Categotry Archives: Thursday Thirteen
A Winner
Of course that does not mean I’m done. It just means I did 50,000 words this month so far. So, what now? 1. Finish the plot line. I’m in the middle of the climax now. I should be able to finish the book in the next few days. 2. Take a moment to appreciate the fact that I have written at least one new rough draft every year since 2000. Before that I’d never actually finished even the rough draft […]
To Do List
1. Come up with this list. 🙂 2. Write 2,000 words tonight. These don’t count, 3. Delete my Photobucket account and every link related to it. 4. Make some gift bags. What do you mean it’s too early for Christmas? 5. Run the dishwasher. 6. Come up with a cord that will make my new-to-me washer/dryer set plug into the wall. 7. Test run the machines. 8. Do three weeks worth of backed up laundry. 9. Put shelves in the […]
13 Sentences
The last lines I wrote in my NaNo book tonight: “The point is, I haven’t found people to be particularly trustworthy.” “Too late to keep it from me.” She grinned at him, pleased with her logic. “I haven’t been bad so far, have I?” “But that’s always the way with humans. You act all nice at first. Then you do something horrible!” “I promise, I will not do anything horrible.” She let her irritation show. “I’m just a girl. What […]
13 Things I Should Know by Now
It’s November! You can guess what I’m doing now. Yep. NaNo. And of course I am completely unprepared. This stuff always goes better when I have something like an outline to work with. I have my spreadsheet set up, but so far, I’ve only put in one line. 1. I do actually know what the book is about. Sort of. It was a serial I made up as part of our bedtime routine when the kids were little. Now if […]
13 Leaves
Ok, so maybe it’s a bit more than 13. My eyes blur when I try to count. As to the ones in the background, they don’t count at all, do they? What amazes me is that there are still so many leaves on the tree when so many more are already on the ground. They are like pretty snowdrifts on my sidewalk. Now where did I put my rake?
Icelandic Music
I’ve been playing with youtube playlists lately. I made myself one of Icelandic musicians. Here are a few from the list. 1.
13 Pros and Cons of Traveling with OAT
OAT stands for Overseas Adventure Travel. They are fairly well named, as they will take you on adventures overseas. They were the ones I went to Mongolia, Indonesia, and Iceland with.
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stieffvater p.221
The appetizers were delicious, not because of the kitchen, but because all food eaten in anticipation of a kiss is delicious. Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up and visit others.
A Beach on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula
We hit the beach. In our winter coats. There was supposed to be some wildlife – seals and birds. So I searched for them.
A Random 13
1. We’re going to take a little intermission from my Iceland trip because I’m just feeling too random today. 2. The picture under #1 was in Borgarnes behind the Settlement Center.
From Reykjavik to Stykkisholmur
These trips tend to cover a lot of ground quickly. The first day we arrived in the airport, then toured the city, met up for dinner, and had a meeting in which everyone introduced themselves and we talked about the trip. On the second day we did all this:
Helgafell
Toward the end of the day we hiked up Holy Mountain – also known as Helgafell. I didn’t get my act together fast enough. I missed whatever the guide might have said on the hike up and down the mountain. Just as well, as my pen was out of juice. So this is all based on memory.
