Blogger MIA?

No, lovelies. I haven't fallen off the face of the earth---just the blogosphere. I'm up to my neck in work, school, NaNoWriMo, and the now occasional social life.

How am I doing at NaNo? Well, today is the half way mark. Technically, if I followed the words-per-day goals, I should be at 25,000. I'm only at 17,964. Eeep! But I have a day off tomorrow, Friday, and possibly Saturday. So I wish me swift fingers on the keyboard so that I can get caught up with my novel and get back to writing posts for you lovely readers.

"The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it." ~Jules Renard, "Diary," February 1895

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Nick Klaus said…

I understand the feeling entirely - I've put my blogging on hiatus while I write.

November 16, 2011 at 11:12 PM

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Sarah, a reader, recently emailed me asking about how to style a pencil skirt for her "somewhat casual, somewhat professional workplace full of fashionable co-workers." She's been lusting after pencil skirts at several stores, but been hesitant to purchase one for fear of looking bad in it and not knowing what to wear with it.