Betsy Bailey

I did something different and tried a saori weaving class this morning. #Knitting is still my fave, but now on the hunt for a loom. 🙈 #weaving

I did something different and tried a saori weaving class this morning. Knitting is still my fave, but now on the hunt for a loom. 🙈

I’m loving Dabble!

Knit blanket in progress

I’m nearly done with this WIP and am really going to miss it! It’s seen me through an entire Better Call Saul binge + Grey’s Anatomy catch-up seasons. 🧶 Alpenglow blanket pattern by @purlsoho.bsky.social, knit in reverse ridge using their Linen Quill minis pack. #knitsky #showmeyourknits #knitting

Timely post! I’m 35K into my first draft (first novel) and hit the wall. After 10 days of little progress and much screen-staring, I realized I had the wrong character telling the story. File > New 😅 (and I realize this may be far from my final pivot!)

It’s honestly flattering lol. It looks like what he would look like as an actual serious person.

Crochet blanket

I’m supporting your local yarn shop here in Minnesota USA lol. SSDK is one of my favorite blanket yarns!

“Unlawful challenge” ?? 🤯

FIFY, NPR: “The change is in line with President Trump’s directive to impose a discriminatory protocol on how the federal government recognizes the valor of its veterans.”

(Those babies were only 14 months apart so it’s all a blur. 🤦‍♀️ Thank you for correcting me!)

Omg you’re right. My memory failed me. I thought remembered getting it, but it must have been between pregnancies that I got it.

Yes, typically in plenty of time for protection (presuming you’re not in the rare group for whom it wanes almost immediately), though of course until recently it was just an extra layer of protection since the virus was all but eradicated. 😩

A typical prenatal workup includes labs for measles titers at the first appointment. (Even if you had the childhood vax, protection may not have persisted.)

Given how much of my first draft WIP includes notes like <insert dialogue> and <insert scene description>, I know my word count will balloon on 2nd draft - at least in those scenes that remain. 😅

Sometimes I’m surprised when I reread later it’s not as bad as I thought, other times I’m horrified lol.

My first stab at any scene is allowed to be dreck, for my eyes only. I’ll tidy it up in revision (by which I mean over many revisions 😅)

#authorsky #amwriting #writersky #author #authorlife

This week’s progress is happening 350 words a day and it’s like pulling teeth. 😭 New story dynamics are revealing themselves, though, so I’ll take that win. 😅

First first draft in progress at 56. If I could manage publication by 60, I’d be delighted!

Why did the plank feel a hole in his life?

He was bored.

I cannot WAIT to get to revisions. First draft is like pulling teeth, plus it’s dreck. 😅

I’m enjoying the springlike weather, but it’s disconcertingly early for 50F in #minnesota 😬

Spotted: snowman carcass

Highly relatable post 😭

Exciting milestone!!! Can’t wait to hear how it goes! 🙌

I’m so sorry to hear that—I hope no one was hurt! (I would contend that adulthood actually *amplifies* motherhood worries, which I was not prepared for. Plus if they have their own kids, the mom worries are then multiplied. There is no end to it. 🙈)

#Indieauthor #selfpublishing #BookLaunch #Bookish #Febuwrite

Hot tea, just enough snowstorm and wind chimes for ambience, plus 1000 words of novel progress. ☃️ #writingcommunity #amwriting

Every day seems rougher than the last 😫

7 Stages of Pen Grief:

1. Realizing it doesn't work
2. Scribbling on the notebook
3. Scribbling harder on some cardboard or whatever
4. Looking at the full ink reservoir and frowning
5. Sucking on the ballpoint
6. Scribbling on the notebook some more
7. Throwing it across the room