary thought.

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Can I call myself a writer?

This question crossed my mind recently when a friend asked me what I had been doing since we saw each other last.  I hesitated a minute before I said well, I finished my first book and I am working on my second.  I’ve learned when those words leave my mouth I am going to get [...]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Tree Hugger Environmentalist

     At my day job I am known as the resident tree-hugger. I started the recycling program for our office – separating paper from etc. items – and preach at everybody when I walk by their cubicles and notice recyclable plastics thrown on their garbage cans. They see me coming and you see the fear [...]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

My second brain

Twice a month I have dinner (well, usually breakfast, since we meet at Perkins) with a friend of mine, also a writer.  Barb is one of the most prolific writers I know. She’s got a 7 book series going, plus three or four stand alone titles, and she never ever seems to run out of [...]

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009