So, this is the first year I have successfully completed Camp NaNoWriMo, and I did so with about a week remaining. Something of a creature of habit, I stuck with the goal of 50,000 words in 30 days, and I finished on 24 April (a personal record even for regular NaNo). I did have some […]
Thoughts from Camp NaNoWriMo and the time since we last spoke… Read More »
Starting today (1 April) and running until the end of the month (30 April), I will be working on my first draft of the fourth book in my series, for the April session of Camp NaNoWriMo. In addition to this, I will be working on preparing my 1st book for my Beta readers… a busy
Camp NaNoWriMo #1: To Prologue or Not to Prologue? Read More »
While trying to track down a quotation from Ray Bradbury, I found a lovely post about Ray Bradbury giving 12 pieces of writing advice to young authors. It is an interesting list, and I may have to keep several of the points in mind. This is in addition to needing to read more Bradbury because
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The current pattern I am working on is a pair of hearts, which can be found here. It initially started out with the heart I have embroidered above. The creator also included an updated pattern using some additional stitches. The patterns are sized individually for a five inch hoop. What I did instead was flipped
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I find myself with a largely unexpected, mid-week snowday, and even though we just came off a long weekend, it is still greatly appreciated. It was nice to sit at the table and drink a cup of tea while I ate breakfast. Usually the tea has to wait until I’m at work. The rest of
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Sometimes it seems like the hardest part of accomplishing anything is to actually start. This is true whether the end goal is completing a workout, building something, or writing (or in my current case editing) a book. The days get so busy that by the time we have a spare moment to write, it’s already
On Enthusiastic Ideas, and a Lack of Daily Time and Motivation Read More »
This was another pattern I found for free as an Instructable. It’s actually offered as part of a free class along with the pattern for my previous post: “Mountains under a Painted Sky.” The link for the class is here, and the class has a lot of useful information for starting out with embroidery. I
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So, I am a bit behind on posting this one, but here is my second embroidery project complete. The pattern was from an Instructable located here, and it has both a pattern and a tutorial. I chose my own colors, based on the colors I happened to have on hand, and I liked the idea
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I learned counted cross stitch when I was younger, but I never really did much else with it in the years since. Over the past few days. I’ve been working on a project using multiple types of stitches (called a ‘sampler’). The pattern and instructions can be found here. I made a few modifications (some
My First Embroidery Project Complete Read More »
So, over the last couple weeks, I have very much been in a crafty mood. Not for anything in particular. In fact, for quite a few different things. I have a blanket I have been knitting on and off for quite some time now, and lately I have been making some really good progress with
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