Who can edit a guest blog when this cutie has just joined the family!
Welcome to Oliver, soon to be renamed. Adopted today from the Bloomfield animal shelter.
I gotta play with my new baby. I’ll be back tomorrow. I promise.
Dear readers: how cute is he?!
So, I lost my phone the other day. (So long Blackberry! Hello i-phone!)
I know I lost my phone near the Urban Outfitters in Montclair, New Jersey. (I was on my way to buy another headband. It’s a long story. Right Lil Miss Brown?)
Anyway. So I lost my phone somewhere near Urban Outfitters. I came home and Googled the store to get the number.
I ended up on a site called Yelp, a pseudo social networking site where users post reviews on restaurants, clothing stores and anything and everything else in their area.
And that’s how I discovered Sadia B.
This is Sadia B. Stolen from her Yelp page. Sorry Sadia. I only mean the very best!
Haftime usually schools me to what’s new and hot in music.
But she has like, a life, or something. Had no time for me today.
So I’m sitting here this morning, bumping the same song on repeat that I’ve been listening to all weekend.
I know Haftime wouldn’t approve. But this is MY new music monday since she left me stranded.
Check out the conversation I had with myself about this new song I’m LOVING.
Went to an animal shelter today. Fell in love with a dog named Oliver. If TH vetoes the adoption of this mutt with a gimpy hind leg, I will file for divorce in the morning.
Oliver is five months old. He was found on the streets of Harrison, New jersey. The vet is not sure what breed he is. But she expects his leg to recover fully without treatment.
For now, he can only take short walks.
He’s very energetic.
I want this dog. And I’ve never had one before.
TH wants to visit more shelters since Oliver is the first dog we laid eyes on.
That’s funny. He didn’t say let’s look at one more baby when Tog appeared. We just knew she belonged with us.
Okay. I’m being dramatic.
But I want this dog.
TG and Tog are already in love. And so am I.
TH and Tog sleeping in. Me and Tog at Starbucks. Double tall soy cinnamon dolce latte for me. Bagel for Tog.
Edits due for novel in ten days. I may need a tiny extension. I’m petrified. I know EXACTLY what needs to be done . I know which characters need tweaking. Which need to be completely omitted. I just have to sit down and barrell through it.
In the comments this week someone likened rewriting to math. You add multiply subtract divide. Finding the perfect equation of words.
I’ve never been good at math but I do feel like a mathemetcian or an architect when I revise and edit. I get this deeply satisfied feeling in my stomach when I read what seems like a well executed sentence.
I am very grateful to my dear readers. Blogging is helping me as a writer. I’m especially grateful to the eight members of my online writing group. Reading and commenting on your prose has helped me immensely with my own.
THings I Will Keep In Mind As I Revise
1. Keep it moving. Snappy pace is important. Don’t let the reader out of the room.
2. Don’t get attached. Certain sentences, plot points and even whole characters may have to be scrapped. Be ruthless.
3. Read your dialogue aloud. What sounds good in your head doesn’t always sound realistic.
I begin revising in earnest first thing Monday morning.
This weekend I write without writing.
Fellow writers: do you know what I mean by writing without writing? I’ll be thinking about my book all weekend. But no writing.
If you happen upon this random Saturday post tell me what you’re up to today. Are you writing? Thinking about writing? Wishing you were writing?
I’d love to hear from you…
Photo: Tog and her Starbucks crew
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