Recent content by Catrin Lewis

I heard they stuck it in November partly to prove to us (Americans) that we could produce 50,000 words in 30 days, holidays, family obligations, family, and all. I'd be interested, if this gets going. I have a couple of new projects in mind that I could use a kick in the pants to start and make...

The problem with this thread is, every time a notification for it pops up, I think, "Oh, gosh, my WF mates aren't writing, and neither am I!" But maybe you are.

Of all trades

Ouch. That could be a whole 'nother thread--- "What are your common typos?" I sometimes fumble-finger "to" into "the," myself.

I thought all the songs on the radio station my mother listened to in the kitchen were sung live. And the ones belted out by female singers were all performed by this one woman with wild, red hair, standing in a spotlight before a microphone. This was when I was like 5 or 6. I was years older...

Braces

Funny thing is, with my psychology and the way I was raised, if that last email was true it'd scare me half to death. Find me a hole where I can hide!

I got another of these "unrefusable" offers this past weekend. This time, the scammer assumed the identity of the real-life coordinator of a real-life British bookclub. Supposedly all one thousand-plus of them are about to buy my book and make it their featured study. All he wants to know...

True, I could. But I really want jelly. Checked it last night after the 24 hour resting period was up. Runny. I might also try reboiling it with more sugar and pectin. That's four perfectly-good canning lids into the recycling, but that's how it goes. I've got a service tech coming to replace...

Why do I keep trying to make jelly? Either I don't boil it long enough and it comes out runny, or I boil it too long and it ends up as an inpenetrable mass. Sometimes, a burnt, inpenetrable mass. Nevertheless, this year my Japanese quince bush decided to bear fruit. Ten or twelve small, green...

Lying prone, at least they're not confronting you with their eaten-out faces.

Oooh. I know nothing of this site, the decay of which you describe. But you've described it beautifully. Carry on!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Wait, what? Where do they think we get a lot of movies from?