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Mya Bell's Weblog (Blog)A Journal of a Writer's Life
Mya Bell's Weblog (Blog)Welcome to my Weblog. This log is for book lovers and anyone who likes to read blogs. I'm a writer working on several novels and the occasional short story. I write mainstream contemporary fiction with the occasional twist, if it feels right for the story.
I love to write and I love to read. I'm as passionate about reading as I am about my work. Books are wonderful and I love the company of people who are avid readers or even occasional readers who read for the pleasure of it. It's always interesting and rewarding for me to hear the opinions of people who love to read.
To read the journal entries, click on the underlined links below.
Posting my thoughts and progress on the Web isn't the easiest thing to do. I love privacy and it's like baring my soul. But I felt it was important to open the lines of communications between readers and writers and this blog, in a small way, can help do that.
As a writer, it's important to set goals. My goal is to finish my first novel by the end of this year. I already have fiction and nonfiction writing in print but I always planned to spend the second half of my life writing novels, novels that would be included in New York Times bestseller list. I know that may sound ambitious, but I believe in setting my goals high and I have had good success in having other types of books published under another pen name, two of which have done well in their respective nonfiction genres.
Now you might think I want a bestseller because I'm thinking about the money, but that's not my main motivation, or even my second or third reasons for wanting a bestseller. I'm aiming high because I just think it's a good idea to be optimistic and because I hope to reach many readers through my stories. I also hope my books will do well enough that I can continue writing full time.
It's been hard work but very rewarding so far and I can't think of anything else I'd rather do for the next quarter century (or more).
2004 |
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| June | 1 A new calendar | 2 My first Fiction Challenge | 3 Smelling the roses | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 Time to read | 7 My new read | 8 Heavy edits | 9 | 10 | 11 Just kicking back | 12 Flag at half mast | |
| 13 Cemeteries | 14 Flag day | 15 Nose to the grindstone | 16 Bloomsday centenary | 17 Stravinsky's birthday | 18 Losing my |
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| 20 Father's Day, Solstice, Volcano Alley | 21 | 22 Story acceptance! | 23 | 24 St. Jean-Baptiste, Writer on bank note | 25 | 26 Raw fish | |
| 27 Web site recognition | 28 $$Royalties$$ | 29 Dr. Strangelove | 30 Open Dir Inclusion | 1 Canada Day | 2 Endangered Species protection worldwide (1975) | 3 | |
| July | 4 Independence Day Fireworks | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Fahrenheit 9/11 | 9 Books and crows | 10 |
| 11 | 12Bucky Fuller Stamp | 13 Tarzan author anniversary | 14 | 15 $2 Million Book Deal | 16 Salinger anniversary | 17 BBQ Kick Back | |
| 18 Google Directory | 19 | 20 | 21 More Books | 22 New Novel | 23 | 24 Gorilla Fun Pak | |
| 25 | 26 Burnin' Along | 27 | 28 | 29 How Long to Write a Novel? | 30 | 31 | |
| August | 1 | 2 Canada Civic Holiday | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 Cable Free | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Olympic Fever | 14 Baudolino | |
| 15 | 16 NBA Submissions | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |
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| 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 Book Month | 2 Nabokov's Adoption Day | 3 End of Gender Discrimination (1981) | 4 | |
| September | 5 | 6 Labor Day | 7 | 8 Int'l Literacy Day | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year | 17 Rained out barbecue? | 18 | |
| 19 | 20 | 21 International Day of Peace | 22 Fall Equinox | 23 | 24 | 25 Yom Kippur and Deadlines | |
| 26 Banned Books Week | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 Sukkot and MILESTONE - First Printed Draft | 1 Red Pen Day | 2 | |
| October | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Cyber Crime Victim! | 7 Knuckling Under - Edits | 8 Simchat Torah and First-Round Edits, More Books | 9 Book Poll - Vote! |
| 10 Nobel Prize Announcement | 11 Columbus Day, Canadian Thanksgiving | 12 | 13 National Book Awards | 14 | 15 Short Story Accepted | 16 Cybercrime Saga Continues | |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 SIWC Conference | 23 | |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Total Lunar Eclipse | 28 | 29 | 30 Halloween Party | |
| 31 Hallow's Eve (Hallowe'en), End Daylight Savings | 1 National Writing Month | 2 US Election Day | 3 Tilt Mag is Out | 4 | 5 Cybercrime Escalates | 6 Mindfulness Day | |
| November | 7 Spider and Endurance | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Veteran's Day/ Remembrance Day | 12 Declaration of Human Rights | 13 Down on the Boondocks |
| 14 | 15 I Love to Write Day | 16 | 17 NBA Ceremony | 18 Abundant World Harvest Day | 19 | 20 | |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 American Thanksgiving | 26 Minority Report | 27 An Unplanned Adventure in Canada | |
| 28 Now Who's a Turkey? | 29 | 30 | 1 A Month of Celebrations | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| December | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Begin Chanukah | 10 International Human Rights Day | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 End Chanukah | 16 | 17 | 18 Secret Lunch | |
| 19 | 20 Resolutions | 21 Winter Solstice | 22 | 23 | 24 Christmas Eve | 25 Christmas Day | |
2005 |
26 Boxing Day | 27 Peter Pan Centenary, Ella Higginson final rest | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 New Year's Eve | 1 New Year's Day |
| January | 2 | 3 Pulitzer Prize 2004 | 4 Nabokov's Weigh-In | 5 | 6 Flooding, help! | 7 | 8 |
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| 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
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| 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| February | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Chinese New Year, Ash Wednesday | 10 Words, Words, Words | 11 Arthur Miller Dies | 12 |
| 13 | 14 Valentine's Day | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| 20 Christo's Gates | 21 Presidents Day (US), Family Day (Canada) | 22 | 23 Gonzo Journalism | 24 Hargo's Gates Tribute | 25 | 26 | |
| March | 27 | 28 | 1 | 2 Spring | 3 | 4 Ginny Good | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Avian Visitation | 12 | |
| 13 | 14 | 15 The Corrections | 16 | 17 Rats!! | 18 | 19 | |
| 20 Taxes - Yuck | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
| 27 | 28 Endurance | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | |
| April | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 Bookaholic |
| 28 Book Week | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| 17 | 18 | 19 Decisions, Decisions | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Busy, Busy | 6 Oh No, More Rats | 7 Worser and Worser | |
| May | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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| 22 | 23 | 24 Visakha Puja | 25 Plot Thickens | 26 Big Book Haul | 27 | 28 | |
| 29 | 30 | 31 Hidden Rodents | 1 | 2 Dangers of Flight | 3 | 4Highland Games | |
| June | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 Keyboard Slain | 30 | 1 | 2 | |
| July | 3 | 4 Fourth of July | 5 No Sleep | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 If Looks Can Kill |
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| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Pond-erings | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
| August | 31 Rats, a Mouse! | 1 Busy Me, Me, Me | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 More Moolah | 25 | 26 | 27 | |
| September | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Spare me this noise! | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 News Flash Card | 15 Sign for the Birds | 16 | 17 | |
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| October | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Animal Thieves | 14 | 15 | |
| 16 Salute to a Squirrel | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
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| November | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Don't Read? | 12 | |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Yikes, Blog Stats! | 19 | |
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