Isn’t it amazing how many errands can wait “until my week off?” So, here it is, Monday, and I’m just settling in to write. Sigh. However, I have 19 files on my tape recorder with ideas — things to revise, etc. — and let’s face it, the thinking is the hard part. However, I DID get my eighteen-year-old daughter’s graduation dress sewn. Turned out great, by the way: she looks like a Cinderella cream-puff, only blue.
An Unexpected Writing Day
So my husband, Don, is off to visit his 300-ton steam locomotive, “Bullet-Nosed Betty” for the weekend and we’re not skiing tomorrow, so I have a day to write! I didn’t think that would happen this weekend because today is a very special day: my son’s baby’s shower. So what with the need to get a few things done around the house, today is not a writing day. However, I have tomorrow’s scenes all planned out in my head. Yay!
Susan
Banff Retreat
Got tons done during my 2-day retreat in Banff with my SAW writing group. I had some old material to revise — quite a bit — and then I got a new scene done as well, which I wasn’t expecting. There were 9 of us sharing a 10-person loft condo in the mountains with a hot-tub. Various people volunteered to make breakfasts and lunches, and we went out to local restaurants for dinner. People wrote from after breakfast well into the evening hours, although after that we did play “Mexican Train” one evening. It was dead quiet, with only the sounds of keys tapping (we didn’t even look up when the maid came in to change the towels). Randy outlined a novella and wrote 13,000 words — our biggest word count for the weekend. We read aloud Sunday evening and the quality of the work read aloud was awesome — makes me feel very lucky to be a part of this group!
Exhilarating to draft
Sometimes first draft writing can be scary and depressing and confusing. But today I am writing stuff I have thought about, taken notes on and planned for weeks. What a ride!
I’m a grandma!
Callum Alexander Forest Osborne was born very early this morning: 12:45 AM. He was 8 lbs, 6 oz and 22 inches long – very healthy. He and his mom are still in the hospital, as her blood pressure is a little high and they want to see it stabilize before they send her home – perhaps tomorrow morning.
Not much writing done this weekend (okay, none so far . . .)