Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
The FAFSA
For those who don’t know what the FAFSA is, I say to you: bow down right where you are at this minute and kiss the ground. Pat yourself on the back, shake your own hand–and then take yourself out for a nice dinner and drink.
The rest of us will just sit here, gnashing our teeth.
The […]
9 Comments » - Posted in college, real life by sandi
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
A blessing on a February day
Here’s a poem sent to me by my friend Karen, and sent to her by her friend Charlie Harper. It’s called ‘The Puppet’ and has been attributed to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Some say he wrote it when he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer and that it was a farewell poem that he wrote to his […]
1 Comment » - Posted in writing by sandi
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
How did you get here?
One of the most fun things about writing a blog is checking the statistics page and figuring out how people find me. It’s great to see what people type into their google searches that lands them right smack on my blog. Mystifying how that google works, actually.
For instance, here are a just a few recent […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Meta, humor by sandi
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
We now divert your attention from the election momentarily…
I haven’t been writing much lately because, like the rest of the country apparently, I have gotten just a tiny bit addicted to politics. I am reading politics online and in the newspapers and watching politics on television and following every last “he said, she said” waaaay too much. If Obama ever gets tired and […]
5 Comments » - Posted in family, real life by sandi
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
A new guest blogger: Eileen Cook!
I am pleased to tell you that I have yet another person willing to come on my blog and entertain you. I am always seeking fresh voices to amuse you.
She is Eileen Cook, who clearly knows how to use a vintage typewriter to great effect. She has written Unpredictable, which has been called “laugh out […]
2 Comments » - Posted in books, fiction writing, guest blogger, writing by sandi
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
White chicken chili
It’s time for a recipe. Lately, between playing free rice and writing my novel (I’m actually using my outline and writing five pages a day), I’ve been been reading recipes and trying to come up with the perfect white chicken chili.
I’m ready to share this one, although if you make it, you should feel free to […]
3 Comments » - Posted in cooking by sandi
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Haircuts and writing fiction
You might not think those two topics have anything to do with each other: haircuts and writing fiction.
I wouldn’t have either, until yesterday.
Yesterday was the day I suddenly couldn’t stand my hair another second. You know what this is like. It was either go to the hair salon or get the pinking shears out of […]
5 Comments » - Posted in fiction writing, real life by sandi
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Writing fiction, in outline form
Today was rainy and raw. The wind seemed to be throwing water against the windows all day long, and the sky stayed twilight-dark.
This is, obviously, Weather to Outline A Novel In. And just in time! I settled myself down with the intention of plotting the last half of my novel. I had done the first […]