Category: Random
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The Bucket List
I started a bucket list about ten years ago. A cherished friend of mine passed suddenly, and it messed me up a bit. No one expected his death. Maybe he did, but everyone else I knew was surprised by it. A day after I got the news, I realized I…
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Inspiration
Some of my best ideas for stories are traced back to dreams or objects. A few years ago, I saw this stationary set in my local post office: My mom squealed that she remembers that children’s book. I really don’t remember what she told me about the story. I assume…
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IWSG May 2024
May 1 question – How do you deal with distractions when you are writing? Do they derail you? Well, I suppose I should just show my cards n– SQUIRREL!!!!!!! … I get distracted from a cleaning task by a DIFFERENT CLEANING TASK!!! I’ve actually started downsizing my hobbies a bit…
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Being Supportive
My parents were not as supportive of my desire to write and publish as I would’ve liked them to be. It wasn’t until the last few years of my father’s life that he became a little more (vaguely) supportive of the notion. I don’t know what he was thinking during…
