It’s snowing yellow leaves today. They pour down first gently, then spin into eddies, skittering down the street. The brittle droppings of oak and pecan and hackberry accrue into drifts of yellow along the curb until another gust of wind scatters them to the four corners of the county.
Winter’s on its way.
I’m spared the chore […]
Guess I need to remove the “NaNoWriMo participant” badge from my site. I’m happy I did a week or so of daily writing; it was a revelation that I could type so many sentences in such a few sittings. After a week of writing what was supposed to be a novel I came to the […]
It’s been such a warm and glorious autumn in McKinney this year. We’ve had almost no rain, which isn’t good, but I have been enjoying the sunny days tremendously. One night there was a dusting of frost in a few places, but the days remain balmy. Every few days I wonder how much longer it […]
My first day spent working on my novel went better and worse than I could have imagined. On the positive side I’ve written more than 4000 words. On the negative side the beginning of my story seems hopelessly irrelevant and I’m already wondering if I should go in a different direction than I originally planned. […]