Captain’s Log, Stardate 12.31.2006 I’m participating in the “One Thousand Gifts” list from Christian Women Online. Click on the picture to find out more about it. 876. We used a Starbucks gift card we’d gotten 877. Levenger is having a Grand Winter’s Sale! Don’t think I’ll be able to afford anything, but it’s nice to look and drool. 878. I remembered to take my medicine while I was on vacation. I thought I’d forget. 879. I got the cutest silver charm bracelet from my nieces and nephew. It has charms with Japanese characters on one side and the English translation on the other. 880. I got an idea for a Christmas present for my sister-in-law for next year 881. I mailed out my rebate for my Microsoft Office 2004 882. I’m halfway through my critiques! I’m almost done with my manuscript! 883. I’m so thankful for my friends who critiqued this manuscript for me. They’re so insightful. Each one catches different things, so they really compliment each other. 884. We changed the sheets yesterda...

Captain’s Log, Stardate 12.29.2006 I’m participating in the “One Thousand Gifts” list from Christian Women Online. Click on the picture to find out more about it. 851. I had a good vacation time with family. 852. It was so nice to come back with all those Merry Christmas comments from you guys! Thanks! 853. My dad was really pleased with his Christmas gift, and so was my mom 854. It was wonderful to sleep in my own bed. I slept like a log. 855. Although I cut my finger, it’s healing nicely 856. I’m on day 32 of my Bible in 90 Days. Job is hard to read. It’s not black and white, which makes me have to pay attention carefully. Not everything Job’s friends say is untrue, and not everything Job says is really what God wants to hear. Job gets pretty bitter. 857. Captain Caffeine got a chance to sleep in when we got back from vacation. 858. I got some new books for review 859. Writing.com sent me a cute bumper sticker with their Christmas card 860. I got an Amazon gift e-mail so I’m going t...

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Captain’s Log, Supplemental Win an iPod Nano! Exclusively for my newsletter YahooGroup subscribers, I have a huge contest running until January 31st! Get more info on my contest page ! It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas... Last year, I came across an article on gifts for writers, and I expanded on it with an article of my own. This is the end of my series of blog posts, and eventually I’ll post the entire article on my Story Sensei blog . And if you have ideas of your own, leave a comment and I’ll add it to the list! Gifts for Writers, part six (continued from part five ) Gift coupons are great gifts for the busy writer! Anything you can do to give the writer time to write is always welcome. Some ideas: • A load of laundry • An hour of babysitting • Walking the dog • An hour of errands/shopping • A sink of dishes • One cooked meal • Vacuuming for the week • Cleaning the bathroom, or kitchen counter • Mopping and/or sweeping the floors for the week • Clearing the living/famil...

Captain’s Log, Stardate 12.22.2006 I’m participating in the “One Thousand Gifts” list from Christian Women Online. Click on the picture to find out more about it. 826. Blogger is now out of beta! Yay! Soon there will be cooler stuff. I think—from what I read on the website—there won’t be word verification anymore, but I’m not positive about that. 827. I’m done with Sharon’s manuscript and it was GREAT!!! 828. I sent off my article for Christian Women Online 829. I had a great talk with my Marketing Director about my cover. 830. I had a great talk with my friend Stephanie Quilao ( Back in Skinny Jeans ) about the covers, and her perspective. I really trust her advice because she’s a marketing guru and Asian American, so she knows not only progressive Asian American culture, but also marketing trends. 831. I got my Les Miserables the complete symphonic recording CDs! I’m uploading it to my iTunes. 832. I am totally enjoying getting back into Musicals. I used to love them in college an...

Captain’s Log, Stardate 12.21.2006 I’m participating in the “One Thousand Gifts” list from Christian Women Online. Click on the picture to find out more about it. 801. I finished another article for TheHighCalling.org. 802. I looked up a verse in my new TNIV Bible. It was cool. I love that Bible. 803. My Miss Saigon CD arrived! 804. I’m listening to Phantom of the Opera for the first time in years. It’s beautiful. 805. We had a good Bible study last night. 806. My husband and I had a good discussion in the car on the way home from Bible study. 807. I finished making my cards to give away 808. I had a great time talking with a client/friend on the phone the other day 809. I got my Scarlet Pimpernel CD! 810. I’m very glad I got the Concept cast of The Scarlet Pimpernel because I just realized the Broadway cast doesn’t have two of my favorite songs from the Concept cast, “Home Again” and “Marguerite,” unless they’re called different names in the Broadway version. 811. I think I’ll st...

Captain’s Log, Stardate 12.19.2006 I’m participating in the “One Thousand Gifts” list from Christian Women Online. Click on the picture to find out more about it. 776. It’s going to go as low as 28 today! I’ve never been so glad for the extra space heater as now. 777. I finished my latest synopsis critique yesterday 778. I worked on some cards 779. I’m on day 30 of my bible in 90 Days, I’m back on track again. It’s encouraging how God paved the way for the people to rebuild the temple and Jerusalem. I love how He had prophesied about Cyrus years before it actually happened. 780. My friend and awesome writer Audra Harders (she was one of the 2006 Genesis FaithWords Finalists) got a part time job! It’s right up her alley and it leaves time for her to write! 781. I’m using my new laptop to crit my friend Sharon’s manuscript! It’s rather exciting. 782. I got books from Avon! They’re for review. I’m looking forward to reading them! 783. My husband got the wrong smoothie in his order and s...