Writing thoughts today:
I've been at this for 10 years and all I have to show for my efforts is a sandbox of fully fleshed out characters, color coded worldbuilding spreadsheets, and shelves of abandoned stories.
But maybe this time I'll get it right.
#momswritersclub
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Cory Booker gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol this morning to launch a sit-in protest.
A screenshot of Fiyero's foot on a book
#Wicked : "Fiyero is the love interest"
My Children: "Mommy! He's kicking books!! He's a bad man."
This perception stayed till the end of the movie.
😅
#momswritersclub
An injured ankle in an ankle brace.
The 7 yr old bested me in a stick swordfight at the playground because I tripped over the terrain and fell.
It was all very comical.
She earned the win.
I also relax to video games... just more of the mass murdering of little dudes kind. ^^'
We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
YES I loved this book so much and got attend a virtual author chat with Robin Wall Kimmerer and she is phenomenal.
Self Care: Liquor Store, Thrift Store, Library.
End Result: cuddling with a $5 BaB Psyduck and drinking a Jack and Coke while reading TL Klune
scores of pissed off Mormon CIA agents who just got canned are ideologically cross-pollinating with platoons of fired trans FBI agents. we are on the verge of new types of politics our ancestors could only dream about
4 yr old making up words: Squarity (n.)- An empty mug that once had tea and has not yet been cleaned.
In a Sentence: "Mommy found a squarity on her desk and was sad becausethe tea was gone."
#momswritersclub
SAME. But like- my facebook is 50% family members and no one really engages anyway... ^^'
Welcome!!
It is a reallly hard transition the first couple years....but now I can't go back to High School. I'm in too deep and it's fun!
If I were to write nonfiction- I'd write: "They Hired Me to Teach Middle School Science: A Survival Guide."
The first Sentence would be: "Most people suffer through three years in middle school.... I'm going on year 15*." And then I'd share my journey & how teaching Middle School can be awesome. ❤
So like.. my partner when we married was cishet male and since transitioned to NB/Trans (I knew before we got married.) It was funny because I went from "bi" to "pan" because "bi" no longer fit.
I have a whole notebook devoted to brain worms that don't quite fit the story, but need to get out of my head. :P
Tell my partner about it and excitedly share my ideas with writer friends. They're the best cheerleaders and keep me going. <3
Absolutely!
Love this!
Ooohh...Well. I started writing werewolves (circa 2005) as a way to write through my trauma by sending a werewolf to defeat my PTSD nightmares...
My world has since evolved but I hope my readers will get a sense of recovery, resilience, and recognize their healing journey through my prose.
YES YES YES! Bi-erasure sucks and must be combatted often. (My main character is pan and her first romantic partner is a cishet male- but he's not her forever love...)
Not in my novel... I usually save the spite for my personal journaling... ^^'
Same!
Stubbornness is a great way to put it. You need a lot of that in this line of work.
When I don't write for awhile- my brain doesn't shut up about it. So I'll be sitting there grading or parenting or whatever and my thoughts go to plot points and sticky areas in my manuscript until I can write them out.
So far it has chrome and scrivener installed lol
I'm trying something new this year. I have a laptop that I'm ONLY using for writing/writing adjacent things. I'm hoping to train my brain to be like "Oh- we're on the laptop- writing time!" Also doing a mindless buffer activity before settling to write like getting a shower or putting away laundry.
Mel, freezing in Maryland! Writing werewolves. :)
Definitely would be accused of witchcraft a few hundred years ago... :P
A hillside of snow with trees and moonshadows.
Took the littles outside to experience the magic of moonlit snow.
No one was disappointed ♡