Cool Things to Do
The Brits have such a sense of humor. Here is a list of 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4s.
March 15 – Day
We went to church today and there weren’t very many people there. My class was just me and the teacher. She let me play on the playground after we did the Bible story and art project. Instead of going out to eat like we normally do, Momma and Daddy decided we should go grocery shopping.…
March 14
All us kids have been out of school for spring break. School was supposed to start up again on Monday, but now we are having two weeks of spring break. Apparently lots of people are afraid the virus will make toilet paper disappear so they made it disappear instead. I guess that’s why they were…
Last Day of Normal
Covid-19 Quarantine March 8 was the last day of really normal life, but I didn’t know it at the time. Momma said she didn’t usually look at cats on the internet. I said I know that. She didn’t explain. I asked Daddy. He said it was part of an internet joke. Turns out the joke…
Writing Online
It’s been weeks of shelter-at-home. I’ve written very little and eaten way too much. A day or so ago, after spending several hours praying for folks via Facebook, I decided I really should create a diary of the experience. But I don’t want to write my own. That’s boring and too angsty. I’m safe and…
How to Get Unstuck: 2
Since I included other Persona Voice Questions, I thought I should offer some other questions from my oblique cards, How to Get Unstuck. I will confess that sometimes, just reading through the questions is enough inspiration to get me going. In fact, reading through the questions for the first post is what got me to…
My Writing
One of my heroes: “Denver the Dapper Dog with the permanent tuxedo and the cool bow tie.” Note: The dog to the left is my dog, who was my inspiration, but is nothing like Denver. Thankfully imagination works like that. A story idea that came from an icebreaker speech at Toastmasters (used with permission):…
Persona Voice Questions
Almost 30 years ago I read an article about voice. The author, Carl Leggo, had 100 questions about voice. Then in February I attended a webinar by Candy Fleming in which she talked about voice and persona and crafting your persona/voice until it was clearly yours no matter what you wrote. I have used the…
Happy Leap Year Day!
2020 has some special days in it. One of those is today. It is leap year. What kind of pb story can be written about leap year? I really enjoyed one about someone’s 16th birthday … She was in her 60s.