Hold My Hand I Have to Plot
I have the best critique group. We support of each other, and always find the gems in a steaming pile of shitty words and clichéd actions. Not only can we find the gems, we help each other get rid of the crap so the story can shine. We put goals above ego. Because we are friends, we forgive each other for not instantly loving our works and we have learned how to curb our tongues to soften the blows. No need to use a broadsword when a stiletto will get the job done just fine. Mary asked Kilian...
I am a Movie Grinch
I love movies, and I enjoy going to the theater, but I HATE spending that much money. It’s crazy for me and my family. To go and buy drinks and popcorn is over $80! For two hours’ worth of fun, I just can’t stomach it. My hubby on the other hand LOVES going to the movies and the whole movie experience. So I bite my tongue and try not to act like the movie-going version of the Grinch when he asks the kids if they want anything. They are children, the money sucking vampires, of course they want...
This is what I have to live with.
So I’ve been writing down the odd, creepy, and sometimes funny things my children have said. Please enjoy. “I always try to have a magnesium block when running from bad guys.” –Logan “Mom, that’s not how obsession works.” – Tala “I want Dad to divorce you and become gay and marry Adam Lambert or Cheeks because that would be awesome.” – Tala “Wait, you mean we have to kill everyone in the kitchen?”- Logan and his friend, age 4 “I’m watching you. My eyes are everywhere. The fish are my...
When Showering makes Your To Do List.
Mom*/author hybrids are the only combo group of people I know who feel a sense of pride and accomplishment when we manage to take a shower. We’ll even post it on Facebook. *Note I haven’t added dads because they don’t post their showers on Facebook. I suspect they either don’t care or hose off in the garden when they’re ‘bathing’ the children. I just showered, put on clean yoga pants, and remembered my deodorant! Woo-hoo. Now it’s time for bed. I think it is important to note that showering is...
Warning Signs
There are a few events from my childhood that should have been a warning that something wasn’t right with me, I would grow up to be a writer. Here’s one of them. When I was eight I spent hours one summer afternoon throwing a tennis ball against the garage door. It seemed innocent enough, but I was systematically not using a finger as I threw the ball. I started with my thumb, btw it is very hard to throw and catch a ball not using your thumb, then pointer finger, middle, ring, and finally my...
Pleasure an Author Day
I have decided to make a Pleasure an Author Day!!!! Woo-hoo!Break out the whips and chains, um, I mean wine and chocolates. 🙂 So what exactly are we doing? Well, if you are naughty like me, you have a bunch of books you need to review, and today you shall go and review them. No excuses! Go to Amazon, Goodreads, B&N, Smashwords, anywhere and everywhere you can, and let the authors whose books you’ve read know how much you enjoyed them. But what if I didn’t enjoy them, you might ask. Well,...
Anti-Zen Desire Nothing the Universe takes it as a Challenge
Desire is the source of all suffering, is a familiar quote. For normal people, I think it means that if you focus on what you don’t have, you don’t enjoy the bounty that surrounds you already. For me it means don’t post, speak, or write your goals; the Universe takes them as the punch line and makes a joke. If I say that I want to work out 3-5 days a week, within 2 weeks I will get sick or injure myself. If I say I want to write 1000 words everyday my computer will break, I’ll get sick, or one...
Don’t stop, keep talking. Is it hot in here??
Alan Rickman, Tim Curry, and Benedict Cumberbatch—scoot those over on the sexy voice couch so Sean Pertwee can sit down. Now I’ve seen him in other things, but today hubby and I watched all of the BBC series Honest. We picked it up because of Amanda Redman, who is the beautiful/sexy/strong, non-Barbie looking leading lady we have all been seeking. Anyway Sean Pertwee has this deep raspy sexy voice that started making my knees week. His movie and TV list on IMDB is huge, but go ahead and watch...
Anti- Zen I’m living in the Now so stop asking me what we are doing next!
In my job (I am a house parent for kids removed from their homes by Child Protective Services), things can change in an instant. I can have three empty beds, then get a knock on the door and be full again. I can have calm kids who I would happily take anywhere,something sets one of them off, and I’m watching a two-hour fit. I can be hugged and cussed out by the same child in a matter of minutes. So I have been forced to live in the NOW. Not the serene place of being in the moment and focusing...
Type A persona engaged—warp speed ahead!
I was watching So You Think You Can Dance, which I love it is one of my favorite shows. So there I am watching these amazing beautiful power dancers, while eating a huge plate of spaghetti. Then they showed this interview with a young male dancer who’d been in a bad car accident, and his back had been broken. I teared up listening to his parents talk about how scared they were. Listening to his story, watching him work out with the trainer to re-gain his strength and to be able to dance again...
