Author Archives: Drema Drudge

Dear Reader, What do you do when your Word Raccoon wakes you at 3:30 in the morning insisting on sorting the day like socks? First of all, what in the unholy role reversal have you been doing lately, WR? I rely upon you to be the freewheeling one, remember? Second of all, I think StanleyContinue reading “Sort the Day…or the Socks?”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon’s brain is officially shutting down for the evening. Allegedly. She asks if I think she’s a troubadour or something.  No, WR, you are not. But you’re a fan of them.  She has been reading through her novel-in-progress all day, making notes on this read-through. Most notably: Two scenes/sections are still inContinue reading “Breakneck Literary Fiction? Hmmm…”

Dear Reader, First of all, a very long moment of silence for the passing of Queen Dolly Parton is required, according to both me and Word Raccoon. She will be missed. WR saw a squirrel with a walnut today, and she wondered how it can be so late in August already.  She plucked two tomatoesContinue reading “Readable. Eventually.”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon was up way too early to be chauffeured to her appointment with her rheumatologist. She is thankful for her husband taking the day off to take her, and to accompany her on the rest of the day’s jaunts, which included lunch and a Nutella shake, finally, thank you very much. TheContinue reading “Word Raccoon Brims with a Nutella Shake”

Dear Reader, Okay, nobody move until the words are dry. Oh, see, you just moved! LOL. Word Raccoon and I are here to report a milestone! (Yes, you are going to see exclamation points along the way — they were the first emojis, don’t you think?!!) Drum roll…the novel threads have been reassembled!  Yes, allContinue reading “All Novel, All August, All Accomplished (Sort of…)”

Dear Reader, This is novel writing time, so naturally Word Raccoon says she’d like to write a blog post because her brain is overflowing. WR went to the gym and it caused that thing that happens when she’s been in the endorphin zone and all of the ideas come zooming at her from every direction.Continue reading “Apply Yourself”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon was supposed to be thinking about verticals this morning before working on the Rebecca thread, but first she watched a refrigerator decluttering video while she ate breakfast. This inevitably resulted in her standing in front of the refrigerator at not quite six in the morning, trying very hard not to cleanContinue reading “Vertical September”

Dear Reader, WR thought she was clever at the café today. She enlarged the font on her Google doc not because her sight is so bad, but because (mistakenly or not), she assumes if it’s larger her eyes won’t get tired so quickly. Is she wrong? Which makes her a teeny bit paranoid about havingContinue reading “Shields Up, Word Raccoon”

Dear Reader, Just a quick howdy tonight because Word Raccoon and I have worn ourselves out. In a good way. Yesterday, if you recall, when I asked her if she wanted to spend more time with the novel, she said, “Novel? Ugh.”  Apparently she recovered. Whew! Might have something to do with letting her replenishContinue reading “Four Threads, Three Kinds of Muffins”

Dear Reader, After Word Raccoon and I finished changing the tense for novel thread three today, I fed her lunch. Then, I asked her if she wanted to do chores or spend more time with the novel. “Novel? Ugh,” she said. I can’t complain. She has done all I asked and more on the novelContinue reading “The Chatter’s the Matter!”