Dawn Montgomery » Miscellaneous

Happy New Year!

Dawn — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:49:24 +0000

I know it’s early for ringing in the new year, but it’s my son’s birthday…and since I’ve missed the last one (that Turkey thing again) I’m making up for lost time. Hope your 2011 is filled with laughter, love, good food, and great stories to read.

Have a wonderful holiday season!

Dawn — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:30:34 +0000

So I won NaNo

Dawn — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:51:49 +0000

And I still don’t believe it. The last three days of the month was a writing frenzy like I’ve never seen. Now it’s time to revise and finish off the projects I wanted done before the end of the year. I think I’ve found, however, that 500-1000 words a day is a much more achievable goal than the 2K I’ve been shooting for these past few years. I hope my American friends had an awesome Thanksgiving. It’s unique living in a country that doesn’t celebrate Christmas…it makes it hard to get into the spirit of the season.

My family is doing well but we’re all a little sad over the separation…okay a LOT sad. We’ll see each other again soon. Skype video conferences are my friend and keep us sane.

I had a new release yesterday so will post some goodies about it. Remember…for every one of the Holiday Howlz you purchase, you’ll be entered to win free Changeling books for a year! That’s every single ebook release…so buy yours today!

So…my spine is a sandwich…

Dawn — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:08:59 +0000

For the past three months or so I’ve had chronic back pain, the kind that leaves you nauseated and shaking. Nothing alleviated it: sitting, standing, lying down, walking, anti-inflammatories, etc. Numbness and tingling in my feet and calves became the norm and the pain just increased. Finally I went to see the doc. He said it sounded like I had Sciatica (inflammation of the sciatic nerve) which is a relatively common problem.We scheduled an MRI and some physical therapy.

Physical therapy didn’t go as we hoped…as a matter of fact it shot my pain over the top and sent me into uncontrollable muscle spasms down my legs. MRI got pushed up and I finally found out what was wrong…

Imagine that your spinal column is made of a stacked sandwich where the vertebrae (the bone) is the bread and the discs are the meat between each slice. Two of my discs have slid out. One straight out the other to the left. It’s the two lowest lumbar areas, L4-L5 and L5-S1. Which means it’s the last two discs before reaching the tailbone area. Lower back troubles.

So what now? Good question. It means I write when I can and walk when it gets to be too bad. I think it’s time to look into voice recording software for a Mac, though.

While NaNo was a bust so far, I have completed 30K plus on works in progress, so November wasn’t a total loss.

Keep writing. Keep reading. Never stop learning.

Frustration

Dawn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:30:26 +0000

I am tired of 15 minute upload times for a manuscript and certain places I like to play (gmail, youtube, etc) being blocked. This is getting frustrating. I’m not writing this from work, but from my own computer…with internet I pay for. A friend has shown me how to move around the country-wide firewalls, and I’ll be trying it this weekend. The place is beautiful, but I still have work to do…

Small gripe session. Will have more wonderful things to post tomorrow.

The Wall

Dawn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:54:18 +0000

I touch my hand to the shadowed glass and realize…the wall is my own reflection.

The wall is me.

Image generator courtesy of typo Generator. Thanks to Lynn Viehl for the link.

Dawn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:01:57 +0000

September 11, 2009 Patriot Day

In Remembrance, in sorrow and with bright eyes to the future…

Arrived and exhausted

Dawn — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:25:57 +0000

Well, I made it. Finally. I am settling in to my new job and thankful for the miracle of the internet and skype which allow me to communicate instantly with my family. We are all taking the separation hard, but we’ve been told it gets easier. I’ll believe it when I see it.

My jet lag is minimal. A little dizziness, the occasional exhaustion, and a constant headache from the 80% and greater humidity. The local cuisine is amazing and delicious. Today I’ll be working my butt off to get some writing done (it’s Saturday morning here. I’ll be updating my time for the blog as soon as I can figure out how! LOL).

I hope you all are doing well.

The move is upon us

Dawn — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:59:59 +0000

Create your own sticky note at wipflips.com stickynote generator: SUPERSTICKIES. (Link courtesy of Lynn Viehl‘s Paperback Writer’s blog)

Hiatus

Dawn — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:07:05 +0000

It’s here. Wow. Some days I didn’t think this day would come, and yet other days made me long for more time. Monday begins the start of a two-part moving session.

My family and I will be moving to California.

Then I’ll be completing a contract job overseas for a little over a year.

So for the next couple of months I’ll be family-focused. Yes, I’ll still be writing and working on The Beast. I’ll also post when I get time, but the blog is being set aside for a bit.

For those going to conferences this summer, have a blast! For everyone else, just enjoy these next few months. I look forward to chatting with you all later.

I should be all settled in on the new job some time early September. The Beast is expected to be up for download the last weekend of August. I’ll miss you guys!