All I wanted to say before I went to bed. THANK YOU all for the support! With great respect and love! A.
The rush hour
Less than 8000 words before I reach the goal. Less than 3 days before it ends. Rush to eat, rush to work, rush to sleep, rush to be happy. When can I write? When is it time to write? Rush…
The last days before a new beginning
Every time I complete something there are two feelings present: 1- Satisfaction: for what has been done, the process and all the discoveries about myself and what I can accomplish 2- Sadness: all the action, the storms, the creation, re-creation, giving up on first ideas, adding up new ideas, changing the course, expanding, etc., all that…
NaNoWriMo update – day 18
27 267/50 000 I have crossed over.... more than half of the road has been walked. I am behind in terms of word count for completing on the 30th, but let's have faith everyone! I can rise to the challenge! With great respect and love! A.
Objects to trigger inspiration
I told you that every time I create a project, I create a support team around me. So this week-end, applause goes to my cousin. She is like a sister to me. We are the same age and we have so much fun together. What did she do to deserve such devotion? She made it…
A note on research
I love to do research when I start a new story. Most of the time I look for portrait to be inspired and create my characters. I look for expressions and feelings as I watch those picture. So the portrait of the day is this one : A lady who supposedly…
Powerful listener
Last night, I read a few excerpt of my NaNoWriMo novel to my youngest daughter (the other one, not the one doing NaNo). She reads a lot and she is very critical about what she reads. Most of the time, I fear her opinion because she is ruthlessly sharp and vindictive, even though she is…
NaNoWriMo quick update
6836 words after 4 days. Wrote for a few hours with my daughter at a café. Plenty of fun! With great respect and love! A.
Soul stretching
Please, stand up and stretch. Whatever I take on in my life, I know that I will be stretched beyond what I normally know myself to be. I started NaNoWriMo because really it's a long shot. It's not just about writing that novel and the word count. It's about the practice of being human. Doing…
Surrender
Have you ever notice that writers can make you believe anything? You open a book and you are right there, in the moment with people you'll never meet because they don't exist. But yet, you can become so intimate, so emotionally involved with them that, somewhere in your mind, you believe they are true. It's…
Happy Hour with Pablo and Lolaz 