Tag: fiction
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The Quest Continues
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in creativity, discovery, Draft 2, Focus, intuitive writing, motivation, planning, routine, TEP3, writingI had intended to write an update on Friday, but the day got away from me. It turned out much busier than anticipated. But not in a bad way, necessarily. Just in a one thing after another way. Even with the unexpected busyness, I managed to get some work done on Draft 2. I finally…
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Making a Plan
I know, I know. It’s been WAY too long since I last wrote anything here on this blog. Mostly because it’s been WAY too long since I’ve written anything anywhere (I did not make it to the next round of the short story challenge). But I want that to change. So I’m working on a…
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Summer 2024
Here we are again. Summer. I now have two high schoolers. How did that happen? I swear they were in diapers just yesterday. Anyway, along with finishing their middle school years way too fast, they now have a billion activities that need me as a chauffeur, but not to be in attendance. Which on the…
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Too Much Too Soon?
I had big plans for myself yesterday. Given the freedom to leave my house without begging for a ride, I planned to do *ALL THE THINGS* that I’d not been able to do over the last month. I should know better. You’d think I would have learned a long time ago not to rush recovery.…
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The results are in
You may recall that back in December I wrote that I would be participating in the Short Story Challenge by NYC Midnight. That challenge took place in January. I was having a very rough time in January (my best friend lost her battle with cancer on 1/6/24) and when I received my group and prompts…
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Writing Update
They say slow and steady wins the race, right? So maybe that means I’ve got a winner? I’ve been working on the same novel since November. I wrote every day that month for at least 30 minutes (usually more). I took a break in December to focus on Christmas gifts and got completely distracted by…
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Fiction Friday (10/27/2023)
This week has turned out way different than I’d planned. I set out a schedule of writing for myself, but almost all of it got pushed aside for other things. My daughter broke a bracket on her braces over the weekend, so I had to take her on Monday to have the wire clipped, then…