A month ago, I posted on The Writer Diaries about how exhausted I am and the need to rest without guilt. I also set several goals for myself for May, all geared at helping myself recharge my batteries. Let’s take a look at how I did: Visit my sister and meet my new baby niece. […]
Wow, I can’t believe it’s almost June. Anyway, a peek at all the things in life to be grateful for: On Sunday, we had a BBQ with friends. Great food, board games, excellent conversation, and someone showed us the glorious result of mixing cinnamon schnapps with apple cider (that should almost get its own mention). […]
April 15, 2013, started like any other day. I got up and started working, not having lived in Massachusetts long enough to remember the state holiday, and my daily routine not taking me anywhere near the marathon route (I work from home, so I mostly go to and from the coffee pot in my kitchen […]
There’s a lot of good stuff going on in May, with Nestpitch ending and QueryKombat starting. Here are just a few things for me to be grateful for that happened during the last week. We bought a BBQ! Yippee! That means we can now enjoy eating food cooked outside. It also means I can eat […]
Last week I went on a MUCH-needed vacation, so this one is pretty easy. Vacation = bonus awesome things. Meeting my baby niece. She’s kind of a lump, at only six weeks old, but she is a cute lump. Spending four days with my sister and her husband. Even better, giving my husband time to […]
Another week gone by already? Alright, here we go. Seven days, seven awesome things: On Sunday, I awed everyone on my trivia team by being able to correctly state the capital of Berundi. I’m calling this a double win – the only reason I knew the answer is that it happened to be a random […]
It occurs to me that some people may think Being Awesome is about bragging. That’s really not it at all. I’m not saying “Gee, my life is so fantastic, look at me and be jealous.” Life is hard. For every awesome thing that happens in a week, at least three non-awesome things happen. But that […]
Good morning! I decided to push this week’s post back a little, so all the #PitchSlam posts would still be the first thing to pop up when agents visit my blog to make requests. But, I think these weekly affirmations are important, even though I’m essentially the only person who reads them. So, here we […]
I’ve been completely slammed helping to judge two writing contests at once, but I also think that it’s important to remember the good things in life, so I’m taking a moment to be grateful for all the awesome things out there. I am working with some amazing, talented, incredibly selfless writers. These people are donating […]
Another seven days, seven more awesome things: The NestPitch submission window is open! Go enter! I get to read slush! I adore reading slush. I hit 50,000 words on my work in progress! (Just in time for Camp NaNo, which I won’t be doing after writing 50,000 words in March.) My nails are a lovely […]
So much awesome this week, this could be a very long blog post. And you know what? GOOD! The fact that I have so many great things to talk about that it could take awhile only shows that my rededication to being awesome is working. My sister had a baby! This is so very exciting. […]
Another Wednesday, another week of awesome. Don’t forget to take time out to appreciate the good things in life. Against all odds, I managed to come up with another 10k words for my work in progress last week. I can only imagine that this is because I decided to write all the super fun parts […]