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chocolate milk
In this strange time, it feels like the Coronavirus sucks up all of the oxygen in the room. Ā But still, there are moments of kindness and happiness to cling to ā hereās one of mine.
He bought me a big glass jug of chocolate milk from the store.Ā His grin is stretched broad across his face as he watches me pull it from the refrigerator.Ā I look up at him with raised eyebrows.
āI saw the way youā¦
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Boo on being sick...
Boo on beingĀ sickā¦
Hello, internet friends.
In case you havenāt noticed, Iāve been a bad blogger as of late. Turns out the first little bit of 2020 has been a bit intense for me. Iāve been trying to balance my job (which has me on the road a lot lately), a volunteer job (which is important but stressful), a writing critique class, health issues, and moving into a new apartment with my boyfriend. So yeahā¦thatāsā¦
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Grateful Wednesday
Today Iām grateful for the natural rhythm of a new year. It can help us reevaluate and determine what we want.
Resolutions may be tricky, but thinking about what is important and what you need ā that is never a wasted effort.
Wishing you some positive change this year. š
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a writer's call
a writerās call
Iām not sure what kind of writer I am ā my style or my genre.
I know Iāll always need to work on the āshow and not tell.ā
I know my grammar isnāt perfect and I know my prose isnāt always clean.
But I also know this ā I can break your heart on paper if I want to, just by speaking the truth.
To my fellow writers ā always know that your words hold power and your stories can resonate in strangersāā¦
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word doodle
Fellow writers, I have a question ā
Do you ever wish you could write in the margins of a notebook or on a piece of paper while talking on the phone (or in a mindless meeting)ā¦.like you would doodle 3d boxes, flowers, hearts, and spirals? Ā Do you wish you could essentially doodle words?
I donāt mean just playing around with signing your pen name or adding extra flourishes to your letters (thoughā¦
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quotable - on being brave
quotable ā on beingĀ brave
Hello there. Ā Itās been a little while since I wrote on this olā blog and I wanted to restart my engagement with one of my favorite things ā quotes.
Yes, itās true. Ā I love quotes. Ā Whenever life throws a curveball, I find myself searching for a quote that captures how I feel and that helps me push through. Ā Todayās quote is from Jack Gilbert, someone I had never heard of until I read Big Magic,ā¦
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quotable "you can't go back..."
quotable āyou canāt go backā¦ā
In keeping with the traditions of theĀ NaNoWriMo season, Iāve a quote for you that can be applied to the herculean task of writing 50,000 words in one monthā¦ or, more generally ā to life.Ā š
āYou canāt go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.ā ā C.S. Lewis
There will always be things you canāt change ā and the past ranks at the top of the list.Ā ā¦
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on restlessness
Why is it that the words that we use to describe restlessness have their origins in boats?
unanchored
adrift
unmoored
Maybe itās because restlessness marks the start of change and the beginning of a journey. After all, you have to pull up the anchor before you can set sail.Ā Once youāre adrift, you only have to look at the horizon to decide which way to go.
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Quotable Thursday: "All you have to do is write one true sentence"
Quotable Thursday: āAll you have to do is write one trueĀ sentenceā
In honor of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo as it is otherwise known, Iām posting a quote from Hemingway.Ā These are the words heād say to himself, when faced with writerās block or self doubt ā
āAll you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.ā ā Hemingway
<Writer-nerd sigh>Ā So true, so true.
Words of hope to motivate many writers this month, asā¦
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Halloween quotable In honor of everything that makes your skin shiver and knees quake, here's a Halloween quotable:
on fear
I read once, that the things we fear the most are the things that already happened.Ā
But wait ā
Let me back up a bit ā I was never fearless.Ā
There are stories they would tell me when I was younger, about my carefree uncles jumping into swimming pools from rooftops (itās true).Ā I was never like that.
When I dove into the waters of the unknown, it was from a more reasonable height.Ā But I stillā¦
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Monday grogginess
Do you ever have a dream in which you decide that the clothes you wore to bed are completely inappropriate for your dream conversation/activity?
There have been several nights that Iāve woken up in different clothes then I went to sleep in or I wake up in the middle of searching for a better top.
Iām waiting for the day when I wake up in full work clothes.Ā Then I can just roll out of bed and goā¦
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safe
ā¦your name is safe in my mouth. ā This quote or some variation of it has been attributed Jess C. Scott and Jodi Picoult.
I think this is one of the kindest things to say to another person.Ā Be it a family member, friend, or partner ā I promise not to smear or betray you ā no matter who I talk to.Ā And the idea is beautiful.
The hard work is honoring that promise to those who deserve it (and itāsā¦
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The bee
A bee flew into my mouth the other day. Maybe my sweet talk drew him in.
I felt him tumbling over my tongue, searching for purchase on my palate. But I spit him out before he had the chance to stand or to sting. I couldnāt risk the prospect of adding any bite to my wordsā¦
But I wonder, if Iād held him there ā could my tongue hold the balance of sweetness and sting? Could I tear someone to pieces,ā¦
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a practice
Over the course of a writerās life, I image that the amount of writing can ebb and flow like the tide.Ā Itās easy to fall into this trap.Ā Life and responsibilities can easily take over even the most well-intentionedĀ (but undisciplined) writerās life.
Clearly, Iām talking about myself here.
Iāve gone through periods of time when Iām writing every day and periods when I may not touch a notebookā¦
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Guest Post on Viral Blues by C.S. Boyack
Guest Post on Viral Blues by C.S.Ā Boyack
I recently invited my friend and author C.S. Boyack, over at https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.comĀ to do a guest post for his new book āViral Blues.ā Ā Craig is a talented author and blogger ā his posts are often filled with good humor, snark, and fun, as well as great advice and ideas. Ā Take it away, Craig!
Ā Thanks for the invitation, Leesha. Itās important to have places to talk about our work,ā¦
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past embarrassed
Sometimes, I get embarrassed about things that have happened months (or years) ago. Ā My brain conjures up an event and even now, sometime well past it on the space-time continuum, I cringe. Ā Ugh.
As a writer, I can seemy past mistakes.Ā I keep scores of notebooks and, believe it or not, Iāve had this blog for several years.Ā This allows me to re-read.Ā But in going through some older pieces āā¦
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