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Yesterday, I finally got some pages written toward my novel! Yes, I realize that it’s my job to write those pages, but lately, it’s been like pulling teeth. My reticence has nothing to do with my passion for the story – I think about this story all the time! It has more to do with the fact that I’m in therapy and working through so many personal issues that there hasn’t been as much room in my heart for creative thinking. Maybe this is a sign that I’m going in the right direction, then, because I got a nice scene…

When a fast-working virus ravages humanity and the dead begin to rise, a band of unlikely teen heroes struggle for survival. Little do they know, zombies will soon be the least of their problems. This is my newest logline for my novel. It isn’t perfect, but it’s getting there. In order to help figure out my story structure, I have been following along Alexandra Sokoloff’s blog lately. I heard her speak once and I felt like it changed my life. Like she was speaking to my heart! So many writers scoff at the idea of plotting your novel ahead of…

Yesterday, I participated in two very different zombie experiences. First, I watched the 2007 (I think) George Romero movie, “Diary of the Dead”. I thought, hey, it’s Romero! It’s GOT to be amazing, right? Wrong. It was nothing special. Cheese, for sure. Then, last night, I played the video game “Left 4 Dead”, which I’ve actually done for the past three nights. (And, by the way, I finally beat all 4 main campaigns plus the extra Crash Course campaign, yay for me!) The zombies in one were extremely different from the zombies in the other. According to most die-hard zombie…

Yesterday, I was able to go to the Crabtree Mall. Now, the cool thing about Crabtree is that they have a Sanrio store. Other than that, it’s basically just a mall. It’s out of the way for G and I, so we don’t typically go there unless we’re specifically going to the Sanrio store, which isn’t too often. (At least not often enough for my tastes :P) But yesterday, I had two meetings in the area near the mall, and since they were a few hours apart, I decided to indulge myself by going to Crabtree and looking around. It…

Another snow! That’s three decent snows this year! The first one was the best because it was more like six inches that stuck around for a few days, but a little snow like we had last night is fine too. I think it’s so beautiful as it’s coming down. I stepped outside this morning and it almost sounds like it is raining – which has to be from the fact that the snow is already starting to melt. How sad. But totally understandable since just last weekend it was fifty something and sunny. Actually, I think it’s supposed to be…

Snickerdoodle got a hair cut! And boy did she need it!! OMG, I wish I had a “before” pic so that you could see just how out of hand she had gotten. Her hair was wild, and I mean seriously wild. She had this ever growing collection of undercoat or just shaggy hair that kept leaving little white puffy balls of hair all over our carpet. And her nails were crazy long. (I hate to cut dog nails, so scared I will hurt them!) So yesterday, I bit the expensive Pet Smart bullet and had her groomed. *So hard to…