Monthly Archives: September 2015

Inspiration: Stay ready. You never know from which strange place, or species, it could come.

This is a slightly different post than the norm, but it is also a wonderful way to get us all into the Halloween spirit and I love Halloween. When I was driving home last Sunday and saw a pumpkin patch full of people, I said “Their jack-o-lanterns will be completely rotten by Halloween.” Of course,Continue reading “Inspiration: Stay ready. You never know from which strange place, or species, it could come.”

Novel Recommit Challenge Final Count

As Robert Evenhouse mentioned in a post during the challenge, life will get in the way of your word count goals and that happened to me yesterday, so as you may have noticed, I didn’t get a blog post up (or get my words written) after critique group. So, Thursday’s total word count was 1,194Continue reading “Novel Recommit Challenge Final Count”

Organized Writing: Tips to Keep Your Ideas at Your Fingertips

Over the course of writing my novel, I became disorganized. I have notes in so many different notebooks, computer programs, sheets of paper and anything handy to write on that I waste half a day looking for a name I wrote somewhere, or a thought I had months ago that finally fits. In the hopeContinue reading “Organized Writing: Tips to Keep Your Ideas at Your Fingertips”

A Wonderful Day For Stuffed Wildlife Photography

Today was a very special day. My friend, Spencer Matthews, came for a visit and helped me plan out and set up my shots for over half of Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three. The weather cooperated, the sunlight cooperated, and my subjects, mostly cooperated. After we finished the wildlife photography, Spencer, a visualContinue reading “A Wonderful Day For Stuffed Wildlife Photography”

Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three First Draft Thanks To A Thousand Words A Day

Though I did not write another 1,000 words since I reported yesterday, I did write 570 words to finish up the first draft of my third picture book in the Gator McBumpypants and friends series: Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three. That brings the weekend total to 2,014! By my math, I made itContinue reading “Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three First Draft Thanks To A Thousand Words A Day”

Dee Dee The Duck and A Thousand Words A Day

The last month has been very busy in my writing life. I am happy to say that I reached my goal of sending out a draft of my novel to first readers on August 28th. I have already received some invaluable feedback and I am excited for more over the next couple of months. InContinue reading “Dee Dee The Duck and A Thousand Words A Day”