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My birthday presents
So, you know you’re a writer when: your friend gives you a writing lock-in for your birthday and your brother gives you a book titled, The Dictionary of Disagreeable English: A Curmudgeon’s Compendium of Excruciatingly Correct Grammar. However nerdy they may seem, I LOVE those gifts. The lock-in was a delight (even though I was an idiot and left my power chord over an hour away in my apartment so my battery died part way through the day and I ended up writing everything up by hand). With my ADD being how it is I got up every half hour or so and wandered the floor of the building. It…
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Yea for lock-ins!
*Click on the title for the Grub Street website* So, on Saturday, for my 25th birthday present from Kid (my former Frosh/Soph college roommate and then my grad school roomie as well) is a lock-in via Grub Street. Yes, my friends, I will be locked-in and writing on Saturday (the day before my birthday) before a crazy dinner and karaoke night with my friends. This is what their calendar has to say about this most auspicious of occasions: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM $50/$25 members, fee includes catered breakfast and lunch, unlimited coffee, and sporadic wireless internet access. Taking a Grb Street class is a fantastic way to learn the…
