GwenW notes that letterboxers seek to manifest, through their hobby, their belief in the unseen but discoverable.
They enjoy puzzles and word-play. They’re comfortable taking risks outdoors, exploring new areas based on someone elses clues and encouragement. They want to leave their mark to show they’ve passed through this world. They want to know they are not [...]
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Notes and Quotes
Posted in Backstory on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 12 – Retrospective
Posted in Backstory on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time to bid Montpelier farewell-for-now. I puttered most of the morning, tidying up my things and waiting for the taxi. It was thunderstorming off and on, but the taxi driver didn’t think it would delay flights. I had the good fortune to not only share a cab with two faculty but to see two more [...]
Day 10 Retrospective
Posted in Backstory on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I felt the end of the residency keenly today, taking time to ship some things home and generally catch up on last minute details for my departure in two days. I picked up gifts for family and a few more postcards (which are still unwritten), then managed to hoof it up the hill for Marion [...]
Day 9 – Retrospective
Posted in Backstory on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday’s lecture was at 8am, but it was one I was really looking forward too – Rita Williams-Garcia’s lecture on loss. She talked about everything from the losses sustained through copyediting to the catastrophic, unexpected loss of an entire manuscript by various means – fire, file failure, choice. She helped me understand that the niggling [...]
Day 8 Retrospective
Posted in Backstory on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Martine Leavitt!
I get to work with Martine this semester! It all falls into place - yesterday, my path could have gone in many different directions: picture books, historical fiction, urban fantasy. But with the selection of Martine as my advisor, there’s no question – urban fantasy. I’m thrilled beyond words! I started writing in the [...]
Day 7 Retrospective
Posted in Backstory on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday lectures started at 8:15 am and I chose to attend the grad lecture on the use of light and movement to show time in stories. Nina Kidd gave a really good lecture and I got another breakthrough on the novel rewrite I’m contemplating. Patti Brown’s lecture on use of the Tarot for deepening character [...]
Day 6 Retrospective
Posted in Backstory on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Got thrown off with having to retcon a few posts, then plunged into the heart of the residency. Day 6 was a long, long, long time ago. I think that’s because Day 5 was my emotional crash and Day 6 I was still trying to regain my equilibrium.
Anyway, this day I decided to take the [...]
Day 3 – Retrospective
Posted in Artists and Visionaries, Backstory, Housekeeping on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Orientation was scheduled for 9am this day and I actually got up on my own at about 6:30am (which is amazing considering that would be 3:30 home time *gah*). The day was proving to be a hot one again and after my shower, I put up my hair Mrs. Olsen-style (okay, how many remember the [...]
Day 2 – Retrospective
Posted in Artists and Visionaries, Backstory, Practicing Risk on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Got up moderately late – 11 local time, but 7 Pacific. Not bad for having not gone to be until 3am local. I was glad I’d packed for the night, but was sorry I didn’t have fresh clothes to change into. It’s such a small thing for me usually, but with the heat the way [...]
Day 1 – Retrospective
Posted in Backstory, Practicing Risk on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I count the first day of school as 7/7/08, a Monday, a travel day for getting me from home to Montpelier, VT. I write this two days later because I spent all Monday getting from home to VT…and a little bit more.
Thankfully, my family took me to the airport shuttle first thing in the morning. [...]
