“How do you know it’s time to take your girlfriend to a merry-go-round?” “When you want to spin the rest of your life with her.” When I was a kid, I used to love the merry-go-round. I liked trying to walk afterward and feeling the world around me. These days, I get excited when IContinue reading “Merry Go Round”
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The Right Time
“I am in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.” I’m on my way to 40, and it’s starting to get to me. I went down the rabbit hole of feeling like I wasted so much time (5 years) trying to have and keep a baby that I didn’t stay focused on myContinue reading “The Right Time”
Word After Word
“A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood I’m just over here putting words after words. I’m not in it for the power over others but for the power over my own thoughts and actions. There’s a lot going on every day. It’s so easy to lose yourself in itContinue reading “Word After Word”
Write It Out
“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” – Jules Renard This is interesting. This must be coming from a different type of mind because I interrupt my own thoughts, words, flow, and whatever else all the time. Just now, I just interrupted myself. You would never know from reading this blog how manyContinue reading “Write It Out”
Happy Valentine’s Day
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas I knew I wanted to marry my husband when I saw him, but I knew even more when he became my best friend. I could tell him anything, and it felt like I had known him forever on ourContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day”
Still Going
“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” – Octavia E. Butler I write more crap than anything else. But I don’t give up. I’ve comeContinue reading “Still Going”
Show Some Guts
“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.” – Jessamyn West Oh, the places I’ve been and the places I’ll go with my writing. I’ve made a whole fool of myself as a writer, and yet I’ve learned more from writing than from anything else I’ve done. The things I’ve gained from writingContinue reading “Show Some Guts”
Leave it Out of the Story
“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.” – Mark Twain Well, this gives me something to think about. I get too hung up on what I want in my book that I haven’t considered what I should intentionally leave out. Now that’s interesting. IContinue reading “Leave it Out of the Story”
Road Trip
Taking things one day at a time. I’m writing a short story about two writers traveling across the country. One of my characters is a hardcore planner. The other is not. The planner must learn to let go and learn to have fun in the moment. What’s kinda fun is their destination is the OregonContinue reading “Road Trip”
Solitude for the Win!
“Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.” -Joseph Roux I took a walk in the snowstorm to get some time to myself. It’s so quiet outside when it snows. It’s the most peace I’ve felt around me in a long time. I even went out before coffee. Usually, I choose not to do anything before coffee, but todayContinue reading “Solitude for the Win!”
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