Book Writing: Day Two

The Cowper kitchen

(april 3)

• it’s my birthday
• my phone battery died last night so i had to try determine the time this morning by how much light was pouring in my room. turns out is was 8:15. i meant to get up at 7:30. could hear karen shuffling downstairs.
• dressed, went downstairs and made a bodum of coffee - I love bodum coffee!!
• phoned michael. it was so good to hear his voice.

writing/interviews:

• today is less simple than yesterday. yesterday was set-up. today is moving FORWARD.
• i need to send e-mails our for recommendations and to the women to complete interviews remotely. i feel like this may be simpler in terms of people’s answers: giving them time to formulate their answers. the face-to-face interviews have been more messy (of course!) because we go down rabbit trails and no one’s life story is linear… i love interviewing in person but i can’t do it with everyone: canada is kind of big.
• discovered after compiling my lists that i already have 50 women — great news.
• i am strating to figure out pages (profiles can be laid out on one sheet!) and it is SO much fun!
• realized i’m going to have a problem with copyright, re: using mag pictures

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currently reading: joyce carol oakes’ “The Faith of a Writer” and Brennan Manning’s daily “Reflections for Ragamuffins”

currently listening to: nothing. i am enjoying the silence. craving it, actually.

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• couldn’t take it. caught the 5:30 ferry home and spent the night with my hubby. :) (was planning on spending the weekend with him at a conference; came back to bowen on monday)