That song always cracked me up. I was going to use it in its original form and say I wrote bird pages today, but then I hit on an idea, ran with it to the next page and no longer had bird pages, but birdy pages! YEEHAW! And that was only in the last hour since I spent the majority of the day on the couch being sick. UGH!
I'm off tomorrow so should have more than that to report. I love when I love a story. I'm just saying :)
Misty
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Word of the day
Today I wrote BEARDLESSNESSY pages and am extremely proud of myself. Now I only need to write BUTTERY more pages and I have met my personal goal for the week. Let's hear it for buttery pages!!!!
Misty :)
Misty :)
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Still writing!
And isn't that a lovely thing to be able to type without the NOT in between? I am really liking my story and that is half my battle, GI Joe.
Was running through some old emails , trying to clean out my inbox when I came across one that I had saved for a blogpost. It was an exchange between myself and my brilliant friend Natalie (I told her I would call her brilliant in the email, so I feel I must follow through!).
Anyway! The conversation went a little something like this (totally paraphrasing except where I'm not):
Me: I want to ass five pages to my manuscript today. Goal that needs done.
Natalie: Really? "Ass" five pages?
Me: LOL! Of course I suck at typing and really should have reread the email before I sent this. I meant ADD!
Natalie: No, you meant ass.
Me: ..... (kept getting three pages written when needed mucho more - at least to 5 a day)
Natalie - being even more brillianter than normal (actual email content!): You know, you keep getting three pages because you were going to ass five. I bet if you bitch five tomorrow, you'll actually write five instead of 3. (3 letters in ass vs. 5 letters in bitch)
Me (actual email content with some judicious editing): You are so very clever!!! I will bitch 5 pages tomorrow then I want to at least biotch 6 on Saturday! We could get truly creative with this. I might actually have to blog about it and tout your brilliance, Natalie!!!! I love it!
Natalie: LOL!
END SCENE
So there you have it! This was months ago, but I believe I will re-adopt the goal thing for pages instead of the words I've been basing things on. 4 pages (Jack pages!) sounds much better than 1000 words.
Off I go to write at least Fraggle pages today! Anybody else want to join in?
Misty
Was running through some old emails , trying to clean out my inbox when I came across one that I had saved for a blogpost. It was an exchange between myself and my brilliant friend Natalie (I told her I would call her brilliant in the email, so I feel I must follow through!).
Anyway! The conversation went a little something like this (totally paraphrasing except where I'm not):
Me: I want to ass five pages to my manuscript today. Goal that needs done.
Natalie: Really? "Ass" five pages?
Me: LOL! Of course I suck at typing and really should have reread the email before I sent this. I meant ADD!
Natalie: No, you meant ass.
Me: ..... (kept getting three pages written when needed mucho more - at least to 5 a day)
Natalie - being even more brillianter than normal (actual email content!): You know, you keep getting three pages because you were going to ass five. I bet if you bitch five tomorrow, you'll actually write five instead of 3. (3 letters in ass vs. 5 letters in bitch)
Me (actual email content with some judicious editing): You are so very clever!!! I will bitch 5 pages tomorrow then I want to at least biotch 6 on Saturday! We could get truly creative with this. I might actually have to blog about it and tout your brilliance, Natalie!!!! I love it!
Natalie: LOL!
END SCENE
So there you have it! This was months ago, but I believe I will re-adopt the goal thing for pages instead of the words I've been basing things on. 4 pages (Jack pages!) sounds much better than 1000 words.
Off I go to write at least Fraggle pages today! Anybody else want to join in?
Misty
Monday, January 24, 2011
My Butt in My Chair
You know, it is always so amazing to me. I have this incredible capacity to come up with reasons and excuses not to write. I can talk myself into or out of nearly anything. I have justifications and explanations out the wazoo. I'm creative like that.
And then one day, I tell myself, "Self," (and yes I do talk to myself out loud as if I was someone else!). Anyway, I say, "Self, you will get your butt in that chair for the next twenty minutes. You may not under any circumstances get up from that chair for twenty minutes even if your hair is on fire. The extinguisher is within reaching distance from the chair."
And I grumble and I buck but then I sit down in the chair and lo and behold, I write. I write and I write and then it's an hour later and I think why in the hell does this have to be such a struggle when these moments are golden?
Of course not all moments are golden and sometimes I sit there and stare off into space for twenty minutes, literally dancing in my seat waiting for the timer to go off like some kid in time-out. But today...well today was an I Heart Writing day. I hope tomorrow is too.
Misty
And then one day, I tell myself, "Self," (and yes I do talk to myself out loud as if I was someone else!). Anyway, I say, "Self, you will get your butt in that chair for the next twenty minutes. You may not under any circumstances get up from that chair for twenty minutes even if your hair is on fire. The extinguisher is within reaching distance from the chair."
And I grumble and I buck but then I sit down in the chair and lo and behold, I write. I write and I write and then it's an hour later and I think why in the hell does this have to be such a struggle when these moments are golden?
Of course not all moments are golden and sometimes I sit there and stare off into space for twenty minutes, literally dancing in my seat waiting for the timer to go off like some kid in time-out. But today...well today was an I Heart Writing day. I hope tomorrow is too.
Misty
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Sunday, January 02, 2011
The Tooth of January
My grandfather was very big on number and the funny things about them. Yesterday would have made him ecstatic. 1/1/11 was one of his favorites. We always watched the clock for it to turn to 11:11 because then you could make a wish. He had random facts stuffed in his noggin about various number and word things. I will be sharing some of them throughout the year. He has been gone for six years now and finally I'd liked to share some of him with the world. My unsung hero.
Number fact: There will not be another date on the calendar with all odd numbers until 1/1/3111. The last was 11/19/1999. I don't think I'll be around at that point :) Unless I let someone freeze dry my head and then reattach me to a very hot young bod years and years later!
Ta!
Misty
Number fact: There will not be another date on the calendar with all odd numbers until 1/1/3111. The last was 11/19/1999. I don't think I'll be around at that point :) Unless I let someone freeze dry my head and then reattach me to a very hot young bod years and years later!
Ta!
Misty
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Happy New Year!
Hey there, party people! I hope everyone is recovered from hangovers and family-overloads and various other issues that jsut happen to coincide with the holidays in all their glory! :)
If you are on Facebook, I just wanted to let you know that I am now over there under Misty Simon. I think I might have posted once here about the FrontierVille addiction but I had not said how to find me :)
I was happy to usher out 2010 last night and welcome with open arms 2011. I hope this is a fabulous year for you and yours. I have plans to start a new path (or resume an old one, depending on how you look at it). We have several changes coming up this year and I look forward to them.
Bring it 2011!
Misty
If you are on Facebook, I just wanted to let you know that I am now over there under Misty Simon. I think I might have posted once here about the FrontierVille addiction but I had not said how to find me :)
I was happy to usher out 2010 last night and welcome with open arms 2011. I hope this is a fabulous year for you and yours. I have plans to start a new path (or resume an old one, depending on how you look at it). We have several changes coming up this year and I look forward to them.
Bring it 2011!
Misty
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