While I recovered from Superstars Writing Seminars 2020 (SSWS2020) this week, Kevin J. Anderson attended another conference, LTUE, and is heading to another, PensaCon. Mary Robinette Kowal is also always traveling and for several years now I’ve tried to figure out how they do this. Last year, when we attended GenCon, I figured out how…
Month: February 2020
Writing and the Ebb and Flow of Health
Yesterday was a good day with a lot of energy. Today I woke fatigued, which is undoubtedly part of the natural cycle of this illness. That reminded me of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s excellent book, Writing with Chronic Illness. We are often so hard on ourselves about writing. We set daily word count goals and if…
The Strenuous Life
My husband is doing sets of burpees interspersed by work and other normal movements of the day. I don’t count his burpees but there are plenty of them. I am not even sure when he decides that it is time for another batch. Seemingly at random he just begins the jumping back push-ups, and jump…
Streaks and the Great Challenge
After 106 daily posts I broke my streak yesterday. This is one of the worst illnesses I’ve ever had to deal with. It had me flat on my back for three days. Finally I’m able to sit upright for more than a few hours. I am still sick. My voice is still gone. I am…
Inspiration
Just a few inspirational quotes by James A. Owen today. All of these are from his excellent book: Drawing Out the Dragons: A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice. Never, ever sacrifice what You want the most, For what you want the most at that moment. A choice with no consequences has…
Epidemics in Story
Still sick. I’ve done no writing nor anything other than sleep, cough, and take broth soup and Advil. I got my flu shot, as I do every October, which I think should guarantee me a much less severe case of the flu. But of course there are no guarantees. It looks like this flu went…
Writing to Prompts
We should arrive home tonight and I’m ready to be in my own bed. I’d planned to be at a writing event tomorrow but am going to have to bow out. I still can’t talk and suspect I may be contagious. I’m struck by the large number of my friends across the country also seem…
Meanderings
We are in Albuquerque today, heading home through Texas and Oklahoma. Mysteriously there are people who prefer traveling through Western Kansas, which boggles my mind. I’m still sick (flu?) and can’t talk above a whisper, which means that Steve dominates the conversation. So strange! It also means that it is pointless to interview builders here…
The Last Few Precious Crumbs of SSWS 2020
Today we start our trek home. The morning began early because I volunteered to drop some of the Superstars to the Colorado Springs airport and the first person had an early flight to Tulsa. It is always a pleasure to get to know people better. Sadly, my voice is truly raw and damaged, so I’m…