bringing the randomness to the new blog

Friday, 25 July 2008, 15:25 | Category : musings
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I am getting worse at making myself work, I think. Either that or I have always been this bad and I am just becoming more self-aware. I know that I work in fits and starts and I have lulls, but I seem to be lulling more often than not lately.
I have had a couple serendipitous [...]

i used to be nocturnal

Saturday, 19 July 2008, 1:00 | Category : musings
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When I was in college I kept a rather interesting schedule that usually involved napping from midnight until 3am and then getting up to write papers and such. It was surprisingly successful, most of the time.
I have since developed more standard sleeping habits.
But I am finding that the occasional late night opens my brain up [...]

on intimidation and blank pages

Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 16:40 | Category : writing
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For my birthday last week I was given, among other shiny things, a lovely new paper journal. It was a gift from the Nicest Person on the Internet and it is fantabulous and has my initials on it, so it is special and mine.
Here, let’s start the pictures rolling on this blog already. The kittens [...]

putting one word after another

Thursday, 10 July 2008, 18:56 | Category : writing
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I think I have been editing for too long, and am getting to the point where I forget how much I actually enjoy writing. Figuring out what comes next, putting one word after another.
While editing I’ve been getting bogged down with big picture things, with tying loose plot strings together in knots and making sense [...]

curiouser and curiouser

Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 23:04 | Category : miscellany
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First blog posts are always difficult. This one is especially problematic since I’m not entirely sure what I want this blog to be just yet. At least it looks pretty.
I have been blogging in various forms for several years, though this is my first Wordpress endeavor and I am vaguely overwhelmed with shininess and buttons. [...]