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#Today 20
Good day!
The weather more resembles March than May. For my walks, I don’t care.
I am, though, itching to hike again. This is the first year when I’ve tried hiking in the spring. The good days keep falling on the weekends.
I will NOT hike on the weekends. No thanks.
Be everwell.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #serve. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "serve" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @asakiyume
Who wins a fight - Fairies or Robots - you determine which type each of them is, I am just curious of what you come up with because I feel like fairies would dominate. :P
#Today 19
Good day!
Yesterday did provide me a nice walk in the rain in the morning.
For the quasi lazy day, I took a look at particular issues with other books, & have a great draft of a blurb for Book2.
No wonder I haven’t hiked in May before. It’s windy, muddy, & cold.
Be everwell.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #scout. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "scout" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scout Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @asakiyume
#Today 18
Good day!
Here in the mountains, even now, winter has moments when it whispers that it won’t be gone for long.
Then it dusts the peaks white again & retreats.
I’ve decided to release my next book in June, so I guess that I, too, will return.
Be everwell.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #lug. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "lug" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lug Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @asakiyume
#WritersCoffeeClub May 17. How do you ‘write what you know’?
By the time I've written, revised, and edited my story, I've read it 534 times and know it better than anyone else ever will.
Updates for Masto people:
1. Had minor toe surgery on Friday for the issue that's been causing me pain and distress since February thereabouts.
2. Got a grant accepted yesterday (I found out after I got home post-surgery). YAY.
3. In May I've completed THREE short stories I've had in drafts for YEARS. (and submitted them).
I hope you're all doing okay. I'm crotchety and whiny but otherwise okay, maimed bandaged foot notwithstanding.
#Today 17
Good day!
So a spring gold, shooting star, & a pine cone walk into a bar….
Might we NOT have rain today? It’s possible.
I have an eclectic day planned. I had a breakthrough writing my Book2 blurb yesterday. I’m also reworking the opening to Book4 so it can sit before I edit it over the summer.
Be everwell.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #easy. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "easy" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easy Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @asakiyume
Once again, good old manual labor in the form of yard work - or landscape maintenance, if you prefer - has helped me break a creative logjam. Now, I can write my first chapter (after starting with the second) and move on from where I left off.
#Today 16
Good day!
Another big step is complete on the way to publishing Book2. A lot of little tasks remain, none of which take long, except maybe the blurb, which is started.
Time to take care of chores, but first a walk on a cool morning. Yesterday’s rainy walk was glorious.
Be everwell.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #lick. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "lick" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lick Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @asakiyume
#Today 15
Good day!
Sometimes, on a hike, you find the strangest things. I found this old car (1930s-40s?) fairly high on Blue Mountain, no present day roads close.
It was fascinating & creepy, a strange vibe in the gully there.
Meanwhile, this day-3 of rain & cold temps. I love walking in it.
Be everwell.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #code. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "code" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @asakiyume
A few novels I’ve read present a tragic inciting incident, then have the characters go about their daily lives like nothing has changed.
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#Today 14
Good day!
Adversity makes us stronger, but we also learn from experience the best road to take to reach the sky.
This tree knew what it wanted to do & did it, even if it took longer.
Publishing at my age, I guess that makes me a bent tree that’s still growing.
Be everwell.
