October 14, 2006

  • Timing and other oddities -

    I wouldn't say that my timing is great.  Come to think of it, I wouldn't say that GOD's timing is really great.  Of course, I don't think of God as being subject to time, so I suppose the fact that God arranges things that pertain to me to happen in my lifetime is much more of a miracle that it at first would appear. 

    If I were God, I'm sorry, but I already know that I'd be off creating stars or painting sunsets and suddenly remember, "Oh YEAH, I was planning to bless so-and-so ... what time is it?" And the angel of the watch would have to inform me, "It's about three earth centuries past so-and-so's lifetime."

    Time has never been allowed a high place of importance in my life, which explains why I'm habitually either very early or very late and equally unconcerned no matter which side of the hour I'm on. 

    Anyway, time has slipped away from me over the past several days.  But I want to mention that I love hearing from people who got my book.  Thank you for your comments on the poems. 

    And I have to tell you that I received two packages that are awesome.  Xangan's Zincwhiskers and Liz_A are awesome craftswomen.  They each sent me gifts that I love.  I would love these things no matter what because they are beauiful, but the fact that they were especially made and chosen for me is both humbling and awesome.   

    For now anyway, it looks like I'll be keeping my job.  (yeah!)  So I'll be entering NaNo with the challenge of full-time work for the first-time.  It's a bit humbling to look back and realize that most of the way that I've been able to "win" the challenge has been that I've had TIME to do it.  But Faith reminded me that first and foremost, NaNo is about the challenge of making a priority of working on our craft.  So I'm getting ready with my charts, diagrams, worksheets and plot outlines, but I'm planning my Novenber days around something that seems a foreign concept, organizing my time. 

    It will be an adventure!

Comments (14)

  • Just make a post with it as an image, and copy paste the html into the place where all the rest of your pageset is. Or mail me the thing and a password...LOL

  • Good luck as you begin.  You can do it once you get your plan in place. 

  • Good luck! I saw they loan laptops to the needy at NANOWRIMO. I thought that was a great idea.

  • The passions we have find their own time...your writing will find it's place!

  • Wish you lived closer so I could invite you over for some soup and bread! I fixed the link, too. Thanks!

  • Some how a man made conection with God, and asked  " Am I really talking to God?" Yes camt the answere, But I am very busy, so what do you want?"

    "Is it true that one minute of you time is like a hundred years of ours?"  "Yes, so what else, you have had more than enough of my time"   "Well god I was wondering since you do not have any preferences about us, could you make me into a million air?"    "Of course I could, Ill get bsck to you in five minutes and let you know" 

  • "It's about three earth centuries past so-and-so's lifetime."

    Brilliant!

    Thank you for the kind words on my latest releast. You are the best.

    Sail on... sail on!!!

  • x365 is Dan's brainchild. There are now over 60 people writing in the project! It is very cool the ripples he's created with his idea.

  • I went ahead and signed up for Nano again, though I have no plot in mind and probably won't have time with all the other stuff I've got going on...I'll give it a shot, though.

  • I'm doing NaNo for the very first time this year!  I never knew what it was until recently.  Love that line about it being "three centuries past", haha.  And thanks for reading my last two long-winded blogs, I really appreciate it.  I'm glad to know I'm not the only one pondering such things

  • ryc: true. sooner or later... but some ppl live their lives not dealing with issues - and then they die. and that's just how it goes.

    congrats on the job!

  • I promise to be nice to Terri on Terriday. Judi

  • It is all about prioritization. But I didn't have to 'remind' you; you've always had full-time work to reorganize! Anyway -- I'm still on the fence about my own NaNo aspirations. Er. The thinking part of my brain is. The unthinking part has been creating plots in the background for weeks now .

    Terrisday is lovely. Personally, I don't want a time monument. No, wait. I do. I want 3 am on the 8th of November. Yep. I want that cold, still, private moment to be mine. I suggest we call it the Faith Hour. Heh.

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