My brother and sister-in-law had to say goodbye to their beautiful little Abagail. I wrote this for them. I Knew You loved me. I knew. I knew the day you picked me. My biological sibling was bouncing around, but you picked me. I never knew why, but something happened when our eyes met. Call it …
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Such a Thriller
The lovely leader of our little writing retreat, Kristine, participated in a writing marathon and posted about her prompt. I wanted to participate as well. However, I knew I wouldn’t have the time. Rather unfortunate, but since Kristine posted the prompt, I thought I might give it a try as a sort of challenge to …
You Had Me at Hot Dog
I ran out of written pieces from the writing retreat. I had some ideas of entries I could do for this week, but nothing solidified. Should I write a memoir piece? Find a writing prompt on Pinterest? Try another poem? A piece of prose? I wasn’t sure. Enter Katy. Last week, I was in a …
Validated
It’s amusing to me that I post this today. I posted on Facebook earlier “Fun as a writer…” and then proceeded to list some of the ludicrous things I recently googled to add realism to a story. In addition, I added how fun it was to spellcheck another story that is 90% text messaging where …
The Bay
On the second night we had a free write where we could come up with anything we wanted. We sat on the deck again, watching the lake and it brought this memory to mind. This would have happened around thirty-five years ago, so my memory is hazy as to the details, but most of the …
The Wedding. And a poem.
You get a two for one, today! My next writing retreat piece was another complete surprise. I had no intention of writing something that turned out sad. I tend to write happy fluff. Our task for the afternoon was to wander around the inn and the lake. Find a quiet spot to contemplate and be …
Why I Write
On the morning of the second day, after a delicious breakfast at the inn, we gathered once again on the deck of the boathouse (the private part of the inn just for us) and wrote together. Kristine gave us a task to complete in a short amount of time. Tell us what writing means to …
Thief!
At the writing retreat, we were assigned to write anything we wanted to share for the first evening. I was at a loss. There was no prompt or direction. It was a free for all and I had no idea on what to write. We had a few hours to fill with dinner and writing, …
And so it begins…
I’m humbled by everyone that has subscribed! You can’t imagine what your support means to me! Before I jump into sharing the things I wrote on the writing retreat I attended, I’d like to tell a little bit about this amazing experience that led me to have the confidence to share. I learned much about …
Introduce Yourself
WordPress suggested the first post should be to introduce yourself. So hi. I’m a writer. I learned to call myself this during a writing retreat I attended in the middle of June this year. Before this retreat, I would say “I write”, but I never considered myself a writer. I wrote things, sure, but to …
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