We’re having a beautiful autumn in the northwest. The days have been sunny and bright, yet quite chilly. We haven’t been out of the fifties for the last few days. I haven’t adjusted to jackets yet, so I’m layering t-shirts and sweatshirts. Just right during the day, but I feel a bit cold in the…
Messing about with empathy
Author: Jennifer Vandenberg
Go tortoises!
Well, you received three posts in one day yesterday. Hopefully, I figured MailChimp out, and it won’t happen again. Stay tuned next Monday to find out. Everyone knows the story of the tortoise and the hare. Even though the tortoise wins, everyone makes a big deal out of the hare and how fast he is.…
The power of we
I wrote twenty thousand words in the last three days during four Nanowrimo write-ins. A write-in is an event (either in real-time or virtually) where a group of writers get together and write. It works because everyone is focused on the purpose of the event. This is the power of we. When we are all…
Learning Curve
You haven’t been getting my posts. I apologize for that. I thought everything was working fine, but now it’s not, and I need to figure out why. I knew when I switched my website to a self-hosted format, I’d need to learn new apps. I was ready for that, but I wasn’t ready to have…
Advice from a bot
I’m doing virtual write-ins during National Novel Writing Month. I did my first one at midnight on November 1st. They’re a lot of fun and a great way to stay motivated. Along with all the human writers, there is a writer-bot that records our writing sprints and gives random advice. (I’m calling the bot “she”…
Setting a deadline (or two)
Thank you so much for signing up for my blog (again.) I’ve wanted to update my blog for a long time, but I procrastinated most of the year. I finally set a deadline, made a list that had a deadline for each item, and focused hard to meet each deadline. It worked, and my new,…
Welcome (again!)
Welcome to the new and improved Footle & Grok. I have a new domain name, a new look, and new features. What isn’t changing are the short, fun, posts where I mess about in any topic that strikes my fancy. Since this is a new beginning, I’d like you to me a favor. Poke around…