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the madness continues...

Why hello, some gremlin of insanity has taken hold of me and I've re-upped for NaNoWriMo also this year. Going to use it to finish a super-secret project begun lo these two and a half years ago, which is not exactly according to the rules but oh well. Though why I am advertising that fact so publicly, I haven't a clue. AND I have two new writing jobs beginning this month as well! So my fingers are going to be mere nubbins by the end of November, I'm afraid.

Not that I type with more tha… Continue

Posted on October 30, 2007 at 5:26am —

piece of cake, this

A year ago I had just ended a relationship, had moved 2000 miles to a state I didn't like living in, and for the month of November decided to abstain from alcohol, eat better, run every day, do yoga, do NaNoWriMo, and just for fun, do NaPoBloMo too.

There's nothing like a little self-induced pressure to have a really good time.

Guess which ones I stuck with?

I'm happy to say that I wrote a very crappy 50,000-word novelette and 30 well-intentioned blog posts.

I… Continue

Posted on October 2, 2007 at 11:06am — 1 Comment

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At 4:25pm on November 1, 2007, Jessica Ashley said…: You, I adore.

At 6:26pm on October 18, 2007, Bob said…: My son will be visiting in for three weeks in November, so we will traveling around the area, which means I will be taking photos rain or shine. That should make posting photos and commentary easier. I am very creative, but I am also very private, so I am hoping NaBloPoMo will help to be more open.

I remember when I first starting using Photoshop, I felt overwhelmed by the set of tools and tasks you could accomplish with the program. The learning curve with Photoshop can be steep, but there are many excellent books in the bookstores, which focus on learning to use PS with digital photos.

Peachpit Press publishes Photoshop CS2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide and Scott Kelby has authored The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers. Both are excellent books and are available for CS3 as well, but I would visit the bookstore and see which book(s) fit your learning style.

At 5:05pm on October 18, 2007, Bob said…: I know I need to and want to get some photos up to add to the fun and I definitely want to have fun with this.

My computer has been down and I just got it up and running in a stable state. However, I need to reinstall Photoshop so I can access my photographs. I use a Nikon D100 most of the time and shoot in Nikon NEF, thus I can not just up something from drive. The other issue is I am normally the person behind the camera and there are not many photos of me.

However, here is a link to the one and only photo of me online and taken last October at Crater Lake.

http://bobcummings.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/craterlake11.jpg

At 10:54pm on October 4, 2007, Sol said…: K. Murphy, awesome site, great read. Lovelovelove the auethentic, honest look at motherhood (and yay for your being quoted...NYT?! how much does that rock?) Can't wait to see what your month of blogging brings.

smoooches,
sol.

At 12:55am on October 2, 2007, birchsprite said…: Unfortunately I have the attention span of a flea... so the likelyhood of me making it through to the end is fairly slim!