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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:07:32 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Apathetic:
Mary Beth said, "So, what is that I'm feeling about the latest revision and life? Apathetic. Here's Merriam-Webster's definition of my current mood. *\ˌa-pə-ˈthe-tik\ * adjective * Date: 17441 : having or showing little or no feeling or emotion :..." more
Monday, August 17, 2009 9:07:22 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Silly commas and daft quotation marks:
Mary Beth said, "I spent two hours crafting two articles for an online group that claims to pay for your expertise. Since fiction isn't exactly breaking my bank, I'm looking for other outlets to write for. I started with punctuation and attribution in dialogue..." more
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:55:58 PM
Mary Beth Miller left a comment on the event page for The Orange County Book Festival:
Mary Beth said, "I want the space!"
Saturday, August 8, 2009 3:15:13 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Bleak House:
Mary Beth said, "I've been listening to Dickens' Bleak House while I do yard work and clean. I, of course, chose the unabridged version, which is 39 hours 16 minutes. (I do a lot of yard work between vegie and flower gardens and the horses.) Then yesterday I..." more
Monday, April 27, 2009 1:26:51 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Mud and Pie:
Mary Beth said, "I'm back at my desk after more than a week away, but I'm also coated in mud. Nine horses, dripping wet, needed trims this morning. The farrier arrived promptly at eight and I had a few in, but was still catching my two boarders. Neither of which..." more
Friday, April 17, 2009 3:08:33 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Be Kind to Yourself:
Mary Beth said, "I've been on a work-binge. Unfortunately, it wasn't a writing binge. I've finished a massive arbor (still need to buy some plants for it, although I'm waiting for some seeds I planted to show). I've bought, literally, a house full of furniture,..." more
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 11:27:01 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Early morning, late ms:
Mary Beth said, "As I was driving home from dropping off my son, I was mulling over a problem in my latest wip. It's a static scene that takes place in a car, and I wanted more physical tension. Apparently driving and thinking at the same time triggered a good..." more
Monday, April 6, 2009 3:23:52 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Long time, no journal!:
Mary Beth said, "I know, I know, I've been away about a year. But I'm going to try to be better at this journaling. Really. I am.For instance, today I mastered the blind hem stitch on my sewing machine so I can "professionally" attach the bindings, and I figured..." more
Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:59:33 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Quotable quotes:
Mary Beth said, "I've loved quotes forever. I used to copy my favorites from Reader's Digest into notebooks. Not that I ever did anything with them. I'm not sure I even reread them. But they frequently inspired me in weird ways. A good quote still will. It's almost..." more
Friday, June 13, 2008 1:41:30 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled 100 bales of hay later:
Mary Beth said, "Kids can be amazing workers given the right circumstances and motivation. Mine moved 100 forty to fifty pound bales of hay from a field two miles away to our barn in a little over an hour. They threw them onto a rented trailer, stacked them so they..." more
Friday, June 6, 2008 4:35:28 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Reloading Creativity and a New Colt:
Mary Beth said, "It's been quite a while since I last wrote, but I have a very good explanation for that. I cut out all my procrastination techniques (well, not all, but most of them and the ones I kept I do after my writing for the day), and I made myself write..." more
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:57:50 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Kindling Words West:
Mary Beth said, "I am anxiously awaiting Saturday and taking off for KW West. I wrote out my packing list today and started on my to-do before going list. How I wish I didn't have to worry about the whole family and what they're eating and wearing while I'm gone,..." more
Friday, April 25, 2008 11:09:11 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Impossible:
Mary Beth said, "I spent the last few evenings in wonderful company, that of Nancy Werlin and her wonderful new novel, Impossible. I snagged an ARC at he Texas Librarian's Association meeting, and I'm glad I did. Impossible's quite different than Nancy's other..." more
Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:05:37 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Running as fast as I can to stay in place:
Mary Beth said, "So, I spent the morning working on my class, which is technically writing, is it not? Then I brought in my babies, i.e., my horses, before they got sunburned. White faces, noses, and spots are great, but there's pink skin underneath, and boy does it..." more
Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:05:37 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled A Plethora of Librarians:
Mary Beth said, "What fun this week has been. I attended the Texas Librarians' Association Meeting in Dallas, and I loved it. Tons of people scoping out the new books, all those nifty products for displaying books, magazines, and newspapers, and best of all,..." more
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:29:33 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Character Study:
Mary Beth said, "I've been struggling with my current WIP since my move, but my life has been too full of craziness to allow me the space and energy to let the book grow. Then yesterday I was working on a presentation on characterization for a class I'm teaching and..." more
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:29:32 PM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled New Goal:
Mary Beth said, "I almost wrote "New Goad" instead of "New Goal." In a way, it would fit as well since I've decided to work on short stories in addition to my novels as of last night. I started an idea file both on the computer and in hard copy, and last night, I..." more
Monday, September 14, 2009 1:06:42 AM
Mary Beth Miller wrote a blog post titled Rain, Rain, Come and Stay:
Mary Beth said, "That's been my refrain for the last two days. It's been a peaceful, comforting feeling to be trapped inside by the rain that's parked itself over DFW area. If it went on for a week, maybe I'd complain, but not about two days after weeks and weeks of..." more