Itโs time for #POTOS Fiction! Are you ready? Have you been following along? If not, now is as good as anytime to jump in! Feel free to share. Include the hashtag #POTOS โ Play on the other side. Because fun fiction is just that – escaping reality, for as long as the reading last. ย Bon…
Fabulous Friday, everyone! It’s time for another share! Story time is my favorite time of the day. How about you? Feel free to share. Include the hashtag #POTOS โ Play on the other side. Because that’s what we do here. We skip out on reality, if only for a short while, and enjoy a fantastical…
We’re going to start something new on Fridays, fiction share. Let’s see if I can keep it up. ๐ย #POTOS stands for play on the other side. That thing we do when we step away from our hectic life and allow ourselves to get lost in a storyโbe it for only thirty minutes, an hour,…
ย The past week or so I started finding the extra time, as summer started winding down and the kids prepared to go back to school, to inch back into a blogging groove. Maybe you noticed. I began getting out there again. I’m trying to visit blogs and keep up with mine while still maintaining a…
Wednesday posts have taken on a bit of a writerโs theme lately. Donโt you be getting used to it now. I can be a fickle girl. But today, Iโll be sharing more writerly stuff. Only this time, I wonโt be sharing anyoneโs work but my own. Try not to mash your teeth and run away.…
For those of you unaware, I have stepped away from everyday life and, like a hermit, locked myself in a room to do nothing but edit my manuscript for five days straight. The only thing I can think of thatโs better than that is MORE DAYS! While Iโm away the kids have been enjoying some…
I canโt believe 80 days have passed me by already. ย Are weย truly at the end? Sheesh. Where did all those days go? Tomorrowโs the last day. What did I learn? ย Since I am writing this in advance, I canโt tell you for sure where the kids and I are. We are playing our…
What process does a writer go through when bringing a character to life on paper?ย Words alone do not make you feel for them or become vested in their future. Myndi Shaffer wrote a great piece about getting to know your characters better when you dig into their underwear drawer. In addition to peeking into…
We huddle in a tight cluster as crisp wisps of air swirl around us, sending a shiver through my bones. Pulling my jacket tight around me, I attempt to fight off the evening chill. We are all waiting for Sam to pass out the list for tonightโs event. Itโs our semi-annual scavenger hunt and this…
