Dear Yolanda, Hi! I’m probably the last person you want to hear from right now, but I just wanted to write you a quick note to let you know how sorry I am to have had to cut you from Baby Grand. You are an astute, hard-working woman, with lots of derring-do, and I’m sure [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Dear Yolanda…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Fine Dining
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just tidied up a chapter — Chapter 27 — featuring the Governor and First Lady of New York in this room, the dining room located on the main floor of the Executive Mansion in Albany. It’s fun to insert fictional characters into what is a very real space. I’ve been wondering what I would have [...]
Dude, Where’s My Mojo?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The last few months of writing have been tough. Given the choice between doing laundry and working on my novel, I’d choose the former — and anyone who knows me knows how much I HATE doing laundry. I’ve blamed fear, writer’s block, laziness, just about everything for my lack of motivation. It had really been [...]
Keep Holding On
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Writing’s picking up. Feeling the excitement now. Today’s musical inspiration — and, coincidentally, the song my daughter sang at her recent Hope for Haiti concert — courtesy of Avril Lavigne.
Is writing a book torture? (via adinagenn’s Blog)
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I read this blog post from my colleague Adina Genn, I found myself nodding in agreement. :) I get that question a lot. And, if I'm going to answer honestly, the answer is yes, it can be unless you are so blinded by enthusiasm, you can't wait to get the words out. But like [...]
Extension!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, so happy today to hear that I have an extra month to complete the novel. The extension was granted at my request. It was a total time issue. After a productive trip to Albany at the end of May, I was hoping to dive back into writing and sidestep all the end-of-the-school-year craziness. But [...]
The Mansion
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Executive Mansion in Albany, N.Y., is a pivotal setting for Baby Grand. I took a tour of the mansion in order to get a feel for the place, a sense of its rich history as well as where it was located in relation to other points of interest in downtown Albany. The Executive Mansion’s [...]
A Sorry Excuse for a Blogathoner…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged albany, blogathon on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, it has been nearly 3 weeks since my last post, and the May Blogathon is now over. Although I learned a lot from the bloggers I’ve met along the way, turns out I was a pretty sorry excuse for a Blogathoner. I could probably come up with a slew of excuses if pressed, but [...]
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