The Joys of Insomnia

I drank half a glass of wine last night and managed to fall asleep at 9:30, but now here I am at 4:30 wide awake and starving. I think I’ll eat something, work on my book for an hour and then read until I (hopefully) fall back to sleep. I’m not motivated to get up [...]

Multitasking

Shea got his first haircut today. His curls were getting out of control, and everyone thought he was a girl, so I took him to Snippety Crickets to do the deed. It broke my heart to cut his curls and he looks a little too boyish for me now, but better than looking like a [...]

Insomnia

Not sleeping well again. Was dead tired yesterday, but didn’t fall asleep until after 1 a.m., even after reading for two hours and taking a hot bath. Then woke up at 7. Makes it hard to get work done. I get to the office and need to either sleep or drink caffeine. Not sure if [...]

Links

I’m procrastinating, I know.
Some random things I’ve come across recently:
Story of Stuff—a 20 minute movie about where stuff comes from and where it goes. Extremely popular in schools and coming out soon in a book co-written by Grotto sublettor Ariane Conrad. Check it out!
Freedom—I’m using this to get work done and it’s GREAT. Blocks Mac [...]

The Unfinished Post

I’m working on finishing this draft of my book (number four) by the end of the month, and so far I’m on track. Have kept up with my 15-hour-a-week goal. I’m not convinced, however, that this will be my last draft. I’ve finally relaxed and stopped worrying about getting the book out ASAP and started [...]

Quick Update

I started a blog post last week and still haven’t finished it. Maybe I’ll post it as is for now. I have no time to blog! Quick update:
Writing, writing, writing. Nearly done with this draft and have found an editor to read through it before I make more revisions. I’ve been reading the interviews with [...]