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joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

It's a beautiful day outside and I will be spending the morning in the hospital having medical tests. Not the way I would choose to spend my day, but there it is.

I hope you have better things planned for your day.
#Today

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

Another day, another early-morning walk, another try at getting some writing done. The sun is shining and I should be able to open all my windows this afternoon. Two of the redbud trees have started flowering. Everything feels like spring.

But it's still March. I don't trust March. I won't believe it's really spring until April. March has let me down too often.

I hope it doesn't let us down this year.

#Today

joyce, 3 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 13. Do # WritersCoffeeClub or # WordWeavers inspire you?

Not really. Sometimes they make me think. Mostly they're just fun.

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

This morning I got ready for my early morning walk at 34 F (1 C) wearing coat, hat, and gloves, thinking I would be fine. Then I was hit by a gust of freezing wind that almost knocked me off my feet. I turned around and went back indoors. Off with the hat, the gloves, the coat. I'm not walking in that.

Instead, I'm sitting warm indoors with coffee and word puzzles. Ah, that's better.

May you find a better way #today.

joyce, 3 months ago to writing

I cannot believe I spent most of the morning trying to decide what to name a fairly minor character, then another couple of hours deciding which historical figure to invoke in another minor incident, rather than getting on with the business of writing this novel.
#Today #Writing

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

The sun is out after days of cloud and rain, and I took a longer early-morning walk than usual. Now it's back to coffee and breakfast, then more writing if I can get myself motivated. If not, maybe I'll find somewhere to go on this lovely, albeit kind of cold day.

I love having the choice to do nothing.

Have a good one, friends!
#Today

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

It's a drizzly, rainy day and I skipped my early morning walk. I'm planning on staying and trying to write for the day once again, so there's not much for me to say. I'm struggling to get the words down for some reason, even though I know what I want to write. Sooner or later the dam is going to break and the flood will come.

I hope you don't need to struggle #today.

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

Today I'm going to bite the metaphorical bullet and do the taxes. There will be cursing and gnashing of teeth. I am telling myself I'll feel much better when they are done, and maybe, just maybe, it will free my mind to write again.

Wish me luck.
#Today

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

My early-morning walk was very cold today, mostly because I didn't wear the right coat for 24F (-4C). At least I had the sense to wear two pair of socks.

Now it's a day for laundry and bill-paying and thinking about what I might like to write. The book I was stuck on just isn't exciting me. There's a half-formed idea teasing me from the back of my mind, but it doesn't want to come forward just yet.

I need to relax and let my subconscious mind work on it for a while.

I hope you can relax for a while #today.

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

It's a warm but unfortunately rainy and thunderstormy day with a high wind advisory for later on. I'm making certain my devices are charged just in case the power goes out.

Today I am promising myself that I will gather all the tax documents together. I probably won't do more than that.

Instead, I'm going to read through the Gavin Rownt novel I abandoned when I got stuck and see if I can unstick myself.

Wild weather all over, so stay safe, my friends!
#Today

joyce, 3 months ago to random

Good morning!

Today I'm feeling like my life is getting back to normal.

The new light has been installed in my bathroom, so I am no longer showering, etc. by (LED) candlelight. I went out for my early morning walk. In a little while I'll head out to the grocery store.

And then I'll think about what needs to be done next.

Have a good one, friends!
#Today

joyce, 3 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 25: How do you feel about Amazon's influence on books and publishing?

My books are on Amazon and I would probably never have tried to self-publish without them. That said, I wish they were a more ethical company so I wouldn't have to feel guilty about using them.

joyce, 4 months ago to random

Good morning!

I didn't feel like going out for my early-morning walk, but I did it because I know I'll skip walking tomorrow morning when the snow comes in. Now I'm drinking coffee and playing silly word games and contemplating what I might do today.

I'm always at bit at a loss when I'm waiting for my reader to get back to me about the book draft I sent her. I have all sorts of things I could/should be doing, but I don't feel like doing any of them.

I do want to thank all the people here for the huge number of owl photos you posted yesterday. And no, I didn't watch the game and I didn't care who won.

Have a good one!
#Today

slevelt, 4 months ago to bookstodon

if anything good can come out of the disaster at the #BritishLibrary, surely it’s a rethink of accepting digital “copies” as fulfilment of legal deposit. @bookstodon

joyce, 4 months ago to random

Good morning!

This morning's early-morning walk was the warmest this winter, 48 F (almost 9 C). The cold returns tomorrow, but I was happy to walk without gloves or a winter hat.

Now I'm trying to psyche myself up for doing some household chores that need rather desperately to be done, and I just don't wanna do it. I will, eventually, a little bit at a time. No need to rush.

Have a good SuperB owl Sunday, if you care about such things, and have a great day anyway if you don't.
#Today

joyce, 4 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 11
Are some genres taken more seriously than others? How does this make you feel?

Obviously, the answer is yes, some genres are taken more seriously.

One thing I loved about studying medieval literature was that the "non-serious" genres were suddenly serious and respected. There could be dragons and monsters and fairies and flying mechanical horses and OMG romance and it was all considered serious literature because it was written in Old and Middle English or even (hushed, reverent tone) Latin.

joyce, 4 months ago to random

Good morning!

I got up this morning thinking I would probably skip my early morning walk because my back hurt so much. Once I was up, I changed my mind and got out at 6:45. I'm glad I did. My back still hurts, but I need my walks for my mental health more than anything. I feel much better when I walk.

So it's yet another day working on the book once I have some more coffee and make breakfast. Thumper has gone off to work and things are quiet. Life is good.

I hope life is good for you.
#Today

dancinyogi, 4 months ago to random

Today, I was quiet as a mouse. I only did yoga and tiptoed around like I was a cat burglar. If the neighbors downstairs complain, they have bionic hearing. I also learned there are an abundance of rules regarding noise. Some make sense, but there are two that are ridiculous in the wording. Between 9 pm and 8 am, there can be no "Opening or closing of drawers, closets or doors" or "Scraping of chairs on the floor." They didn't say "SLAMMING" they said "Opening and closing". I mean.....🙄

joyce, 4 months ago to random

The NYT keeps running articles about Millennials and GenXers panicking about growing older and becoming irrelevant. As a Boomer, I find these articles hilarious.

joyce, 4 months ago to random

Finished meeting with my financial advisor. I'm taking the big leap and will no longer receive more than a tiny pension, but instead rely on my book sales to live. Fingers crossed people keep buying the books!
#Today

joyce, 4 months ago to uk

UK people: For the month of February, the first two books in my Cordwainer series of medieval mysteries will be Kindle Monthly Deals. That means The Golden Crucifix and Blood Libel will be on sale for the low, low price of 99p at Amazon.co.uk only from Feb. 1 until Feb. 29. Get them while they're on sale!
#UK #MedievalMystery #books

dancinyogi, 4 months ago to random

There are nice ways to wake up in the middle of the night. A leg cramp so bad you shriek as you grab your muscle in agony is not one of them 😩

joyce, 4 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 29: Describe the saddest moment you've written.

Maybe when Cordwainer realizes that his fantasy of recreating the nuclear family he lost when his wife died will never happen, that the woman he thought might be falling in love with him was just flirting, and that he can never recover the past.

joyce, 4 months ago to random

Good morning!

It's a cold, rainy day and I skipped my early-morning walk again. One of these days I'm going to buy proper rain gear so I can walk when it's wet. I grew up in an area of the country where it almost never rained, and I've never gotten used to damp, humid, rainy days.

Indoors it's warm and cozy with hot coffee, so indoors I will stay. More revising my book manuscript. More cuddling with Annie-the-Cat. I like my routine.

May you have a cozy, pleasant day.
#Today

joyce, 4 months ago to random

Good morning!

It's a day of mud and puddles out there as the snow keeps melting. I went out for my early-morning walk into mist and fog. Then back as usual to coffee and oatmeal and the beginning of my day.

Once again I'll work on revisions to my WIP and maybe some cleaning and definitely some reading and relaxing. I'm going to make yet another batch of green chili chicken enchiladas and eat leftovers over the weekend.

Have a good one!
#Today