If you read my most recent post, you know that I have a little bit of time on my hands. On Tuesday, with an afternoon and evening wide open, I decided to investigate a new grocery store chain I'd heard of: Aldi's. It was billed as kind of like Trader Joe's only...
I know everyone says this, but I can't believe how quickly these two weeks have gone! I arrived 13 days ago, and I leave tomorrow afternoon. I'm completely satisfied with the experience and am also eager to go back home. I wrote 12 pages today, and if I complete 8...
With only one full day left to go after today on my writing retreat, I wanted to keep my output up. I hit the keyboard at 8am and finished printing out the first 10 pages of Chapter 8 by 2pm. I knew that I'd be driving to Stowe later in the afternoon to meet good...
With no plans at all on my calendar today, I wanted to break up my writing hours with an outing at lunchtime. I'd read positive reviews of the Norwich Square Cafe on TripAdvisor, so put it into googlemaps and had to pick from three alternate routes. Since they were...
Wow, double digits for my time here in VT, which means I have only a few more days left in my two week rental. I've gotten great traction on my page count and am feeling satisfied regarding my output. I love the writing life as well as being completely independent...
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. In the spirit of that quote, I took a good part of today off. There was an Al-Anon convention in Brattleboro that I thought I'd check out. It was well attended, and I stayed for two of the breakout sessions. Then, as I...
Maybe I'm going a little stir crazy, but my eyes definitely deceived me when I took a walk tonight after dinner. Writing is so sedentary, and not having errands to do or subways to catch, I'm on my derriere for great lengths of time here in Vermont. I wanted to add...
Woke up this morning to temps in the 40's! By the time I had the wherewithal to take note, it was slightly warmer, but fall-like. Lovely to have that big down comforter on top of me. Great headway today on Chapter 6. It's all about when I got into 12-step recovery...
What the what?! I could not be further removed from traffic, honking and crowds in my little cabin off this dirt road in Vermont. So why did I need to put on my noise-cancelling headphones at 10am this morning? Walking up the driveway to my car, I saw the offending...
One of the ways I edit my writing is to print it out, read it aloud into my phone's recording device, then listen back to my words to hear how they sound. I can catch repeats, oversights and inconsistencies that way. I also notice if the words flow and if what I'm...
The fact that I'm just now posting at 8:21pm tells you something about how productive I was today. I wrote for at least five hours, though I don't have a lot to show for it--maybe 3 more pages total. I'm revising Chapter 5, which is a particularly painful one to...
After a super-busy two weeks in early July: my boyfriend's performance in Gypsy at the Sharon Playhouse (delightful!), my birthday (big event), my granddaughter's 5th birthday (dwarfed mine), my sister's 70th (oh, my!), plus my client appreciation celebration (post...
Malene B ran a marathon two weeks ago, then traveled from Brooklyn to Washington Heights (almost a marathon) a few days later to have dinner with me and see my new place. This woman is UNSTOPPABLE! In 2001 Malene Barnett attended a talk I gave to the...
I'm speaking in Anaheim this week and traveled out here today via Southwest Airlines. I'd always heard about their legendary service, but experienced it myself firsthand. What should be standard for travel in general is remarkable in that so few airlines deliver as...
I received the most wonderful testimonial from my friend and colleague Carmen Lund. She's making a remarkable offer which evolved out of our work together. Here are Carmen's words: Several years ago, I had the good fortune to learn about Jane and her work with...
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