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the dark side of a lounge pants obsession

On May 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In making things, mayalife, writing

It’s probably the Katwise thing (see yesterday’s post), plus Sophie doing a bunch of sewing with her great aunt (who is a master seamstress) (I covet Sophie’s adorable new bag made from too-small favorite jeans with rhinestones and rainbow lining, by the way), plus Luc just got this rocking pair of pirate pajama pants at [...]

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my fallacy is bigger than your fallacy

On April 12, 2012 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, writing

I’m trying to learn formal logic.  Don’t laugh!  Stop laughing!  I am.  I’m reading a stack of books now on logic, fallacies, syllogism (which I can barely spell), and, you know, stuff.  Why am I torturing myself like this?  Every writer’s ice burg: research.  Ice burg because research is the ginormous amount of time and [...]

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insomnia and wishes

On March 8, 2012 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, writing

I am reading tons of books about insomnia. This is not because I have insomnia, but, rather, because I am writing a book about two characters who are insomniacs. I’ve got a stack of them here on my desk (books, not insomniacs), cure-yourself self-help books, popular science books about sleep research, memoirs by writerly insomniacs…you [...]

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hi my name is maya and i am a drama queen

On June 26, 2011 · 3 Comments · In writing

Some of y’all may have noticed that I am slogging along in this current novel-in-progress with all the enthusiasm of a root canal.  It’s been HARD, people.  I’ve got 50,000 words or so and most of them are CRAP.

Now, I’m used to this.  There are always times when a novel feel like crap as [...]

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lawrence, the cookie ninja writing coach

On June 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In kiddo life, mayalife, writing

We go to the toy store pretty regularly on Luc-Choose days. He loves that toy store.  So last week, wandering around the toys, waiting for the kids to uncover today’s treasures, I found myself carrying around a little stuffed, um, bat?, creature, thingy.  He was cute and I was bored and I ended up talking [...]

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the writing life

On May 4, 2011 · 2 Comments · In writing

Tremendous thunder storm last night, I thought for sure the pine trees were going to crush us in our sleep.  I woke over and over to thunder booms—storms are SUPER LOUD in a yurt.  But we’re all fine this morning, lived to see another glorious day in the forest.  Everything is sparkly and moist, I [...]

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the straightest path between two points is not a novel

On March 5, 2011 · 1 Comment · In writing

The new novel is kicking my ass. Down the stairs, around the block, and to the moon. I swear to goddess, we’re in March already and I only have a few thousand words–that’s right, a couple thou of pathetic, piddly words, that’s it, it’s embarrassing—and every single one of those words is crap. I mean, [...]

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30 steps to mastery

On February 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

This is the story of my life.

Start Keep going. You think you’re starting to get the hang of it. You see someone else’s work and feel undeniable misery. Keep going. Keep going. You feel like maybe, possibly, you kinda got it now. You don’t. Keep going. You ask for someone else’s opinion — their [...]

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the yoga of writing

On January 25, 2011 · 1 Comment · In writing, yoga

I got up this morning at 5:30am, for the first time in 2011, and wrote the first 1000 words of my new novel.  New file, blank document, page one.  It was not unlike jumping into cold water from a great height.  I feel certain that these actual 1000 words will not survive to the final [...]

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FINISHED. (And happy new year!)

On December 31, 2010 · 3 Comments · In writing

I woke up at 2:30 this morning and couldn’t sleep and I knew exactly why.  It was time.  No more dilly dallying.  Time to do the last little bit and finish the god-bless-it novel.

Which I did.  Finish it, I mean.  At 5am, today, this the last day of 2010.

That’s right! I’M DONE! Novel [...]

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