Heather Foeh

In my “free” time, I’m a writer. Or at least, I’m trying to be. Yesterday I started Book in a Week. The concept is to vomit out the first draft of your manuscript in 7 days. You may not believe this, but it can actually be done. It’s not beautiful and there are plenty of gaps (”…insert description of house here…”) but at least you get the story and character arc down on paper and have something to work with. I did this last year and found that it worked really well for me. I then particpated in NaNoWriMo last November and again found that I write better in consolidated chunks of time. So here I am again working on a new manuscript and I want to get this sucker out of my head and onto the computer. And guess what - I’m a glutton for punishment because I plan on participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. Which means that I’ll be busting out with another manuscript in November. That also means that the months of December and January will be filled with revisions.

Hooray!! A new yoga studio is opening up in mid-October and it’s only .6 miles from my house! How lucky am I?  It’s called simply Yoga Center and it looks like they’re going to have a wide range of classes, and they’ll also offer Pilates and treatments such as massage and reflexology. I can’t wait to try it out and I’m going to attend their Open House on October 16th.

Our little town of Fredericksburg has a great new business — a cocktail lounge called Proof. It’s in a wonderful space, tucked away between two buildings. You feel like you’re heading into a speakeasy! You can sit in the narrow outdoor path or get comfortable inside. The decor is mod - simple tones, leather furniture, big wooden bar, large fireplace. It’s perfect. We’ve been twice so far and have had excellent drinks and prompt service both times. There’s not a website yet (maybe they need to hire BlueBranch to build them one?), so I’ll post their address the old-fashioned way: 215 West Main Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624. If you’re in town, stop in - you won’t be sorry.

I really like the look and feel of the new Google Chrome browser. Have you tried it out? If not, I recommend it - see what you think: http://www.google.com/chrome. It’s fast and sleek and has a lot of great features for keeping each tab separate from one another, so if one tab crashes, the whole browser doesn’t crash. Now, if only my favorite plug-ins from Firefox would work in it….