Nov. 11, 2016 – Looking forward to a weekend with no demands other than writing and proofing. The sign on the door to my writing room is aspirational. Inevitably, the world will intrude. But a girl can dream.
Some Sentences, Nov. 10 – Whole lotta proofin’ going on
Nov. 10, 2016 – No words needed. Just the red pen. Maybe more than one red pen.
Some Sentences, Nov. 9 – Journalism
Nov. 9, 2016 – This summer, after a glorious three-year hiatus as a full-time writer of fiction, I returned to my day job as a journalist. The good thing? Now I have not one, but two, jobs that I love. The down side? Obviously, carving out time for the fiction is a challenge. But last night, Election Night, I was happy I’d made the choice. No matter how you feel about the results, a newsroom on Election Night is a glorious place – no more so than on a night like last night, when my newspaper, the Missoulian, blew its deadline in the interest of getting the election’s final results on the front page, rather than a wussy “tight race” headline. I think the tension in that moment shows in the 1:30 a.m. photo above, as the newsroom crew worked at crafting exactly the right headline: Trump Beats All The Odds. They call journalism the First Draft of History. Cliched? Maybe. Except last night, the cliche was true.
Some Sentences, Nov. 8 – No sentences today. Just one word
Some Sentences, Nov. 7 – Countdown
Nov. 7, 2016 – Very hard to concentrate with tomorrow looming. Nonetheless, wrote a quite a few sentences this morning. I hope Lola’s latest travails eventually will prove as distracting to readers as they did to me this morning.
Some Sentences, Nov. 6 – Dog as critic
Nov. 6, 2016 – Nell refuses to cede the writing chair. At least she no longer eats my manuscript pages.
Some Sentences, Nov. 5 – Cracking the whip on the ms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo
Nov. 5, 2016 – Because Saturday. And because I’ve got all day to whip this manuscript into shape. Whippin’ it good!
Some Sentences, Nov. 4 – Illumination
Nov. 4, 2016 – It’s full dark when I get to the coffeeshop in the morning, full light when I leave. But this morning, I glanced up and caught the fleeting remnants of sunrise, a time when, according to Norman Maclean, “everything is luminous but not clear.” Chew on that awhile.
Some Sentences, Nov. 3 – Podcast!
Nov. 3, 2016 – Did a podcast this morning with Travis Yost and Jamie Rogers, who plied me with Death Wish coffee. Four hours later, I was still abuzzzzz. Good stuff! Podcast will be up Monday. Watch this space.
Some Sentences, Nov. 2 – Thank heavens for take-out
Nov. 2, 2016 – Long, long day, and Scott’s borne the dinner burden far too often. Tia’s Big Sky to the rescue. There should be a Nobel Prize for the person who invented take-out.
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