Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Life when you’re not writing a novel
For the first time in a year, I am currently not writing a novel.
It’s not that there’s not a novel waiting to be written. It’s still there. It’s living in the computer, and a whole lot of it is stacked up on the floor near the dining room table. Also, it’s buzzing in my head, [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in books, fiction writing, procrastination by sandi
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Stop me, before I hurt myself with technology
Life has been simpler since I have accepted certain things about myself. I know, for instance, that I will never understand how the electricity comes out of the walls, nor will I ever know exactly why it takes TWO REMOTES to run my television set, and why it is that even then you have to [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in books, humor, inanimate objects, reviews, technology by sandi
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Me–on the radio, WALK-FM
I was interviewed by Cindy at WALK 97.5 radio, and she sent me a podcast of the interview!
So here it is.
4 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by sandi
Friday, October 17th, 2008
It’s autumn, time for a blonde chicken chili recipe
Last fall we ate this, like, twice a week. And now that the weather looks like it really is committed to being cold, it’s time to start making it again.
Just don’t do what I did and put cans of chilies in there without making sure they’re current. (See previous post about sad tale of having [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in cooking by sandi
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
No good deed goes unpunished
I woke up with a radical idea today. I WOULD COOK DINNER.
A real dinner, not the kind where you just open the freezer and toss a frozen something into the oven or on top of the stove. It was a beautiful day, and I have been running around like a crazy person lately, between [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in cooking, real life by sandi
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
I’m going to read Kissing Games of the World. Out loud. In public.
You see, if I were technologically inclined–or if I’d been paying attention when my website was being set up–I would be able to fill in the little box on the right side of this screen. You know, the one where it says UPCOMING EVENTS.
I could write, for instance, that I DO have two actual upcoming [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in books, reading in public, writing by sandi
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
More good news in the middle of the bad news
I just don’t know how to act anymore. I start out each day fine, reading the polls (which are good), and then looking at the stock market (which often starts out good and turns bad when some government official says things are actually quite dire)…and then I sit down to work on my book (sometimes [...]
