Archive for the ‘Night Writer’ Category

Don’t think of this as good-bye.
Well, okay, maybe a little.

Friends, after months of periodically mulling things over, noodling, waffling, and otherwise staring into space for extended periods of time I’ve decided it’s time to end my run here at One-Woman Show. For over two years I’ve shared my tales of juggling life, laundry and love, and blogging [...]

Many of my friends (including some of my best single parent pals and readers) have asked how I’m handling this whole getting remarried situation. Well, I’m so glad you asked. Or that some of you asked.
I swear someone asked me…or did I imagine it?
Never mind – I’m a-gonna tell you anyway in this month’s Dinner for [...]

I’ve had the benefit of being part of my local blogging group, Pittsburgh Bloggers, for the last 2 years, plus a newer mom bloggers group in the area. With Pittsburgh Bloggers, we meet quarterly at a watering hole down by PNC Park for drinks and conversation (and, ironically, no blogging). It’s been a great way [...]

Tomorrow I’m off to a conference in the City by the Bay. More importantly, I’m going to meet a few of my favorite West Coast bloggers for the first time ever! I only have one afternoon and evening free, but I’ll take any opportunity I can to meet these very cool people. Will write an [...]

 
Well, I don’t really have all that much to write, but I felt if I didn’t do another post ASAP One-Woman Show might go dark forever.
Wha-huh? Where did that come from? What’s with the sad music? Susan doesn’t know how to load sound onto her blog. This can’t be good…

See, I think I’m suffering from [...]

Got a letter back from one of the agents I submitted my full manuscript to and — BAaaa! (sound of buzzer)
Ah, well. It was a long shot…but definitely worth a shot. Time to get the next batch of queries out.

Can you believe it’s November already? November always seems to be one of the busier months in our house and this year is no exception. It also happens to be the month in which many bloggers and writers participate in two national pain-inducing writing challenges: NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo. NaNoWriMo encourages participants to write 50,000 words [...]

(at least as much as any writer can be “done” tinkering around with her masterpiece)
Yes, I finished my latest round of polishing! The manuscript is being copied at Kinko’s as I type this, all 352 pages, 68,300+ words of it. (I’m not saying every word is a jewel, but it is something to see this [...]

Good news:
I received a request for my full manuscript from a second agent. Woohoo!
Bad news:
I haven’t figured out how to clone myself…and I still have a few more chapters to go with the polishing.
Good news:
I’ve matured tremendously (cough, cough) in the 2 weeks since turning 40, so I now accept that I can’t do – and shouldn’t attempt to [...]

The kids’ first day of school is tomorrow. Wow, I can’t believe summer is almost over! While I dread the mounds of papers I’ll undoubtedly have to read and fill out over the next two weeks, I’m looking forward to a set routine and schedule — two things that will make this single mama’s life a whole lot easier. [...]