Susan Adrian

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Well, that was a scraper. As is well known in writer's circles, you should write every day, even on weekends, to keep momentum going. As...

Sorry for not blogging, but my head's been down with the writing, and I just haven't felt like it. My goal was 24,000 by the end of ...

It hit me this morning, the perfect word about raising kids. In fact, I think this word was made to describe the experience of raising kids...

Yay, I made my goal for today! Over 20,000--30%. Must keep on at this pace tomorrow. I'm into the real meat of the story, so this part...

I just got my grades in: all As. You're shocked, aren't you? {listening} Hmmm. Not hearing a lot of shock out there. You're all ...

And may I have a big WHEW. All done with grad school work for the term--turned in my 20-page + paper, finished my presentation, and we chose...

Sorry no posts. There will likely be no new posts this week, until this craziness is over and I can lift my head above the whirlpool again. ...

This is what I'm doing today and tomorrow. Yep, hobnobbing with August Busch today, Robert Rubin and Ben Bernanke tomorrow...but right n...

You'll note that I've slowed down the writing pace considerably the past few days. I'm not giving up my goals, but I am taking a...

And my blog haiku, courtesy of this site : opposite side of what jenna looks like the life still here just hiding A pretty good summary of ...

Child has decided that each day this week she is going to attend preschool dressed up as a different Disney princess. Actually it started Su...

And a step back... I had to cut out the whole bit of stuff I wrote on Friday--900 words. It was just awful, draggy, and horribly boring. I s...

Keywords people have used to land on this site recently: --homemade tinkerbell cake Sorry, my friend, you're not going to find that ...

Approximate conversation in my household last night: I'd finally gotten everything done, put Child to bed, and had been able to collapse...

In the past few days I/we (hubby) have accomplished: Finished the final version of my thesis proposal (okay, I'm going to do one more sp...

Goals today: --add 750 words, up to 15,250 (and break the 15,000 barrier!) --finish my thesis proposal, which is due tomorrow for 50% of my ...

I've been reading a book by a wonderful writer. The pace is excellent, drawing me through each chapter delicately but persistently, neve...

A day of silence, today, for Kurt Vonnegut's passing. He was one of the great ones who inspired me to write--and he was a fabulous, crot...

Hmmm. Almost a week since I last posted here...sorry about that. On the other hand, it does seem to be a pattern that I don't post much ...