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It’s a long time since I wrote a post for either of my blogs. In keeping up the ROW80 challenge, I’ve found my creative energy for “reporting my progress” has been close to nil. Certainly my desire to share has dwindled greatly over the years. I always wanted my writing to be about the stories in my head, not about me. Lately… there’s been waaaay too much “Me” in the mix. But today is a sort of…

August? Already? If you’re like me at all, this year things seem to be just flying by. Some, of course, comes from just being that much busier (especially mentally) than I ever remember being. It seems there’s always something I need to keep track of, need to schedule, plan, do, sketch out, organize, save, report… Oh, how I dread reporting. It’s not much of a surprise, I guess, that I have…

I am not the best of bloggers. A large portion comes from the belief that “nothing in my life is that important it deserves sharing“. There’s also a bit of “the rare moments are too precious to scatter to the winds“. There’s also a bit of “the world is full of over-sharing already, and I don’t think I need to add to the cacophony“. As a global culture, we bemoan our lack of privacy, the invasion…

As you can guess, this is more of a ROW80 check-in than anything else. I wish it was a post filled with grand discoveries (and possibly a book reveal), but nope… this is me saying I’m really fighting to stay in this writing game lately. It’s a general depression of sorts, to be fair. I’m just not seeing The Point in most anything. I’m doing things because I said I would do them… Something deep…

Well, it’s another first Wednesday of the month, so this would be an Insecure Writers’ Support Group post now wouldn’t it? Yup. It is. Looks like our ninja Alex asked the question: July 5 question – 99% of my story ideas come from dreams. Where do yours predominantly come from? Mine definitely come from dreams the majority of the time. Day dreams especially. When I’ll just be staring off into…

Nah, not a new story—just a new take on an old one. Not really even a new take, I guess. I’ve just been taking all I know about my characters and all I’ve been working on for so long, and I’m gathering it together, looking for the patterns that make sense, and hobcobbling them into a more coherent presentation. At least, that’s the plan. So my goal for this Round of Words? A compendium. Both…

Today, being the first Wednesday of June I get to do one of my double posts again… a check-in for the ROW80 and an Insecure Writers Support Group monthly post. ROW80 Slow and Steady may end up being the best description of this Round of Words. While writing (in the “words on a page” sense) has not been an every day occurrence yet, I’ve managed to write more consistently—not always new…

A bit of everything for added flavour

Beware Your Sacred Chaos After I posted my Goals for Round 2 of the ROW80, I had intended to be a bit more prompt with my posts. Didn’t happen. I also really wanted to get involved this month in the ISWG ( I love the question of the month: When you’re working on a story, what inspires you? since inspiration is one of my beloved playgrounds). I also didn’t really want to miss another First Friday…

Goals Post for the #ROW80... only a week and a half late. ;-)

It’s time for another Round of Words in 80 Days “Goal Post” (and since the round started last week, a bit of a mini check-in). I’m jumping in a bit late into the game, but I needed to give myself a real break for a bit. Some catharsis…. we planted a tree, and I bought some tea (well, some Camilla bushes actually—so pretty!). Catharsis wasn’t my only holdup. Some of my delay revolved around how…

Do things come in Threes? Really?

a.k.a Waiting For the Other Shoe I’m feeling a bit of limbo these days…. things aren’t bad really. Busy, but not bad. I know things are happening… which sounds ridiculous. Things are happening, always in progress, changing. Life doesn’t stop, hurry, or change its course in any way* just because I’m busy or stressed. Or… because I’m in limbo, waiting for the proverbial Other Shoe to drop. This…

Pictures and places, words and wandering... a ROW80 post and contemplation

A moment just watching…. Today, instead of moping… and to give both myself and Fluffle (poor kitty boy… I wrote a post about him and why we both need) a break, I took a drive down to Winterthur. Sunny, but there’s a cold breeze out on the hillside. Still, the scenery has been inspiring. Hopefully, some of the scenery will help inspire some creativity that doesn’t involve my cellphone…

#ROW80 and ffish

A day late again, but March….ing on. I don’t remember a single March in the past 15 years that hasn’t been chaotic. This one is looking to be no exception. After all… November came in like a lion, but until Dad’s Celebration of Life service on Palm Sunday weekend, the lambs are too busy rollicking in my head to settle down and rest. That isn’t to say I’m not finding moments to settle and…

When Things Go Awry, Take a Breather -- a #row80 check-in

I missed the last two check-ins for the ROW80. Mostly I needed to rest and heal some. Saturday the 4th, I had one….heck of a day. I’d headed up to NYS to help my mother with some things at the house (the Northeast was in for an exceptionally long and hard cold spell for the region and she was afraid that the furnace might not keep up and the pipes might freeze). And… the week before my dad had…

Just dealing with stuff... like you all

The Beginning Ring of a Dream….. celebrating Coming of Age day I didn’t intend to miss posting on Sunday. It’s just taken me a bit of time to get inspired to talk about plans and achievements since Thursday when, just as we got the new refrigerator installed, I picked up my phone to see my mom had messaged to say she’d taken Dad to the ER. The weekend went downhill from there. So it was a…

Why...? #Row80 #endofweekupdate

After these past months, I have been (as I noted on Thursday) at odds with…. well, with myself it has seemed. Shan and Alberta were very helpful in offering both support and useful suggestions on how to get a handle on things. Shan’s suggestion of Raina Willick’s blog for some basic reassessment tools was spot on. I’m especially connecting at the moment with the piece named “Is it a Growth or…

Not Never -- a #row80 check-in and #WIPpetWednesday post #WIPpetteers

Life has this little habit of distracting us from ourselves and our creative outlets.  At least, that’s what it does to me.  House buying, especially, seems to put its pinch on my writing (and any other creative endeavor, save perhaps day dreaming or decorating planning).

That said, looking at houses when you don’t need to pick one can inspire characters, worlds, even whole plots.  What would…