Shed Diaries: Speed bumps

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Shed Diaries: Speed bumps

Last week I told you about our plans for my new shed office. Well, I’m excited to say that we have an ALMOST completed new building in our back yard. Now that it’s there, I’m getting crazy excited about being able to walk out the back door with my morning coffee and getting my words in. I’m ready to put my desk in there now. But there are a few things left to do on the inside. And unfortunately the building isn’t quite done.

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Shed Diaries: A Shed is Born

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Shed Diaries: A Shed is Born

Okay, you’ve all seen the State Farm commercial about the woman who’s she shed catches on fire. For a lot of American’s that’s the first time they heard the term she shed, but I’ve had my eye on a she shed for a while. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you might remember my “lady loft” at our old house. It was a big beautiful attic office where I could overlook the rooftops of our old neighborhood, and daydream. It was my retreat space where I did all my business-y author stuff. It’s why my blog is called “Notes from the Loft”.

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Because life sometimes

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Because life sometimes

October is my favorite month because every year it seems to be busy with some of my favorite things; Celtic festivals, writer's conferences, birthdays and visiting friends. Plus leaves start turning, weather gets cooler and everything is great. This October however was NOT what I had hoped for.

Like a crazy person, I thought I had a chance of finishing a draft for Cauldron in October. I don't think there is that much left to write, and I was (and still am) looking forward to exorcising this particular plot from my brain. Unfortunately, this October it seemed that life was conspiring to thwart me.

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