by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 16, 2010 | Writing
Halfway through the month of November, and my wordcount is just right where it is supposed to be. I’ve got a total of 25,653 words for the one project and 25,105 with the other. I’ve already decided to just do one project next year because this is a little...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 8, 2010 | Politics, Sex, Uncategorized, Writing
For various reasons that I know I won’t be able to fully articulate, I’m admitting my own insanity in public. Maybe it’s an underlying egomania that wants you all to know just how hard I really am working at this writing “thing” this...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 4, 2010 | Writing
I started writing with a pace that surprises me. I’ve been thinking through my novel concept for a few weeks, and decided on the project I’ll be focusing on this month on Sunday, the day before the program started. Last year, I worked on something that had...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 22, 2010 | Organizing, Writing
I’m on my home elliptical with my iPhone writing this post. It’s as much an exercise in trying to get as much done in one day as possible as it is cardio. I think the screen is small, the typos are annoying, but the possibility of being able to write while...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | May 31, 2010 | Uncategorized, Writing
I make things up. I lie. It is not a malicious sort of thing on my part. It is simply part of my nature. In order to spin a good yarn, it’s important for me to make stuff up. I admit to it freely. Don’t believe anything I write, because what...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Apr 29, 2010 | Avoiding Bedtime, Beverly Cleary, Parenting, Writing
Eli’s learned that trick of asking questions to keep us up later, or rather, to prevent himself from being put to sleep on time. Emma did it for a long time before we caught on, and now, I think we’re mostly too tired to protest and just make him go to...
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