Comments on: Back to the Dance

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:52:55 +0000

Anne, that sounds very creative of you! You continue to be an inspiration. 🙂

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:57:08 +0000

What's new? I'm making roman shades for my office… 😉 Glad thinks are returning to your version of normal.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:10:32 +0000

Maureen, that's very nice of you to say! And I'm glad you de-lurked. I hope you make it a habit. :)

The goal is to help others learn from my mistakes (in part). It's also to keep me on track.

Katharine, good goal. I've been trying all day to get to the first page, but work is interrupting. :)

By: Katharine Swan

Katharine Swan — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:49:54 +0000

Lori, I'm buckling down to a fun-filled month of juggling a husband, a horse, a writing career… AND NaNo! I predict my time management issues will come to a head this month, and hopefully it'll force me get better at budgeting my time in order to do it all. ;o) Like you, though, I don't necessarily do it to get 50,000 words — my goal this year is simply to finish last year's novel. I use NaNo to get motivated to work on my own writing, since that seems to suffer the other 11 months out of the year!

By: Maureen Salamon

Maureen Salamon — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:07:19 +0000

Hi Lori,

I've been a lurker on your site for quite awhile. What I love about your blog is how razor-sharp you stay focused on the bottom line of freelancing -- the $$ coming in each month and your efforts to market yourself. Sure, you talk about other aspects and parts of your life, but you never lose that focus. I admire you.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:00:41 +0000

Fantastic news, Ashley! Congratulations! I knew you had it in you. :))

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:00:10 +0000

Devon, I think you've earned the break! LOL I don't know how you managed it all those years with the pile of stress you were shoveling.

I haven't even begun NaNo, Wendy. I'm in sad shape. LOL

Kathy, I have no doubt I'll not finish. The goal, for me, is to start something and get it outlined. If I get that much done I'll feel like I've accomplished something.

Good advice on phone chats, Cathy. I think in many cases, they do solve issues.

Go for it, Paula. Three digits is better than a lot of lonely zeros!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:52:41 +0000

Work-wise, everything's pretty much the same.

I also signed up for Nano. I haven't got a great start with it, though. Hope it gets better soon. Yikes.

I had to take the morning off and get my hair done. The shaggy dog look just isn't in anymore. I won't even mention the grays.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:10:11 +0000

Sounds like a lot of fun.

Can I live Nano vicariously through you, since there is no way in hell I'm doing it this year?

By: Irreverent Freelancer

Irreverent Freelancer — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:00:52 +0000

All that going on and you're doing NaNo too?! You're tireless! I'm unofficially participating in NaNo this year, meaning I'm breaking all the rules. I'm working on a screenplay instead of a novel and it was already started prior to November 1. I'm only counting new words though, so I'm not a total cheater. LOL

So glad to have you back!