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2019 New Year’s Edition
Happy New Year. It’s January 1, 2019 – holy cow we’re totally in the future. These were the dates in science fiction when I was a kid. And now we’re here. Wow.
It’s tough when the holidays fall on blog days. There was also a family wedding (congrats to JD and Maggie) and so many other things that ate all my time and brain space.
This year will have pen blogs – starting next week. I still have a whole bunch of pens and pencils that I haven’t reviewed yet, plus a bunch of new ones from Christmas. There are always new ones. 😎
There will be more of the flash fiction – because I am determined to get back on track in terms of output – and I WILL finish the Write the Story notebook before it completely falls apart (maybe).
And I’m not just determined to get back to flash fiction output, but also longer form output. I have things on the list that have been on the list for way too long.
I don’t make resolutions – I make goals. This year’s goal is to simply get back to what I love – fiction writing – more consistently. I like my day job a lot. It is fulfilling and amazing and annoying, but it’s not my LOVE. I want to get back to my love.
I lost momentum in 2018. I want to build that back.
My mom said she had a Mary Poppins vision of her upcoming year. I kind of want to steal it from her. She said it was a START and FINISH Line – HER finish line is a completed novel. She was on a bicycle at the starting line with a kite flying behind her that represented obstacles. She loved that the obstacles were behind her.
My seriously lacking visualization of my mom’s concept.
It’s a good visual — hence the adoption of it myself…here we go. Onward into 2019
[Write the Story] The Main Character Has Woken Up Missing On of the Five Senses
Prompt: The Main Character Has Woken UP Missing One of the Five Senses Words: parking, seashell, selfish, adjustment, slumber, fragrance, saltine, tophat Story It seemed like a harmless bargain, but I should have known better. The Fey are tricky, tricky people. I should’ve known before rubbing the seashell. Any kind of wishing spell is fraught […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.4mm Green Ink
‘Tis the Season to be totally behind – on everything. The pen blog is no exception. I’m constantly amazed by the pens I’ve managed to NOT review even though I’ve apparently had them a long time. I’ve done a couple of reviews on versions of the Pilot Hi-Tec-C. This is the 0.4mm green one – […]
[Write the Story] The Villain is Really the Hero
Prompt: The Villain is Really the Hero Words: witchcraft, recommend, sand dollar, fisticuff, paprika, eyeball, nightlight, gibberish, infuriating, dreadful Story “Please, foul sorceress, do not smite me with thy black magic.†“Oh, for heaven’s sake, it’s not witchcraft. It’s PAPRIKA! Get up and stop that thee/thou gibberish and speak plainly.†The velvet and gold clad […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Monami Olika Fountain Pen – Green
This is actually a pen I could’ve sworn I’d already reviewed, but apparently not. There’s no record of it. It was part of my initial Kinokuniya/Daiso trip to Carrollton. This is the Monami Olika fountain pen. I bought two – a blue and a green. This one is of the green because holiday colors. The […]
[Write the Story] A Story Pulled From Today’s Headline and Rewritten
Prompt: A Story Pulled From Today’s Headlines and Rewritten Words: boxer, cherry blossom, magic, implement, artwork, safety, chime, chain link, towel, ingredient Story Search for Alien Life Leads to Finding Water… “But what kind of aliens are we talking about?†Perry demanded, wiping sweat from a balding head with a towel. “You better have more […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Write Crap Pen – Black Ink
This weekend we did a Daiso run on the way to an annual holiday party. This is always an interesting thing to do. I found something I had to have…a pen that gives you explicit permission to write crap. It’s literally a poo emoji bobblehead pen. I had to have it. Because the one piece […]
[Write the Story] Reliving Childhood Memories as an Adult
Prompt: Reliving Childhood Memories as an Adult Words: target practice, bookmark, wizard, determination, unbridled, schedule, forward, pork loin, innermost, supposition Story Regression is a tricky thing, but so is regret. I guess that’s why I went forward with the procedure with determination if not unbridled enthusiasm. “We’re ready for you, now.” I followed the nurse […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pilot G2 – 0.38mm – Green Ink
This week’s pen blog launches the holiday season. December often means red and green pens. This begins the tradition again. I dug out a nice selection of the festive colors this evening and went through some to see which I’d done before. I was surprised to find out I’d never reviewed the Pilot G2 0.38mm […]
[Write the Story] Based on a True Story
I am almost caught up. I really do have to write more. Much more. I have been very slow with my writing lately and that kind of sucks. I had great intentions for this weekend – holidays and such did divert. But I promise though I seem to live in this world… I’m doing my […]