Comments on: I Have A Plan

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:15:48 +0000

Happy Birthday!!

By: MaryMary

MaryMary — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:15:18 +0000

You sooooo make me laugh!!!! And Inkgrrl was right, how awesome is it that we get “little squirts of funny” through your blogs? Keep em comin’, Crusie!

Happy Birthday!!!!I’m donning the paper umbrella’s in your honor!

By: Anna Lucia

Anna Lucia — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:14:46 +0000

Do you mean to tell me that I could get published, build my career, become a bestselling author/household name/book Queen etc etc, and I’d STILL be going, I must get my writing process together…

*scream*

And I hate September. It’s the time of year The Spiders Come Inside.

Happy Birthday. *g* Loved the entry.

By: Electric Landlady

Electric Landlady — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:14:13 +0000

Jo Walton does that: http://www.livejournal.com/users/papersky/

They’re all the entries headed “Thud”, which made no sense to me for weeks and weeks. But I’m slow.

By: Toni

Toni — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:13:32 +0000

LOL–that’ll teach you to have a plan!

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:13:02 +0000

It’s Monday morning.
I’ve already written a thousand words on Lost Girls. Getting ready to kill some people. In the book. Not literally, although I do have a list.
And you, Ms. Crusie?

By: Wapakwoman

Wapakwoman — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:12:35 +0000

Happy Birthday a day late.
Thanks for the blog, it gives me a reason to get out of bed. And believe me, nothing interferes with a good nap. Well, except the cat and you can’t really murder your own cat.

Resolutions in September are a must. Clean notebooks, new pencils and new school clothes- all lead up to a new year, fresh with possibilities.

Don’t let Bob get you down….it is so much more fun when you are torturing him!

The diet thing and a novella at the same time…..I thought you got wiser as you got older……

By: Carol Joyce

Carol Joyce — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:12:02 +0000

Now I know we have at least two things in common. (I knew there was a reason I love your books!)

I’m going to be 56 in November, and until I read your blog, I thought I was the only one who made New Year’s resolutions in September.

I love your blog. It’s the next best thing to reaing one of your books. Happy birthday and my very best wishes for a Happy New Year.

P.S. About the diet thing, I gave up refined sugar and lost 40 pounds in 7 months, and without too much pain once I lost the urge to kill and rediscovered the joy of fresh fruit.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:11:33 +0000

Happy b-day, chica. Hope it’s happy one.

I was reading though your last entry and I saw your New Year’s resolutions. I thought you might feel more confident about having your goals realized if you broke them up into more maneagable chunks. Like maybe:

1. Get a writing process, starting with the Trudy Plan.

2. Be a better daughter.

3. Get rid of house hold junk.

4. Eat healthier.

And don’t sabotage yourself before you’ve even started! Don’t say “probably.” Try not to even think it. It’s the kiss of death for self-improvement. Not that you need much improvement from my standpoint.

Good luck!

By: marcy arbitman

marcy arbitman — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:10:15 +0000

Happy Birthday!! It was fun to find someone who thinks and acts like me, but is OLDER tham me!!!! (I’m 54 1/2) Love your blog-never thought I’d be saying that. I usually HATE blogs. I also love your new website. I’m new to your blog-like I said, I hate them, so, which books were written just by you; and which as a team??

By: Toni

Toni — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:09:38 +0000

Happy Birthday for yesterday!!! A Virgo–explains a lot! I have a 3 year old Virgo (God help me).

Good luck with the plan. I LOVE plans

By: Tere

Tere — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:09:08 +0000

Oh my word, get outta my head!

Only I have a Con instead of a Bob who disrupts writing by phone or in person (crazy work schedule), nine-year-old and seven-year-old daughters who inherited their Dad’s high energy and reading disabilities (gotta love genetics), two cats (one’s on a diet and constantly b*tches about it), house-keeping (ha!) and ramapnt disorganization in my office (a corner in our bedroom). I have that 2 pounds a week weight-loss goal, too, but I’ve got a 20 year reunion next year. I’ve been working to lose weight since January–I’ve gotten healthier but not any thinner.

I’ve been struggling with conforming to self-imposed deadlines. It was much easier when I had a real boss in the next room haranguing me for a grant application (anywhere between 50 and 200 pages of narrative for the federal govt).

Happy Birthday, and know you’re not alone in the manic craziness of it all!!! BTW: I may adopt your New Year’s in Sept–my bday’s on Thursday.

By: Aimée

Aimée — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:08:42 +0000

Happy Birthday!!

And you really don’t look a day over 45. Seriously. I thought you were in your early forties until you mentioned Mollie’s age, then I wondered exactly how young you were when she was born.

I hope you had a fantabulous day! Did Bob at least wish you a happy birthday?

By: Michele

Michele — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:08:19 +0000

It’s nice to know that my thought process isn’t the only one that looks like a madcap chase scene in a comedy. That explains why I enjoy your books so much!

Happy birthday, and good luck with the resolutions!

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:07:41 +0000

Jenny my sweet,

I’ve always loved the idea of September as New Year’s, and I didn’t have to teach for years to do it. (Now, I was the geeky kid who always *liked* school starting, but never mind that). Unlike January, we get a nice season’s change (even here in SoCal) so even Mother Nature is telling us it’s a new year.

But you are wrong about January.

Says the January Birthday Girl.

Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, and Happy Plan!

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:07:18 +0000

Happy birthday, you runny-nosed kid, from a sexagenarian (not as much fun as it sounds) fan.

As for the blog–for the story of MY life, just add cats….

By: ZaZa

ZaZa — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:06:52 +0000

Happy Birthday to yoooou!
Happy Birthday to yoooou!
Happy Birthday, dear Jenny,
And lots more good books, too.

You see, most people have to choose their own wish on their birthdays, but I’m always ready to help. ;+)

(((Hugs)))

By: inkgrrl

inkgrrl — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:06:30 +0000

I love that you’re blogging now – we get the little squirts of funny instead of waiting for a book every year. Happiest Happy Day, m’dear, and it’s a damn good plan.

By: Susan, Cherry Sox

Susan, Cherry Sox — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:06:05 +0000

Oh, babe … {hug} … oh babe … {hug}… oh babe. I do this to myself too. Sure, my students’ papers need their final review and grading, as they need to be passed back tomorrow, and I haven’t even begun the class memo that’s to accompany them all, and I promised the group I’m doing the website for that I’d put up the info and photos about their fundraiser tonight, and I told my son I’d go over his Japanese flash cards before bed … so why am I repainting my bedroom door?
And the funny thing is, I know when I get into those things I’m putting off, when I’m in the flow, it feels great, so
… why am I repainting the damn bedroom door?

By: CDMorgan

CDMorgan — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:05:30 +0000

I FINALLY got my husband out town so I could write. But before I could start, I had to pick up all the dogs toys (we have a new puppy who pulls everything out into the floor.) Now that I have the toys up, I can see that the rug has to be vaccummed. I can’t sit and look at a dirty rug, can I? And while I have the vaccum out, I might as well vaccum the rest of house. No sense getting it out for one room. I start vaccuming the kitchen (yes, I vaccum the ceramic tile in my kitchen), I realize that I need to finish painting the new drawer for my cabinets (has to match, you know). While I am waiting for the paint to dry between coats, I throw some hamburger in the microwave to defost (A writer has to keep her strength up!). While I am waiting on the paint to dry and the meat to melt, I decide to go ahead and empty the dishwasher and reload it. It’s so hard to cook in a messy kitchen. Then I remember that I spilled some spices in the bottom pull-out of my cabinet, so I drag the vaccum over and remove everything from the drawer to I can vaccum. (So what if those spilled spices have been there since January. I must have a neat kitchen.) The paint dried, so I have to put another coat on so I can clean up the brushes. While that layer dries, I start a pot of beet & vegetable soup (Which I forget about and let burn.) By this time, I have spent hours just getting my house prepared so I can write. Is it any wonder my novel is going so slow?
It reminds me the time I was supposed to be studying for my written master comprehensive exams and I KNEW I had to take everything out of my hall linen closet, refold it, and straighten it up bcause I had a date that weekend. But that’t another story.
Good Luck with that timeline Ms. Jenny (BHAHAHAHA) Like that’ll work!
Happy Birthday. Now get back in that chair and write me something funny to read.