>Amie Stuart has a great blog post at Southern Fried Chicas titled Ethnocentric that continues her thoughts on writing a variety of races. Good stuff there.
Over on Susan May’s blog, she’s worried about her NaNo project and The Economy. Aren’t we all? Susan, I’m looking forward to our writing marathon later this month. 🙂
Terry Spear found the coolest picture for those who love reading. See it here. I wanna know how they did that!
>From the NaNoWriMo One Week Pep Talk e-mail I received:
Do not beat up on yourself. Do not criticize your writing as lousy, inadequate, stupid, or any of the evil epithets that you are used to heaping on yourself. Such self-bashing is never useful. If you indulge in it, your writing doesn’t stand a chance. So when your mind turns on you, turn it back, stamp it down, shut it up, and keep writing.
Good luck!
Gail Carson Levine
Great advice for any writer, but especially apt for those of us who have trouble turning the infernal editor off. Thanks, Gail!
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Can’t resist. This weekend we took all three dogs out for exercise and put the youngest two on birds so I could get some pictures.
The first picture is of Guinness at 14 weeks, exhibiting a nice point. In the second, it’s hard to see that he’s still holding a point, but I snapped it because you can see what is holding his attention.
And the third picture is of Murphy, whom you may have seen on this blog before. Murphy is now 4 years old and didn’t need a lead to keep
him in ch
eck. He knows better than to move in
on the bird. See how that beautiful tail is extended and not moving? He’s so intent on the bird that he didn’t take his eyes off it, though I was walking all around him taking pictures. He got a lot of ‘good boy’s’ for his efforts, just as Guinness did. Both had fun and were proud of themselves.
For those of you who might be concerned, the birds are tethered to a bush, but the dog isn’t allowed to get the bird. After the dog points the bird and is praised, the bird is released. 🙂
I hope you enjoy my handsome boys.
CAROL BURNSIDE / ANNIE RAYBURN 