My regular readers have probably noticed the missing book reviews of the past couple of weeks. I’m still reading and mentally making notes, and the pile of to-reads mounts at a faster pace than the “have reads,” so I’m not without material! What can I say? Life happens. Baby Boy arrived almost two weeks early from…
This picture explains so much, right? Some time ago, I came across a social media post by a NY Times best-selling author. Her daughter had received an evaluation from her teacher with remarks about the girl’s tendency to daydream. She took a picture of the evaluation and posted it with her response! The author-mother applauded her daughter,…
It’s quite a bit like same face I make when someone says “I don’t have time to read.” But you’re not wasting on social media, right? Or obsessively watching reality TV shows? Riiiight. Any-who, back to the writing. Or editing. Or both. And then maybe a little social media time for me, too. 🙂 *** What’s…
We’re getting spring fever ’round here! March is days away, the weather has been very spring-like and everyone is getting a little excited to know that winter is behind us, mild and snow-less as it was! What does this do for your writing? Are you hitting a new stride or distracted by the weather, the birds,…
This meme about sums it up for me! 🙂 I’m writing…some. As to the editing…I see the stack of papers by my writing chair. There are betas lined up to read the first chapters. I’m going to work on it tonight. Definitely tonight. 😉 *** What’s happening in your writing life? Find a meme or make your own. Post…
I don’t know if I feel accomplished or annoyed… I managed to get closer to my usual routine for writing, blogging and posting! And yet the darn short story I wanted to write, the one that is running around in my brain, under development, has not yet made it onto the page. Some days you…
“Your throne, Your Majesty!” The duke bowed and duchess curtsied. The king gazed at the perch across the moat. Light glimmered off the gilded royal seat. Rubies encrusted in the high back sparkled. “How shall I get there?” The duke stepped back and gestured to the gleaming horse and carriage, both draped in the ornate dressings of the…
I am going to do it. It is going to happen. The words will find their way onto the page. I wouldn’t say I have writer’s block…more like pregnancy-fog and mom-brain. I hit this point with my last pregnancy where my creativity came to a grinding halt. I knew it was in there, bubbling under…
Me, when the deadline for the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge is approaching but you still have to write the synopsis. Still waiting for inspiration. Hoping the words will appear on the screen. Marveling at how the word “synopsis” looks funny after staring at it for five minutes. Forcing some words onto the page. Deleting them…
Today is Day 3 of 8 for the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge, 2017! Many of us stayed up late Friday night (present company included) only to learn the servers at NYC Midnight crashed! (At midnight, the hour of assignment release, of course!) So some of us did not get our assignments until Saturday morning,…
VCE Chemistry teacher in Melbourne, Australia
a 100-word story every day
The Mom Who Runs: 