Long after most everyone else has seen it and people have stopped talking about it, tonight I finally watched the movie, “Becoming Jane“. Regardless of where you stand in the controversy over historical accuracy of the script and the purported relationship between Jane Austen and Thomas Lefroy, the movie underlines what has to be an [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Soul of a Truly Good Story
Posted in Writing, tagged Becoming Jane, Emotion, Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice, Writing on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh, Bear of Little Brain That I Am!
Posted in Family, Writing, tagged Forgetfulness, Stress, Winnie-the-Pooh, Writing on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My husband walked down the hall to his office moments ago and then returned, muttering that he had forgotten what he was going for. I sympathize because I’ve done that, too. Generally if I take myself back to what I was doing when the thought first occurred the memory will return.
There are times, however, [...]
I Love Mondays!
Posted in Family, Home, Time, Winter, Writing, tagged Cold, Mondays, Rhododendrons, Writing on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
At -8 degrees it’s a mite chilly for the south coast this morning. All of our rhododendron bushes, whether large or small, have curled their leaves into protective slivers and frost coats the few surfaces that only recently emerged from the aging snow. But the sun is out now and it’s a gorgeous Monday, a [...]
Which shelf would you put it on?
Posted in Writing, tagged Genre, Novels, Writing on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It just slipped out. More often than not I partition my conversations — religious topics with our churchy friends, doggy things with the canine crowd, matters of weed control and composting with like-minded neighbours, and writing discussions with other writers. But after church this morning a lady and I were chatting about computers and in [...]
Making Tasks Harder Than They Need To Be
Posted in Computers, Writing, tagged Computers, MS Office 2008, Wordprocessors, Writing on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This isn’t a rant. At least, I don’t think it is. Then again, I rant about things that drive me crazy and this does. Didn’t I recently complain about word processing software that thinks it’s smarter than I am? Yes I did.
During all our post-power-surge equipment replacement hoopla new software was on the list and [...]
Inauguration Tuesday
Posted in Politics, tagged Challenge, Hope, Inauguration Day, Inclusion, President Obama on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“I stand here today humbled by the task before us,” he said. Not the task before me, but before us. This attitude of inclusion may be the key to longed-for change in the United States.
There is so much optimism in the chant, “Yes, we can”; so much joy in the faces of those who listened [...]
A Timely Topic (heh-heh, sorry!)
Posted in Philosophy, Time, tagged Albert Einstein, Time, time dilation, weekend on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sunday night already? We work our way through the weekdays yearning for the weekend and then it’s here and gone again in less time than it takes to perk a pot of coffee to drink with the Saturday morning paper.
I don’t get it. I don’t understand time. When I was a child a day was [...]
A pen would be so much easier!
Posted in Computers, Writing, tagged New Computers, Writing on January 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Now that most of our defunct electronics have been replaced I am struggling to get used to the new hardware and software. Oh, how I miss my old familiar tools. Instead of focusing on the writing I find I am muttering about the mechanics.
The new mouse has a button on the top just where I [...]
A Tree is a Tree is a Tree…
Posted in Computers, Environment, Home, Winter, tagged Computers, Power, Rural Living, Trees on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our couple of semi-rural acres are totally surrounded by trees, mostly evergreen, and I love them. I love their stature, their lush greenery, the privacy they give us and the habitat they provide for wildlife. We’ve removed a few through the years but never felt that any of the others were a risk to our [...]
Beta Readers
Posted in Reading, Writing, tagged Beta Readers, Reading, Writing on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday afternoon as wind-driven snow whipped over the backyard peaks and valleys fashioning them into anonymous mounds, I settled in by the fireplace. It was time to begin reviewing notes made by the long-suffering people who agreed to be beta readers of my current novel.
Beta reading is a necessary tool in the path to publication [...]
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