(personal/health) Taking the day off – success!

Yesterday, I was not on the computer much.  Hubby and I went with friends to my parents’ lake and spent the day eating good food, enjoying good company, and soaking in perfect lake water.   It was AWESOME.  Exactly what I needed.  And what hubby needed too.   Before that, my friends Carolyn and Beard …

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(food/health) Day 2 Sugar Detox

No real sugar cravings yet, although I’m sure they will come.  I was offered strawberry shortcake at work, and declined.  I also stayed up way too late, and am up way too early, so this will be a short entry.  Breakfast was a gluten-free english muffin with two sausages and two eggs.  And tea. Lunch …

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(writing) Leveled up! Day 25 is in the books

Yesterday, I hit Level 3 in the Magic Spreadsheet.  This means that my new word count goal for the day is 350 words, and that I am chugging along.  The first Pendragon novella is at a little over 14k, and is coming along nicely. I’m thinking it will probably top out at 25k, which is …

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(personal/health) Day 1 of the 21-day Sugar Detox

So, today’s blog post (and the posts for the next 3 weeks) are going to be heavy on food and health things.  Be warned.   I’ve decided that I’m going to do a 21-day challenge to myself of eating mostly Paleo (I say mostly, because I’m not giving up rice or potatoes yet.  I need …

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(to-do) For a long weekend

This is going to be a boring post – sorry, guys.  I just need to get out what I want to do with my long weekend.   To Do: – Update checkbook and budgets – Plot out the writing for next four months – Work out the new website – Revisit business plan – Menus …

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(writing/to-do/health) Thoughts on the eve of a long weekend

So, I’ve been back to work on the Day Job for three half-days.  Today, I’m exhausted (although I don’t know if it’s because of the two hours at the dentist today to repair a broken tooth or just low stamina), but I have the next FIVE days off, so I’ll be able to sleep in, …

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(personal/writing/cooking) We made it back to work!

Started back at work yesterday (part-time, for the next two weeks) and am not falling over exhausted today.  Counting that as a win!  I go in today and tomorrow for 4 hours each, then am off until Tuesday, when we start again.   I think the fact that I’m eating cleaner (we’ve adopted a Paleo …

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(writing) A taste of what I’m working on…

I realized it’s been a while since you guys had a snippet of the new stuff.  So here’s a bit of the Pendragon Casefiles #1, which is the ghost story novella I’m writing.  Mac and Javy are two police detectives, and the others – well, they’ll introduce themselves.   Enjoy!   “What is going on?” …

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(writing) We’ve crossed the 40k mark

That’s right.  In 2013 so far, I have written over 40,000 words.   That’s amazing.  That’s almost a NaNo novel.  It might be more than I wrote in total last year.  And it’s only halfway through May.  I’m seriously impressed.   And the big thing is that I’m doing it steadily, a little at a …

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(personal/writing) Getting back into the swing of things

I’ve been writing again.  In fact, my new streak is at 8 days and counting.  It feels good to write again, like I’ve found the right thing that I need to be doing.   I used to wish I was one of those authors who could have two or more projects going at once, because …

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