Getting ready for NaNoWriMo

Have you heard of NaNoWriMo? The goal of National Novel Writing Month is to write a novel (or 50,000 words of a novel) during the month of November. That’s about 1800 words each day. When I retired at the end of last November, one of the things I looked forward to doing was to spend… Continue reading Getting ready for NaNoWriMo

Update from the Sewing Room

I keep thinking of great bloggy things that I want to write about, and then I go off and do something else (like mow the lawn or hang out the laundry) and my ideas fly away like birds. Scattershot. So instead I’ll catch you up on my sewing life. I signed up to take a… Continue reading Update from the Sewing Room

What I’m Reading: Juliet Marillier

I put a call out to my Facebook peeps for book recommendations, and the author Juliet Marillier was recommended. The library only had one book on the shelf, Heart’s Blood. Once I started reading, I couldn’t stop. Juliet Marillier writes Historical Fantasy. This is a new genre for me. I have never been a big… Continue reading What I’m Reading: Juliet Marillier

Freebie!

I like to read. A lot. I stumbled on this FREE e-book on Amazon today. I think I’ll download it for a little Sunday R&R this weekend. Combines three things I love: books, quilts and FREE! Hard to beat that, eh? The Fortune Quilt by Lani Diane Rich “When Tucson Today segment producer Carly McKay visits… Continue reading Freebie!