Author Archives: dpreisig

This title does not seem right. I don’t mean that I am almost done with my novel. I mean that I am almost out of the storage area, after which I can get back to my writing. I have been on a detour from what I really wanted to do to what I felt IContinue reading “Almost Done”

It’s been a rough start to my week off. The last of the three elderly cats I had was put to sleep on Tuesday, my first day off. It was very sad but for the best. I still have the two young cats that I got when the first of the elderly cats died. HopeContinue reading “My Birthday”

Spring is upon us and I can’t say that I’m entirely happy. I like warm weather, but it increases my workload. I’m going to have to start on the garden. There is a very small window where you can poison the iris borers and if you don’t, you end up with them everywhere. If you’reContinue reading “Spring”

Well, it’s the middle of March but still feels like winter. Ugh. I keep reminding myself that when Spring starts I will have to work in the yard again, so it’s ok for it to be winter a while longer. I am still dealing with trying to get out of a storage unit, which ateContinue reading “Still Winter”

I wish I could say that I have been writing but I have been working at the storage area with Ed’s books. It is looking better and more organized there. We are making space for the books and art from the other storage area. I’m in so much pain, though. My left hand is achingContinue reading “Pain”

They are predicting more snow for us tomorrow. That will slow the garden down some, for which I’m grateful. This month is moving along too fast. I can’t keep up. Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. I want to finish the storage area by the end of the month because I will need to work inContinue reading “Snow is Coming Again”

The beginning of March, at last! That means spring and warmer weather and other work to do that will distract from my writing. Oh, no. I love the warm weather, but it means the garden is growing. I saw some yellow crocus in the front yard. I have to remain determined to get my writingContinue reading “Spring Cleaning”

We’re nearing the end of the second month of the year. If you haven’t looked at your New Year’s goal to check your progress, now might be a good time. I have been looking at mine periodically on my days off work. If you remember, I had set a timeline for accomplishing them. I’m fallingContinue reading “Revisiting New Year’s Goals”

No two writers are the same, nor any two stories. When I was a young writer, this question was asked a lot and people usually stood firmly on one side or the other. The pro side was you knew where you were going and were more likely to finish your project. The con side wasContinue reading “To Outline or Not: That is the Question”

Here we are at the middle of the month of February. Winter is more than half over in my mind. Warmer days and spring are ahead, but in the book I’m writing, I am in the middle. Middles have a reputation of being difficult and harder to write than beginnings or ends. In the beginning,Continue reading “The Middle”