The computer is slowing down and so am I. Time to pause #nanowrimo and read another Dorothy Sayers--'Whose Body?' Refueling!

Just created a custom name for NAIWE News & Events for Writers & Editors on FB. Now I can invite you! http://ow.ly/F1F2

#iamgrateful I am thankful for a beautiful sunny day & the $27 Thanksgiving dues discount for writers and editors- http://naiwe.com

MP3 of 7 Things Writers & Editors Need teleclass is ready to download at The Freelance Life internet radio: http://ping.fm/YlgAC

Guess I should pay attention to my own Tips on Boosting Word Count for #NaNoWriMo (or Not) http://ow.ly/E1Oc

Got to write about 20K words tomorrow to catch up on my #nanowrimo book. Going out every day this week was a disaster!

Write? Edit? There's no better way to express commitment & credibility than to join a great professional association. http://naiwe.com

Interesting people I enjoy #followfriday: @visionboard @chillami @MikeGeffner @inkyelbows @JoJoTabares @pauletteensign @JuliaMcCutchen

So many things I want to read on Seth Godin's list of November reading. Think I'll start with The Art of the Idea. You? http://ow.ly/E1w6

Write? Edit? There's no better way to express commitment & credibility than to join a great professional association. http://naiwe.com

Technology is addictive. I've been picking out new features for NAIWE member websites. Update coming! Dues discount: http://bit.ly/27dollars

I am what the librarians have made me with a little assistance from a professor of Greek and a few poets. BK Sandwell #quote

Technical difficulty at the teleclass host. Will begin 7 Things Writer & Editors Need in the New Economy asap. Handout at http://naiwe.com.

We'll be starting 7 Things Writers & Editors Need teleclass at 3:30 pm EST on The Freelance Life internet radio: http://ping.fm/YlgAC

7 Things Writers & Editors Need teleclass at 3:30 pm EST has moved to The Freelance Life internet radio: http://ping.fm/YlgAC

Closing up to work on #nanowrimo. I feel like RW Emerson "All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients."

Even writers & editors do typos. The NAIWE dues Thanksgiving discount is $27, not $20! Sorry;-). http://naiwe.com

New motive for murder in #nanowrimo novels: people who talk incessantly while you're trying to write.

Confession-Went 2 FountainBookstore today instead of wrking on #nanowrimo. Already #nanopanic & I'd rather be reading my DorothySayers book!

Just got #google #wave; have a few questions & invites to share. http://ping.fm/HlD6E

Dark already. Time to have homemade beef stew & read Gaudy Night by DorothyLSayers- just came free from PaperbackSwaphttp://tiny.cc/Bb0RH

Entrepreneurs with a family focus & great tweets: @JoJoTabares @Cindy_Carrier @LifeVerse @kimkautzer @MoonlightMom

Literary people I learn from & enjoy: @RachelleGardner @ChrisRichman @RyanJVanSeters @ginger_clark @ktmenick @NathanBransford @inkyelbows

I feel like Drover in Hank the Cowdog- "Oh my leg!" Except it's my head. Time for rest, even though I'm under my #nanwrimo word count.

There's still time for invited writers/editors to be in NAIWE's promotional tip booklet for 2010. http://ping.fm/mfvfw to sign up.

Worked on #nanowrimo first today-need to make up for too few words yesterday. But now- time to actually get to work...

Write? Edit? There's no better way to express commitment & credibility than to join a great professional association. http://naiwe.com

Sunday- a beautiful day to be grateful for the week just past, reflect on the week ahead, and plan to make it happy & productive. Enjoy!

Filling last slots in NAIWE promo booklet. Openings for fiction writers, agents, editors, publishershttp://bit.ly/S5U55 Deadline mercy!

Spent today editing another project, so only a few hundred words on #nanowrimo. About 2 minutes from now, I'll hear what's for supper? Phui!

What you have to do and the way you have to do it are incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter. PDrucker #quote

It's time for #ff- it's busy #nanowrimo peeps this time: @tweak3 @rgsunico @Iris_Boter @inkyelbows @amyletinsky @resist_sarcasm #writegoal

Filling last slots in NAIWE promo booklet. Openings for fiction writers, agents, editors, publishershttp://bit.ly/S5U55 Deadline! Pls RT.

Moving toward 6K words on #nanowrimo. Need to write faster. Have had a few glitches with websites and technology. Time for a reading break!

I'm going to have to speed up #nanowrimo-5259 words so far! We're getting great contributors for NAIWE tips book-join us?: http://ping.fm/0Bgem

Beautiful day for writing. Too bad I have to waste it on errands & actual work. My #nanowrimo is waiting!

Freelancers-you're invited to participate in the NAIWE Credibility Tips Booklet http://ow.ly/zyfo -Share knowledge & promo your business!

Just finished updating the Links page of Everyday Education. It was too long, so I split it up. http://ping.fm/MQ4VF

“I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind” Einstein #quote

Make #nanowrimo a bigger challenge! Hve dishwasher & microwave break down, thn enlist several family members to whine abt supper. Inspiring!

Progress on #nanowrimo, but need to get busy on slides for Book Power: The Non-Writer's Guide to Success Thru Authorship http://bit.ly/7wY5D

Freelancers-you're invited to participate in the NAIWE Credibility Tips Booklet http://ow.ly/15XJJ5 -Share knowledge & promo your business!

Saturday- gearing up for NaNoWriMo; planning for book workshop: my secret to becoming a writer: http://ow.ly/xZbT Feel free to share!

“An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” Gustave Flaubert

Before NaNoWriMo begins-here's the secret! How to Become a Writer http://ping.fm/EiOQ3

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. -Toni Morrison

10 responses so far to my 'zippy title' survey for book workshop- http://ping.fm/O248B. Can you help me name it? http://bit.ly/bk-survey

Today's free download from @learnoutloud is The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy!

Thanks @ELwrite @inkwellHQ @JeffGuernsey for responses to survey http://bit.ly/bk-survey -I'll post final choice here & on NAIWE.com e-zine.

Need your opinion! I'm looking for a zippier title for my book workshop http://ping.fm/O248B Here's the surveyhttp://bit.ly/bk-survey

Are you going to try NaNoWriMo this year? Here are three resources to make writing a novel in 30 days easier! http://bit.ly/jc-blog

Sunday- a wonderful day to be outside enjoying lovely weather, finding new inspiration for writing, & prioritizing for the work/school week.

Saturday- open windows, fresh air, scent of wood smoke, warmth, and the sound of rain in the trees. Time for creativity!

Bright tweeters- @AllenaT , @p2p_editor, @MoonlightMom, @BethanyEdits, @KD_Bren, @ruby3881, @inkyelbows, @NathanBransford, @motsjustes, #ff

On my way to The Writing Show, sponsored by JamesRiverWriters (VA). Tonight's theme is mystery writing, moderated by my friend @EmylJenkins

Thursday is errand day; things can fall apart without a conscious effort to stay focused on the week's priority. One more day to write!

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer & winter. Carol B Hipps

Join Paulette Ensign today @ 3:30 EDT. Find out how to create a truly sticky business "card" in minutes a day! Sign up http://bit.ly/No43Q

I keep seeing ads for "prof. writers" to write articles for $20-60. Please beware-there are much better ways to use your skill.

Finished my writing goal today, but had another 1 hovering. Really shouldn't stack them up-it's better to enjoy each goal as it's reached!

It's the National Day on Writing (why "on"?). Listen to good stuff, submit writing & more at http://ping.fm/rPZm6

Join NAIWE Expert Paulette Ensign as she teaches how to strategically use Twitter to create a product & market your book http://bit.ly/Oyttl

Rhetoric-The Holy Grail to Writing Great Content: Outstanding @Problogger post includes a list of rhetorical devices- http://tiny.cc/f407d

Overnight Success: What Does It Really Look Like? http://ping.fm/41EZP

Monday morning note to self: Morning is writing time! Focus on the priority for this week (Excellence in Literature) and do that first;-).

Sunday- a perfect day to slow down, look around, & make sure the path you're on is headed to where you really want to go. Take the joy path!

Contests are a great way to motivate students! RT @ tkread: Art & writing contests for pre-k to 12th grade: http://bit.ly/3idURV

Didn't quite make my writing goal today, but close. Have to pop over & visit the Writers-Editors twibe twib.es/BUZ , then compose some grub.

Writing today. I hope to have at least 2000 more words by the end of the day. It helps to focus on one project at a time...

The day is spent & it's time to slow down and savor an evening fire. We're burning rose-pink cedar, and it scents the crisp outside air.

“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.” SJohnson- Writing happens best when we sit & do it!

The shrewd guess...fertile hypothesis... courageous leap to a tentative conclusion-these are the most valuable coin of the thinker...Bruner

RT @AlvinAugustusJones "Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."-John F. Kennedy

What book did you hate when you had to read it in high school, but later loved? Share it for Great Books Week! http://ping.fm/J2mA8

Tuesday's topic for Great Weeks blog tour: What was your favorite childhood book? http://ping.fm/89yLg

Share your thoughts at NAIWE's Great Books Week Blog Tour! When I was a child, my favorite book was...because.... http://bit.ly/1to9mp

Contest! Christian Writing Examiner is offering a contest for those who post on all 5 days of the Great Books Week Blog Tour. http://ping.fm/W9Hd2

Author Tod Steward is offering signed/numbered editions of his new book, Juliet's Opera. I just ordered mine! http://ping.fm/7snG5

If you were stranded on a deserted island & could have only 7 books, which would you choose? Here are my picks: http://ping.fm/5enRf

Considering freelancing? Here are a few things to consider before you go full-time: http://ping.fm/GcNup

If you write your first 500 words of the day before you check e-mail/social media or answer the phone, you'll have a solid start to the day.

New book available from one of my favorite children's authors, Tod Steward. Painting Aalesund is charming, inspiring: http://tiny.cc/dE7JM

So... how's Monday going? Are you working toward your priority project? Focus for one hour, and you'll be amazed at what you can get done.

Weekend is a perfect time to rejuvenate your mind, read a great book, and make a vision board to guide you through the next quarter.

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."HT

Last 100 days of the year. Are you going to achieve your goals? Take the 100 day challenge & make it happen! http://tiny.cc/UWIuw

Embarrassing moment in business- just discovered that due to a glitch in my "smart mailbox," I overlooked about 5 orders in the last month.

Live your dream freelance life profitably! Join NAIWE Expert Maya Frost in a free teleclass today at 3:30ET. http://bit.ly/No43Q

Want a freelance life that lets you live anywhere in the world? Find out how in Wednesday's free NAIWE teleclass: http://tiny.cc/40XbU

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." #quote

Enjoying time w/my business mastermind. Intense, exhausting, but good. If you want to grow your business, you need this! http://ping.fm/eMp0J

Daybreak in paradise...a time of peace on the beach before the start of a conference. Centered & fortified, it's time to start the day.

Have you read the latest Nat.Asso.Independent Writers-Editors (NAIWE) member newsletter? Non-members can sample it at http://ping.fm/d9dly

Join us 3:30edt at The Freelance Life podcast with author Shel Horowitz, discussing Principled Profit: http://ping.fm/9l9tb

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful & entertaining authors.J.Addison

Time to get ready for a new week. What are your priorities? The 3 things you most want to accomplish? And remember time with family/friends.

Is it just me, or do you forget about free books? http://ping.fm/ek3He

Just finished Nat.Asso.Independent Writers&Eds member newsletter pdf. Would you like a sample? http://ping.fm/d9dly

Need to get 100 fans to NAIWE News & Events for Freelance Writers & Editors to get a direct URL. Please join us! http://tiny.cc/buRKr

Roman Mystery writing competition for kids 8 - 16, (four age groups). http://bit.ly/OyUuU Writing competitions are great motivators- enjoy!