Tag: life in general
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My New “Collaborative Partner”
My writing has taken to an uptick which I enjoy. My 10 year old son Daniel has noticed that I’m writing again and has asked questions about it (“what are you stuck on? what’ s the story about?” And even though I’m sugarcoating medieval style warfare and domestic issues in the interests of pagecount, it…
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IWSG February
Besides writing what other creative outlets do you have? Oy. This is not going to be a paragraphy thing, but more listy. Some of these I’ve done for years, and others I’ve only started trying out. Some items I’m half-way decent at, others I don’t spend enough time or dedication on to turn out more…
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Flailing
A few years ago I’d constructed some decorative bead strings for some friends of mine in the SCA. I’d given them out and had three left and with the destruction of one that hung on my purse, I was left with two that just kinda sat there until the other day I was seized with…
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Elusive
I feel like I’ve forgotten how to write. I mean, obviously, I’m writing this, so the technical skills are there, but the creative side of it seems to be eluding me for some odd reason. It’s almost like I can’t remember how I used to put stories together in my head and then let them…
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Starting 2019
There’s actual snow on the ground. I live in Colorado, and, sad to say, snow is a rarity anymore. But even an inch of snow on New Year’s Day is lends hope for the coming year. Misplaced hope, perhaps, but hope none the less. 2018 has been an eventful year. Some of it good, some…
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Fear
Fear is an interesting thing. We all have different fears – heights, pain, children, dentists, clowns, ketchup stains and so on – but we all have some of the same fears, too. Failure is a biggie, but in my experience, it isn’t just “failure” that’s the problem. It’s the consequences of failure that we’re afraid…
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