Saturday, August 23, 2008
Writing, writing, writing
I realize I've been very quiet lately (shame on me!) but I have a very good excuse: I've been busy writing. I mentioned in a previous post, Feeling an urge to write, that I'd dusted off my old novel, Island of Fog, and had plans to get it finished. Well, I've written quite a bit in the last month, something like 21,000 new words in addition to numerous read-throughs and edits to older chapters. Previously I had 12 chapters completed, but now I'm on Chapter 18, about 68,000 words in total so far. [More]
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Children should watch more TV instead of playing outside
Edit: Don't take this tongue-in-cheek title literally! TV has a bad reputation. It's known as an "idiot box," an evil contraption that corrupts young, innocent minds. It's also known as an "electronic babysitter" or a "glass teat" on the basis that it occupies kids for hours while mothers and fathers get on with stuff around the house — the only downside being that kids miss out on quality playtime outside in the fresh air. "Kids should read more," say disapproving analysts. [More]
Monday, July 28, 2008
Feeling an urge to write
The title of this post is ironic since my last post was over two weeks ago! Nevertheless... I don't believe in fate but it seems I've had several "signs" lately saying I should brush the dust off my unfinished novel, Island of Fog, and start writing again. The first sign came from the Yahoo Group — recently Michael Edwards finished his chapter (actually two chapters) for the latest Round Robin, The Jungle of Adventure, and then it was my turn. For those who don't know, a Round Robin is where a group of people write a short story or novel, with each participant contributing a piece. [More]
Friday, July 11, 2008
Islands, castles, tunnels... and UFOs
I've been amazed at the number of comments I've received about playhouses, not just through this blog but via email and so on. I had no idea the building of a playhouse would excite so many adults! Teehee! Well, I've done nothing to it since Lily's birthday, but need to get back out there sometime and do a few things. Meanwhile, I've been working like a beaver this week and have got a lot done, catching up with my website work. [More]
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Playhouse
Yeesh! My first post since June 11. Today is the first quiet day I've had in the last few weeks thanks to various things in life that have kept me busy — the main "thing" being the building of Lily's Playhouse, which I wanted to make usable by her fourth birthday party. After several weeks of doing a bit here and a bit there while working on the computer when I got a chance, in the last week I put website work on hold and spent every day outside in blistering heat. It was quite literally all hands on deck as I went around (mere hours before the party yesterday) with a nail gun, nailing down the deck planks. [More]