Declan’s first sight of the ocean, first time hearing the roar. Made lots of dog friends.

#Declanthecollie #dogsoftwitter #writersdog #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

Drinking my coffee, reading submissions… and my little border collie puppy, Declan is wrestling a coconut. He’s herded it soccer style, chawed at it… but fought and fought to be able to pick it up. A hard battle, won.
#Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #dogsofinstagram #writersdog

I wrote this girl’s story this week — an absolutely PERFECT filly bred from my aunt’s favorite mare, one of my grandfather’s favorite accomplishments… that ended sadly. Thanks so much to workshop friends @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness & Flash Pack friends who gave early feedback.
#elissafield

Solid napday! This crazy baby doubled his nap time today when he discovered the joy of snuggling next to me. My arm went numb! What a 💕 love! Such a happy boy.

#Declanthecollie #derpface #dogsofbluesky #writersdogs #saturdaynapday #writinglife #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

Declan, learning the ropes on his 11th day: Turns out, sometimes we do laundry.
His bigger excitement — for which there are no pictures — is he just had one of his first nose-to-nose greetings with one of the cats.
#writersdog #dogsofbluesky #elissafield #Declanthecollie

I see you made toast.

On the list of nice things about Declan is he is very gentle about food.

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All the cute things Declan does, and here I am obsessed with his rabbity, chunky feet.

#Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writersdogs #dogsofbluesky

I just said, "I LOVE YOU" aloud to an empty room.
Me, I was talking to me.

After days of searching, I just thought of the perfect keyword (courtyard) to locate a really important scene I KNEW I had written but could not find on my laptop. Huge sigh of relief.

#writinglife #novel #elissafield

Friends/editors who’ve read my story “Saddleback” that’s coming out in January with @psmokejournal.bsky.social , these clips hit home❤️
#flash #flashfiction #fiction #writer #shortstory #elissafieldfiction #elissafield
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