June 10, 2016 – June 11, 2016 If I ever write a novel where torture is involved, I will be using this; ripping an entire nail off is very painful and would constitute real incentive for a character to do something they wouldn’t ordinarily do. Lucky for me there was no torture in my episode…
June 9, 2016 I managed to get two chapters done on the flight out last night. It was a trial run for a new process I’m using for the read aloud. However, it seems to work very well, so far, with my travel schedule. My Hydrangeas are running their own experiment trying to decide if…
June 7, 2016-June 8, 2016 My editor listened, but. . . felt there were some real changes that needed to be made. Therefore, this happened. I experienced everything from this is horrible-how did I ever write this-I don’t think it can ever be fixed chapter to a chapter I read more than once because it…
June 6, 2016 I took a walk around the yard to see what’s green, what’s growing, and what’s gone. Green is my new stuff, like the watermelon I planted for the first time this year. I don’t know anything about watermelon except it is one of my favorite snacks with a sprinkle of salt…
June 1, 2016 I started the read aloud – woohoo! Found this in one of the first chapters: Kita found the door she needed. Only maintenance used the payload to wheel spoke doors on the Orbiter. She pressed hard forgetting her dislocated shoulder—the rusted lock resisted. She breathed, focused, and pushed again. The lock disengaged…
May 31, 2016 I’m usually a glass half full kind of girl, so it is often easy for me to see only possibilities when challenge and chaos lie before me. However, I’m learning to swirl that remaining volume through the transparency of the glass half empty. After all, if you don’t know when it’s half empty you may wait…