tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.comments2019-02-28T07:29:03.420-05:00Almost PublishedErin Skellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-54382661859272278132013-02-17T00:33:09.886-05:002013-02-17T00:33:09.886-05:00Thanks for the comment on the redesign - I might t...Thanks for the comment on the redesign - I might try some other layouts soon. I'm still searching for the look I'd like to keep.<br /><br />I love telling people about Fasnacht Day. It's one of those micro-regional things that few people know about outside of central PA, especially few people who grew up there permanently relocate outside of the area. The majority of people I went Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-37508629382665201082013-02-15T22:08:19.507-05:002013-02-15T22:08:19.507-05:00I've never heard of Faschnacht Day! Thank you ...I've never heard of Faschnacht Day! Thank you for sharing this, and by the way, I love the redesign of your site. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-71239374308286664652013-02-12T15:31:09.810-05:002013-02-12T15:31:09.810-05:00And that, should, of course, read Stephen KING.And that, should, of course, read Stephen KING.Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-5327523973984074512013-02-12T14:32:14.461-05:002013-02-12T14:32:14.461-05:00Ultimately, I decided NOT to do NaNo in 2012. I va...Ultimately, I decided NOT to do NaNo in 2012. I vacillated up until the very last minute, when I realized that my 'desire' to do it was more a feeling of obligation than anything else. My true desire to write still exists, and I'm always thinking about it when I'm not doing it, but there's no need to force myself to adhere to NaNo's parameters this year, not when I had Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-90698059148118224012013-02-02T18:37:32.645-05:002013-02-02T18:37:32.645-05:00I've done what many many wannabe writers have ...I've done what many many wannabe writers have done... said "I'm going to write someday".<br />Then I read a quote from an author (Stephen King, maybe? Not sure) something along the lines of "Writers write. There's no want to be a writer. To BE a writer one must simply write." (or something, using some poetic license there).<br />I think a lot of writers (or those Sherwood Park and Edmonton Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594150491832490680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-36917349194376524612013-02-02T18:31:47.737-05:002013-02-02T18:31:47.737-05:00I'm horrible at taking pictures! Something lik...I'm horrible at taking pictures! Something like that would force me to get better, though. I often feel like the worst. mom. ever. because I've never made a scrapbook or even a photo album of my daughter's childhood. I have some random photos here and there, a huge Costco bag full of older photos & negatives, too ... although when Em was a baby I used to go up to this little city Sherwood Park and Edmonton Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594150491832490680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-4862181353776054542012-10-31T20:39:05.971-04:002012-10-31T20:39:05.971-04:00And ... I can also blog about my NaNo progress.
I...And ... I can also blog about my NaNo progress.<br /><br />I just need an idea. I can't find my writer's journal, and it's making me crazy, because I had so much stuff in there. I finally had to bite the bullet and start a new one. There's not much in it yet.Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-39749301411265983332012-10-31T20:36:20.761-04:002012-10-31T20:36:20.761-04:00Thanks, Melanie - that's very kind of you to s...Thanks, Melanie - that's very kind of you to say :) But what you heard in Florence was something that had been revised while I was there - it was, initially, a somewhat shitty first draft. (Thank you, Anne Lamott.)<br /><br />I get what you're saying, but I've gotten some decent stuff out of my NaNo time, event if it wasn't complete work. And whether I write during NaNo or if I Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-39418829265807171002012-10-31T16:55:44.287-04:002012-10-31T16:55:44.287-04:00Hey! Why not commit to write a blog post everyday ...Hey! Why not commit to write a blog post everyday instead? Or every couple of days, or whatever. That way, you get the discipline, the oiling of the creative machine, but without the pointless pablum that usually results from NaNo. That's my vote. Don't write crap, there are other people who can do that, and will. No offense meant to the many who are attempting NaNo. You, my friend, can melanie lynn griffinhttp://melanielynngriffin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-79077330257848305542012-04-26T14:49:21.415-04:002012-04-26T14:49:21.415-04:00That's kind of what I'm talking about - if...That's kind of what I'm talking about - if I've already crossed the bridge (as you say), I completely missed it!Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-38456415889127796672012-04-26T14:07:55.940-04:002012-04-26T14:07:55.940-04:00At the risk of sounding a little like Glinda in th...At the risk of sounding a little like Glinda in the Wizard of Oz movie, I think you've been a writer all along. You've been writing. That, to me, makes you a writer. So I think you crossed that bridge the moment you began taking your work as a writer seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-75831896761816687232012-02-29T20:09:31.328-05:002012-02-29T20:09:31.328-05:00I would have loved to put something sill like that...I would have loved to put something sill like that on my bio, but we were kind of told not to. And I don't want to name the university that I work at, or what I do there ... or my husband's name, all for privacy reasons. It's funny, I'll write a blog and talk to anybody with a pulse about the most private details of my life, but I won't put my husband's name in a bio. :PErin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-4314901171987499892012-02-29T16:41:06.355-05:002012-02-29T16:41:06.355-05:00HA! This is exciting that you are getting so close...HA! This is exciting that you are getting so close. I love your bio! But i know what you mean, because I haven't really published anything so my bio is quite boring too. I'd beef mine up by saying: Erin loves alligators and overdoses on ice cream or something corny like that.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817261268103644035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-14471180441152078282012-02-01T12:11:10.237-05:002012-02-01T12:11:10.237-05:00Thanks, Ann. I think cleaning it out first is the...Thanks, Ann. I think cleaning it out first is the big thing, that an turning off the wirless on my laptop! I'm also planning on getting one of those folding screens to close off the space when I'm working.Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-48951098157337517992012-02-01T12:07:02.944-05:002012-02-01T12:07:02.944-05:00Congratulations! That is a huge accomplishment, an...Congratulations! That is a huge accomplishment, and you must feel so good about yourself now that it's submitted! Also, if you figure out how to make your workspace distraction-free, please tell me your secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-29167257008026964132012-01-03T15:08:56.696-05:002012-01-03T15:08:56.696-05:00Ann, I would be a failure at all of these if I had...Ann, I would be a failure at all of these if I had phrased it any other way :)Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-83107074410874620462012-01-03T14:44:51.524-05:002012-01-03T14:44:51.524-05:00I like the way you're phrasing your resolution...I like the way you're phrasing your resolutions. Resolving to do anything every day has never worked well for me because I always fail. Also, I like item number 4. That resonates with me - punctuality is a challenge for me as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-60457058038358993352012-01-03T14:39:36.129-05:002012-01-03T14:39:36.129-05:00Ha ha -- You're welcome, Ann! I like to suppo...Ha ha -- You're welcome, Ann! I like to support my friends in any way I can. Though I don't know how many hits you got from my post here, as I don't think I have too many readers :)Erin Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437728146277888012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-65311427716293562372012-01-03T14:32:32.215-05:002012-01-03T14:32:32.215-05:00Good lord - I missed this post entirely! Thank you...Good lord - I missed this post entirely! Thank you so much. (I was wondering where some of those new hits were coming from.) I'm adding you to my Google Reader so I never miss anything again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-82210880306460201362011-02-22T12:05:59.564-05:002011-02-22T12:05:59.564-05:00Hi Erin,
Thanks for posting my video on your blog...Hi Erin,<br /><br />Thanks for posting my video on your blog. I'm glad you liked it!<br /><br />David KazzieDavid Kazziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11753721662077319561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-30177983467636079362010-11-15T09:51:28.952-05:002010-11-15T09:51:28.952-05:00So perhaps you now have a goal to work toward in y...So perhaps you now have a goal to work toward in your writing...it WILL happen, the pieces will fall into place! Enjoy the journey!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795817810030681267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-82307303786210322712010-10-30T17:10:30.457-04:002010-10-30T17:10:30.457-04:00I think that is very exciting...I have read that s...I think that is very exciting...I have read that some writers actually send in there description of their book, before writing it to some agents. I would be afraid of jinxing it.. but I'm a newb at this anyway! I am excited about NaNoWriMo. Do you have your book all plotted out?Kristy Philbrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510483909630988544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-8472041795839705262010-04-07T11:14:32.869-04:002010-04-07T11:14:32.869-04:00I will have to get my hands on this. I am currentl...I will have to get my hands on this. I am currently reading Winesburg, Ohio.Kristin Warthenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02101012813645730920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-28577885694417945282010-01-06T12:33:21.754-05:002010-01-06T12:33:21.754-05:00*What's worse is that I had an idea of who she...*What's worse is that I had an idea of who she was too! the last name threw me off. :-P*Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382840067295437757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312921183604151364.post-28751043108343138712010-01-06T12:32:12.523-05:002010-01-06T12:32:12.523-05:00I took the test. My result: Wendy Darling of the L...I took the test. My result: Wendy Darling of the Lost Boys. <br /><br />I had to look her up. :-P Obviously, I don't read as much as I should.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382840067295437757noreply@blogger.com