by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 9, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I’ve spent much of this week furiously—fast and furiously—NanoWriWhatTheHeckAmIDoingMo. The rest of life is going on, too, and frankly, I’m exhausted! It’s a big week working on Preview Massachusetts’ stories, too. Every single time...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 11, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Note to others: when you push very hard, some things just fall apart. Yesterday, as I was typing rather furiously—Nano, that’s what I’m saying here—the phone rang and it was my seventh grader. The clock read 10:22 AM. “Mom?” he...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 13, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
If you’re a regular reader of this bloggity-blog, you know that I decided to do as my fifteen year-old begged, wheedled and cajoled me to do and join him in the NanoWriMo challenge to write a novel—in my case, a memoir—during the month of November. I...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 16, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
As I wrote, this NanoWriteWhatYouKnowMo process is pretty exhausting. I’m going back to a time that was filled with uncertainty, and I’m a person who likes to be in control. Mostly, though, to become a parent is the most out of control experience, ever...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 18, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Here’s one of those things you kind of know when you have a toddler: too much quiet, that’s a suspicious thing. So, during the few minutes I was focused upon making lunch (did you know that if you grate cheese and melt it and put it on a tortilla, it goes...
